Please Allow 50's to Enter Ishgard w/o having completed MSQ

[Gunspec]

Is anyone in these threads even a new player who is struggling to complete 2.X storyline? Or are we all just being hypothetical? I've been done and waiting since the day after 2.55 came out, and I kind of suspect everyone on the forums is in a similar boat.

Now sure, if you have alts for the sake of raiding, you might not want to run each of them through the same story. The devs have never given much thought to players with alts, though, so this is hardly a new problem. Maybe they could allow players to directly access Ishgard if they have previously unlocked it with a different character on their account, but I doubt that will happen.

What about 2.X is difficult? 6 primal HMs, a few guildhests that you probably did while leveling, Moogle King, two dungeons, and two scenarios in 2.5x. It's probably the same length as the story from level 40-50. Is that really a big deal for new players who haven't seen any of it before?

[sirDarts]

Now sure, if you have alts for the sake of raiding, you might not want to run each of them through the same story. The devs have never given much thought to players with alts, though, so this is hardly a new problem. Maybe they could allow players to directly access Ishgard if they have previously unlocked it with a different character on their account, but I doubt that will happen.

There is basically no reason to even have alts in this game, outside of RolePlay reasons. For raiding and stuff you can just have all the jobs on one character.
So no wonder SE doesn't really care about people with alts.

[Reynhart]

So no wonder SE doesn't really care about people with alts.

They don't care specifically for alts, they care for any new character. That's why they put so much emphasis on redoing old content.
And they'll still do it, even more with Heavensward. They'll add experience reward in all MSQ so that people won't "stay" at level 50 past 2.0.
They'll also add gear reward so you don't have to run all dungeons to increase your ilvl enough to unlock SoF.

And they'll also allow people to go unsynced with less that the required team, so you can curb-stomp content.

The only problem is for people that ONLY want to play as a DRK, MCH or AST. You can't...deal with it.

[Spawnie]

The only problem is for people that ONLY want to play as a DRK, MCH or AST. You can't...deal with it.

imo its more about being able to access those new jobs asap then take advantage of the MSQ for quick power leveling of the new jobs to speed to 50+ on new toons instead of leveling it like every1 else XD its not really about the " new" players at all lalala :P

[Reynhart]

imo its more about being able to access those new jobs asap then take advantage of the MSQ for quick power leveling of the new jobs to speed to 50+ on new toons instead of leveling it like every1 else XD its not really about the " new" players at all lalala :P

Even if they add Xp reward for MSQ, I seriously doubt it can be considered "power leveling" compared to Duty Roulette + FATE grind.

[Antonius2004]

People asking to remove a lockout prohibiting them from playing expansion content to avoid playing the story within a story based progressive mmo is... Rather stupid. It's story based... SE want you to experience the story, do so if you want to play within the expansion. If not then that's your loss on two fronts.

[sirDarts]

Even if they add Xp reward for MSQ, I seriously doubt it can be considered "power leveling" compared to Duty Roulette + FATE grind.

New players who use Fate Grind instead of MSQ have chosen the wrong game. FF is story focused.

[Spawnie]

Even if they add Xp reward for MSQ, I seriously doubt it can be considered "power leveling" compared to Duty Roulette + FATE grind.

considering the "exp" added to MSQ people are talking about to help newer players naturally people wanna take advantage of it to avoid fate grinds etc

think of all that juicy exp people are missing out on being " forced" to finish 2.55 story b4 being able to obtain new classes XD

[Reynhart]

New players who use Fate Grind instead of MSQ have chosen the wrong game. FF is story focused.

Since when "story focused" is relevant when we talk about "power leveling" ?

considering the "exp" added to MSQ people are talking about to help newer players naturally people wanna take advantage of it to avoid fate grinds etc

Again, new players have a lot of content to do before reaching Heavensward, why the hell would they want to skip it ?
If it's because they ONLY want to play as DRK, MCH and AST, they...can't. Deal with it.

[Duuude007]

imo its more about being able to access those new jobs asap then take advantage of the MSQ for quick power leveling of the new jobs to speed to 50+ on new toons instead of leveling it like every1 else XD its not really about the " new" players at all lalala :P

1: toons?

2: leveling them like everybody else is the flipping point. Keep it fair by keeping it gated. Nobody can get an unfair advantage on progressing the new jobs using the enhanced 3.0 MSQ XP bonuses, because one cannot roll said jobs on a new character.

EDIT:

3: TOONS?!

@ dude alot of people call thier game charcters toons lolz

I know... in increasing frequency thanks to the many migrations from WOW to XIV.

It still really bugs me, lol.

We were calling them toons long before WoW.

Yes... also well aware that nothing that became really popular in WoW actually originated in WoW. A bastion of ideas and gameplay mechanics, both good and bad.