Thread: 2.55 Main Scenario Requirement.

Originally Posted by Calis

And I think it's pretty cool that they catered to people who care about story. This is one of the few story-driven mmos, and if you care and like the story, then you're surely to enjoy what 2.1-2.5 has to offer. If you don't, you can skip all the cutscenes, rush through all the content and be done with all that in about 6 hours or so.

Fix'd.

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@Ontopic, not related to this quote above.

Yoshi-p stated this "condition" several weeks ago. People had/have enough time to catch up. Returning players had/have enough time to come back and catch up. New players had/have enough time to buy the game and run through all that content and catch up. The only thing that is actually locked, it's the jobs, and I understand that concern. However, these will start at level 30. So, even if they weren't locked, you might still need to create a pre-expac job and level it up to level 30 before you could use it. That's 20 levels of difference only, which can be attained real quick.

All the content post-expact is intended for level 50+ characters, so new players won't be able to get there even if everything was available at launch without the 2.0 story completion pre-requisite. Existing players can just play the game and either enjoy the story or rush through it. The expansion is not an "alternative game", it's a continuation of the existing game. Being this game a story-driven MMO, it super makes sense that you have to complete the main-story in order to progress. As you cannot beat either Shiva, Ramuh or do Steps of Faith if you don't do the MSQ. What's the problem with that? Somebody grinded his classes up to level 50 by doing FATEs? Damn, I envy that non-existing expert/high level/trial/story roulette or these dungeons which may be requiered for certain quest (think, future relic questlines).

Instead of just complaining about it, just go and finish the MSQ so you're ready for Heavensward. You have 1 month and 13 days left. Even the most casuals of the player should be able to catch up at this point of time.