New players in Heavensward

[Zplinter]

Three fights that can be cleared in 5 minutes or less, introduce slightly harder mechanics, and drop pretty weapons that MIGHT even be a temporary upgrade for such new players. When you consider the grind that the game eventually involves, is this something to really be upset about?

Your 5 min fight is with veterans over geared. We have been told over and over the for a new player getting to the expansion that they bought will not be all that hard or long. How long is the queue for a dps? I guess you are lucky and never have seen of the abuse new players get in trials?

Exactly what does these 3 trials add to complexity that Shiva, Levi, Ramuh do not already have AND are apart of the MSQ?

[CYoung187]

Just a note:
I am helping a friend try to catch up. She is just completed "Let US Cling Together." Now onwards to the last patch.....
NOPE! To even start the arc of "Before the Fall" she was to go and do Titan, Garuda, and Ifrit in hard mode. Why? The is no freaking reason why a new player should have to do these. It is not apart of the MSQ. There is no precious "Lore" that supports her having to be stopped in the MSQ to do these fights. At least we have a good FC that will help her punch these out. so it is really 13 Trials, and 3 are not apart of the sacred Story.
New players are NOT going to be happy campers trust me.

Omg the HM primals are such a road block! They queue fast and clear faster, god forbid players have to experience content. I heard only those with great statics can clear all 3 hm primals, so if you dont have a good fc you might as well quit. Come on. You are completely over-exaggerating.

[Wilhem]

It's not like your friends will be the only new players to start FF14 at HW launch. Never the less there is still the roulettes so unless people completely ignore them they should have enough people with them to do those MSQ dungeons/ Trials. At launch there is a high risk of a lack of endgame players not doing older content for a time but this doesn't mean it'll be impossible for them to do these contents. If you're afraid of them not being able to get enough people just join them and if you know other players in game (such as guildmates or friends) just ask them to help your friends clear these contents I'm sure a lot of people would help new players if given a chance.

[Yukiko]

Another problem we have to consider:
If SE is doing it like in older FF games with breaking the lvl cap (a Quest or event or somethng like this) then what will players do who reached level 50 before finishing mainstory up to 2.5? Does that mean they will be stuck at 50 not gaining any xp (prefarming for level 60) untill they finally activated it through the new quest or event? I mean: Everything they do untill then does not give them any xp points and they have to start from scratch when they finally got past 2.5 storyline (50 to 60)...

I wonder how SE designed it