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

[Yuri_Hyuga]

Somebody mentioned before that they like to play this game to be a crafter or gatherer... and that up until Heavensward, they could effectively do so with very minimal combat required... forcing them through MSQ (in doing so, forcing them to play a combat class deep into lvl. 50 content)... I highly dislike that direction.

As well, not everybody plays this game for the story. It's great that you want to push the story SE, but this being a themepark MMO & offering many avenues of play... I think you should offer an alternative way into Ishgard for 50's.

I know there are story-ties to getting into Ishgard... but other ways can be made... example:

A gatherer in search of legendary Ishgardian spoils is sent on an epic voyage to Ishgard through alternate means, etc.

Please give us a minor sidequest arc to get into Ishgard from 50 w/o MSQ entirety fulfillment.

This will only benefit the game, newcomers, & recent players. Win-win-win.

[Kiara1]

I feel sorry for new players who have to go through the entire main quest just to get into the expansion.
I have done the mainquest 3 times with my 3 characters and for someone who doesn't enjoy the story at all it's worse than farming relic weapons.
I'm serious I'd rather farm relic for all jobs than doing the main quest 3 times.

Soo yes I agree with you, they need to find some way to skip it

[Dante_V]

*Request Denied*

[Duuude007]

Somebody mentioned before that they like to play this game to be a crafter or gatherer... and that up until Heavensward, they could effectively do so with very minimal combat required... forcing them through MSQ (in doing so, forcing them to play a combat class deep into lvl. 50 content)... I highly dislike that direction.

They can still play the market, still buy cheap, craft and sell high all the way to 60, and can even gather at 51-60 nodes, all highly likely without accessing the new zones.

It would simply be more efficient to also have access to the new zones, but such perks exist in any MMO expansion that I can presently think of.

Also- duplicate topic.

[Phafi]

[Rubieus]

Please also allow players to solo all of coil and give out birthday presents to each created player. (1 million gil x2 exponential growth per year)

[Airget]

Blame bots, I'd rather have to deal with players being forced to complete the main story to enter Ishgard rather than making it a free for all and giving RMT the ability to profit with little in their way.

[Mugiawara]

I don't care for the games story almost at all, until the very end.
It was annoying to do but by no means hard.
Also, the game focuses on combat, and crafting/gathering are side things.
We all have to do it.

[Cakekizy]

Blame bots, I'd rather have to deal with players being forced to complete the main story to enter Ishgard rather than making it a free for all and giving RMT the ability to profit with little in their way.

I doubt botters will be hindered as much as new players will be by this.

[Elladie]

Somehow Botanist of Light and Carpenter of Light don't have quite the same ring to them ... Why would the Ishgardians be prepared to forsake their isolationist policies because someone is a really REALLY good gardener?!

Joking aside, it's been made pretty clear that our characters only get to go to Ishgard because of the events in 2.5s MSQ, and that's not open to negotiation it seems. Personally I'm happy with that; I've very much enjoyed the story, and I don't really get why other people don't enjoy it. But, hey, different strokes etc. I guess if someone really can't bring themselves to grit their teeth, get some help from their FC mates, and soldier on through - skipping all the cutscenes naturally - then buying the expansion probably isn't worth it