Thread: Before the Fall 2.55 part 2 - Release date...

Originally Posted by kyuven

This is because:
1) A lot of players want a REASON for this to exist. Why are we suddenly able to summon a magical barber into our inn room? Why are we suddenly able to turn our heavy plate armor into a bikini? Explanations are important.
2) A lot of these need an explanation. Players respond better to an NPC telling them how it works rather than a pop-up tutorial screen. This isn't true for everyone, but it's true for a lot of people.
3) It's important to know where the heck this stuff is.
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So, in a way, this is self-imposed on your part since you're going against what the system was designed for.

I kind of agree with Kiara on this. I was unable to cover my rank 40 chocobo because of the way the system works.
See I read all of the NPCs chat options, I knew how to cover and where to go. Yet apparently it required a quest to unlock, and woe me as I retired my chocobo as soon as I hit rank 40.

I have ALL the requirements to cover my chocobo, but I can't because its locked behind a quest I can now no longer obtain.


So I agree that it's completely pointless and stupid to hard lock features of the game behind quests.

Originally Posted by kyuven

TERA and WoW both did this too, with things like dungeons, attunements, and whenever they added a new feature.

That's not the case. WoW never locked any standard feature behind a quest that you HAD to do first.
For example the Glamour system or Dye system in FFXIV? You need to do a quest first.
The transmog system or the dungeon finder in WoW? You only need to reach the level requirement for each dungeon in WoW, and the transmog system can be used by literally anyone, without a quest thats unneeded.