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

Was anyone else extremely happy when they announced this? I was very very happy when I read that!

I'm not surprised this happened so I can't feel much over this when I was partly expecting this as a possible way they will handle Main Scenarios.

People can use FFXI as a example but that is a different game and each of its expansion storyline were separate stories except for 1 expansion if I remember right.

Though the bigger question is if this will be how they handle future expansions since as the game moves forward there becomes a larger gap between Main Scenario for each Expansion between a new character that has to start in 2.0 and burn through the story to reach 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and etc.

Originally Posted by EdwinLi

I'm not surprised this happened so I can't feel much over this when I was partly expecting this as a possible way they will handle Main Scenarios.

People can use FFXI as a example but that is a different game and each of its expansion storyline were separate stories except for 1 expansion if I remember right.

Though the bigger question is if this will be how they handle future expansions since as the game moves forward there becomes a larger gap between Main Scenario for each Expansion between a new character that has to start in 2.0 and burn through the story to reach 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and etc.

I would thought they will start adding shortcuts they give a summary of the story so far, but allow players to go on to the new content.

Originally Posted by ScarletDawn

I would thought they will start adding shortcuts they give a summary of the story so far, but allow players to go on to the new content.

Well another way is to add new prologue quest for players that choose to start in 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, or etc era of Main Scenario. Altering a few dialogues to reflect that your character became a adventurer during the 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, or etc era of Main Scenario while making the rest follow mostly the same dialogues.

They can also make 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, or etc era of Main Scenario separate stories like they did with FFXI but have some slight relations to past Main Scenario to show a type of connection between main scenarios and why things are in certain main scenarios.

Though that my best guess if they choose to provide a short cut for later X.X era Main Scenario once they make the game's MSQ very long.

FFXIV is a story-heavy game. That's how the developers designed it. Expect content to revolve around stories.

If you are not a fan of this type of MMO,*you may want to try another that is less story-centric.

I've already expressed my thoughts on the matter, and I feel that the areas should at least be explorable (it's something I have always appreciated from the beginning of ARR, to be able to explore any area at any level) without requiring mission progression, excluding of course endgame areas. I also hope that jobs won't be gated behind 2.55 as well, which would be also odd of an expansion (games I've played with expansions never had jobs requiring main storyline progression to unlock, if we exclude Summoner's particular case with Egis. You can unlock the job at any time, but must have fought Ifrit before accessing Ifrit egi, and so on).

Regarding Ishgard's story, I understand WHY it is so heavily connected to the 2.0 MSQ, but then I do not understand Yoshida's statement when he says that he projected Heavensward with in mind the idea to make the players feel like "a whole new game has come out". Feels more like an extension of ARR now. *shrug*