Thread: 2.55 Main Scenario Requirement.

Nothing needs to be changed assuming the current level 50 quests add exp.

Originally Posted by Rendecrow

Old players who didn't do it: Players like my friend who fate grinded 3 different level 50s is going to have to go back and do it. This is going to be a very frustrating chore for him since he does not like questing. Granted I don't feel to bad for him since he has had plenty of warning, but it still sucks and I wonder if he will continue playing.

For old (current) players this pretty much is what it is, if they didn't like doing the MSQ that's just unfortunate as part of gating content behind story elements requires doing the quests in the main scenario, It's no different than gating content like primals and trials behind the story.

Originally Posted by Rendecrow

New players: The main scenario quest is going to work well for new players up till 2.0. After that the quests are going to be a grind for them. While they will probably add xp to the story quests, I think some new players may become discouraged when they level up to levels 53 or 54 and still can't go in the new zones. Granted everything is "new" to new players, but I have played other MMOs and I know that new players generally want to quest and level in the highest level zones they can. This level 50 story quest gate is going to make a lot of them feel like they are being held back.... and that is not a good thing. I want the game to grow and the last thing I want is for new players to quit because they feel like they can't advance to the new zones.

For new players this shouldn't even be a consideration.

Like you said to a player just joining the game without any information the "new" areas from the expansion actually aren't new, they're just additional areas.

If anything a new player coming to the game will actually feel a greater sense of progression because they won't be doing a set of storyline quests at level 50 that offer zero exp, the progression experience of a player making their way towards Ishgard from the beginning of the game would feel seamless as there would be no break in leveling from 1-60. It wouldn't matter if anyone else is leveling at 51/52+ in new areas because they would have a large number of MSQs shoveling them exp to quickly catch up.