New jobs

[orsonriven]

I can't fathom any reason square has locked the new jobs behind having to complete ver 2.5 to play them, I understand locking them to the expansion, but this is not cool, I'm refunding my preorder.

[Darkstride]

So...you're upset about not having instant access to content locked behind story progression and your solution is to cancel your pre-order and permanently deny yourself access to them at all? That hurts you more than SE and doesn't really prove any point.

[orsonriven]

Told be told I don't think it hurts me, I have a full time job and full time classes, I don't have a lot of free time to spend grinding away to get the artifact gear, and working through all of it to 2.5 quests at once, by the time I'm finished with classes which is another 8 months out of the last 3 years I might not want to keep playing, and o,e of the only reasons I was willing to get the exp pack, was to play drk, I've always liked drk since 4, and I've been playing ff games since 1990, when I got ff1 for christmas. So why would I spend 40.00 for something I can't use any of now, and the class lock is stupid, if by the time I might be able to play, I decide I don't really want to keep playing. As a side note my brother and sister in law are refusing to both with it too for the same reasons. So I don't see it hurting me, if I do want to get it when I'm able to play that part then I'll wait till it's cheaper at that time, if I'm still playing ff14.

[Sainted]

This expansion isn't that it's a upgrade for existing players ONLY, it doesn't allow for the influx of anyone new to FFXIV period!! This Upgrade means existing players MUST finish the MSQ or not be able to get into the new content. Now I have one character in the new content but my others which I have more than one CANNOT get in because the Duty Finder is stuck everyone is either leveling a Darkknight or questing to 60, I do like they switched the quest rewards to something better on the quests but. I paid to START a machinist or Dark Knight NOT turn one of my current characters into one, this also serves as another turn off which many people WILL NOT buy into this. I understand everyone who has played since launch has an opinion, Square Enix is a company and companies want to make profits, this Upgrade is not an expansion and honestly it will hamper the title till that is changed.

[NorthernLadMSP]

Oh lord, this thread again. It's a done deal, so either accept it and enjoy the game, or move on to something else.

[orsonriven]

Hey my only problem is that they locked the new jobs behind the main quests. It makes no sense and it is completely pointless, that is my opinion. And yes it is a good enough reason for me to refund it if I can't play it I won't buy it , it's my money. I also won't support bad ideas. And this is me giving square feed back, and suggestions.

[Sainted]

I agree with Orsonriven this is a suggestion forum, I think this hasn't netted Square Enix the profit influx they wanted because of this action. Money is king not story or quests it's dollars and if you want to make more you change things, the first iterations of this game I heard were awful but this current game is amazing and has potential that could outstrip WOW. Now if you laugh because World of Warcraft sucks well at 14.99 a month at it's height 30 million ($449,700,000. a month) subscribers make most people choke. No one new no matter how much increase in XP is gonna want to start at level 1 to go to level 50 get through to 2.55 MSQ to go back to level 30 and do 30 levels all over? Now it could be they have given it considerable thought and decided this was key but given I have heard no news that Square Enix has gotten a huge increase in subs since early access leads to the conclusion that this decision was wrong like it or not.

[Yellow]

Orsonriven, Final Fantasy XIV is an MMORPG that focuses on story progression, which is very different from other MMORPGs (like TERA, Aion, ArcheAge, etc), since a lot of them focus on endgame being the game. It's not like other MMORPGs to get players to think about their character and what they want to achieve for them in the way Final Fantasy XIV does.

You are well within your rights to not buy the game due to your own opinions and concerns, but I'd also really encourage you to stay and play! Ignore the negative comments you get on here. There are going to be flaws by focusing on story progression, but once you've adjusted to it I think you'll understand and have a better appreciation for it. While Final Fantasy XIV has an 'endgame', the storyline and story quests are one of the main focuses of the game.

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Sorry but this comment is unhelpful and I'd ask you to refrain from posting unhelpful comments like this again!

[orsonriven]

Yeah it has a good story .... Now, I did play during 1.0 and it was bad, yoshi p did a great job, but I can't say how long I will play this game or not, people have lives, and while story progression is a huge part and one I like, I repeat ( the jobs being locked behind all of 2.55 is POINTLESS) this part of the game doesn't progress any part of the story. They didn't lock thief or nin to the story they just put it out at lol 10, regardless, this post is me telling square a suggestion, don't lock jobs to the main quests.

[BioDio]

They could make the jobs locked by level (have a class hit level 50 or something), like WoW did with Death Knight, and ofc, you needed to have the expansion to use it.

Having it locked via story was kinda - not the best solution - thing. I'm using an Astro and loving it... can't seem to find a reason to have it locked behind story, if I had to go back to older zones to level it...

I can't seem to find a positive point in this decision =\