Thread: Can't Access 3.0 until you complete 2.0-2.55

Originally Posted by Gillionaire

Are they not expecting to get any new players once expansion hits? Or do they simply expect the new players to go through all the old content before getting into any of the expansion??

I'm also a little confused, so for example I go and create a char from beginning, i make him au'ra and a rogue - it doesn't have much sense till the late main scenario.

BUT I do understand that I can't do quests before I finish the 2.X quests to go on; I'm more confused on, so if I don't do 2.55 (I will when it comes out as I finished story till now) then I can't go into the "heavensward" part of the game till I do that? Or is that just about the main story?

Originally Posted by LalaRu

Rogue have sense, it were existing from the beginning. About Au'ra it needs more details about lore. Hardly SE had made it avail to scratch without thinking to fit that into lore. Will that avail from scratch? I remember had read about some kind of 'unlocks' on characters.

Yeah actually, forgot about the rogue lore, you are right
In the end we just need to wait and see, and we'll get our answers

Originally Posted by Gillionaire

Are they not expecting to get any new players once expansion hits? Or do they simply expect the new players to go through all the old content before getting into any of the expansion??

You haven't read any of the latest interviews, clearly. Yoshida is expecting a huge influx of new players with the expansion, so I imagine they've already laid groundwork to ensure that those totally nonexistant players who pick up a game like FFXIV for the story, of all things, will be able to complete it.

The devs have said time and again that they're working on ways to keep old dungeons and CT and such alive, i.e. by reducing or eliminating party requirements. Eventually players will be allowed to solo Sastasha (etc.), and supposedly they're already working on converting the CT raids to 8-man instances.

This is not going to be an MMO where old content is dropped the second an expansion hits. The only times I've had difficulty queuing for anything have been when some new patch hit and upset the balance of DF queues, but so far it has always balanced out. I don't really see that changing overnight.

Also, again, Yoshida seemed to indicate that the new Jobs and zones will not have the 2.55 story requirement, though you obviously won't be flying around immediately.

I am sure in the privet live letter they said you couldn't enter ishgaurd (where most of 3.0 MSQ will start) until you complete the quest 'into the new dawn' which is a 2.55 quest

(this info was gained from the translation thread on reddit)

personally, i'm glad they decided to go this route (it only makes sense, the way the story is going), however, they should change some of the earlier msq come 3.0 and get rid of the requirements for low level dungeons and leves (i believe this is in the 2.1 story?). other than that, i see nothing wrong with this.