Quote Originally Posted by Ryel View Post
Except to someone completely new to the game it will simply feel as if they're continuing their progression as normal (assuming those quests will give exp when 3.0 hits) most people complaining about this are coming at this from the perspective of players looking BACKWARDS, but to someone brand new and fresh they wouldn't have ANY of these concerns because it wont FEEL like a problem for them, it's not a gate/chore it's just leveling and questing as usual until they unlock something shiny and new.
That is not true. New players will be aware of the level 51 plus zones, and they will be aware of the fact that they can't enter them because they have to do a bunch of quests at level 50. Yes, the quests are "new" but most new players would rather do quests in level 51 zones rather than "new" quests in level 50 zones.

How do I know this? Because I have 10+ years and 7 or 8 MMOs under my belt. I know that people are going to get frustrated at this because they are going to feel held back in the "low level 50" zones.