Unlocking Content

[Gamer3427]

You guys are really focusing on the wrong part here its not about the story .I'm talking about how they lock content based on if you cleared previous content. Which older stuff such as T5, Levi Ex, or Ramuh Ex it's harder to get groups for because people are already on T13 or Shiva Ex. So moving forward in HW are they really planning to keep all that locked cus it's only going to make it even harder to get some of that older stuff done just so you can unlock the others. Then you have to settle for using the Duty Finder.

Well, given that they are implementing it so that pre-formed parties can enter an instance without level syncing so long as they are at least one member short, clearing said old content to unlock new ones will be a lot quicker and easier. Plus with new classes trying to level, a lot of that old content will see a resurgence in members. Yes, even the HM primals, as there will be relics for the classes, (to my understanding at least), which means people will have to run them once they reach that point. Even then, people will be using the roulette more to try and obtain that tomestone bonus again for gear for the new classes which means any trials low on players will have that to bolster their ranks......

Just as a side note if you think the story they've got going in FF14 is good you just don't know good story telling.

It has far better story telling than any other MMO I've experienced, and in fact better than most RPGs on the market now, as well as most certainly better than all but a handful of the FPS market. I constantly play games for the story. I'm not saying FFXIV has the best, but it's by no means bad. You're probably one of those players who it didn't grab during the early "introductory" stages and who then started to skip every cutscene after that without continuing to pay attention to the story as it evolved. I will say that it wasn't until later in the base story until it started to grasp my attention, but particularly everything after "The Ultimate Weapon" serves as far more than passable storytelling, and going into Heavensward I'm more interested in the story than I am the new classes or new area.......