Forced to finish Before the Fall, dumb design.

[Causality]

I only have to be thing to say to this

[BroodingFicus]

I could but I like my alts. XD. I'm one of the unfortunate individuals in FFXIV who actually likes having designated alts depending on class. I keep a character for tank roles and one for dps. So yes, I know I could fantasia one of my existing people but I'm rather fond of them. There are some benefits though. Inventory space, being able to farm multiple sets with tomes without capping for the week and needing to sit on my hands, not worrying which piece to roll on when things like WoD had lockouts etc. So unfortunately for me I will be leveling through the MSQ again in order to make an Au Ra AST sot that I have a healer. Small price to pay I suppose for horns and a tail. MSQ lock never bothered me that much to be honest. I do wish you could be the new classes at 30 rather than play others all the way to 50 but *shrug*.

[magdahmhara]

I only have to be thing to say to this

ROFL..........so true

[MajesticGazelle]

I have to agree with the OP,

I'm a logical guy and I'll try to explain my point of view;

1 - It's heavily time consuming, now I know what you'll say "But it's a Mmo, they are time consuming" - Correct, but for other reasons. Sitting in a Queue for 45 minutes as DPS to do one scenario is a huge time investment purely because of the Queue timers.

2 - So.. much.. padding, it's just dull quite frankly..

3 - Gating players at the front door is really poor form for an expansion, you want to entice new players/existing players back, this is NOT the way to do that.

4 - The story is in my opinion pretty bad, the story doesn't compete with most other story driven games so why force it down our throats?


I completely respect peoples opinions and of course you may love the story, but making us sit in Queues for what is likely 6 hours all together ( Plus running, teleporting, boss fights etc ) is just outright poor design.

[ZodMel]

Hey Buddy. The writing has been on the wall for months. Not my fault your friends couldn't read it.

[MajesticGazelle]

Hey Buddy. The writing has been on the wall for months. Not my fault your friends couldn't read it.

I don't think it's necessarily a case of not being able to read, I think it's more a case of why is it a necessity.

[Pterois]

i bet you think reading a book page by page is a stupid design as well huh?

[Blanchimont]

i bet you think reading a book page by page is a stupid design as well huh?

If FFXIV was a story book, there would be like a book where the main character has ADHD because it is all over the place. There is a lot that could be condensed.

[kupokage]

*2 years ago*
"Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn? Psssht! Looks like garbage. I don't wanna play it."

*2 weeks ago*
"Heavensward? Whoa! These trailers look epic. Flying mounts!? Dark Knight!? Badass!"

*2 days ago*
"Aaaand the Bundle is officially pre ordered "

*2 hours ago*
"What!? I have to complete the main story line I'm the first game to play Heavensward!? Soooo stupid! SE, you fail! Rabble! Rabble rabble!"

[Viar]

So, providing freshly-made level 50's with a way to catch up to people actively levelling up to 60 is poor design. Okay.