Main Scenario Restriction Bloodstorm - Very Very Bad idea.

[Derio]

I doubt the battle system is going to change so drastically that people who have been playing turn into bad players. And since it is changing they would be much better off learning the combat system from the ground up

[cammi]

How are you people leveling to 60 in a week on a fresh character. It STILL took me a month and I was doing nothing but the MSQ everyday. 3 weeks. What are you doing to take 2 weeks off that? Like seriously.

[Zojha]

What are you doing to take 2 weeks off that? Like seriously.

Playing 8 hours a day and getting help from FCmates with the queues?

If you have a workload of 24 hours, you can work that off in a day by pulling an all-nighter, or you can do it in a month at a bit less than an hour a day.

[ckc22]

I think for the health of the game they have to do things a little differently. The main issue imo is the 2.xx quests. They're LONG. I quit in 3.05 and came back in 3.4 and was able to catch up on msq in a couple days.

I'm not expecting much though. It's a lot of work to benefit relatively few people.

[DamianWayne]

Other MMOs have made it where you can skip the original storyline and skip to the expansions with Level ?? passes.

Which puts them at like level 60 and completely done with the first few main story parts.

SWTOR for example. That would be cool honestly if FFXIV did it. Would be great for those that want to make multiple characters and can't be screwed doing the entire storyline again and again. It's takes a while.

[Naunet]

I don't want to skip the leveling. I just don't want to be level 50 and have the game tell me I can't access HW content yet. xD

[Moonlite]

Another comment/idea,not directly related to gating. Do they not have any original story making ideas? They have been beating the same horse for years now. Is it not possible to create a new story arc? Can we not have a semi completed story.

A new cast of characters would revitalize the story some. No reason that some people can't make cameos. But It sure feels like they have engaged in some soap opera (skewing old) type story telling to keep the same cast of characters.

[Morningstar1337]

Another comment/idea,not directly related to gating. Do they not have any original story making ideas? They have been beating the same horse for years now. Is it not possible to create a new story arc? Can we not have a semi completed story.

A new cast of characters would revitalize the story some. No reason that some people can't make cameos. But It sure feels like they have engaged in some soap opera (skewing old) type story telling to keep the same cast of characters.

Its possible, but unlikely until after 5.0, by the we'd had reach the climax of the Garlean conflict, hopefully reach the climax of the Ascian conflict and then we can move on to Standalone expansions. But the fact that heavensward is gated to begin with speaks volumes of the Devs willingness to play the long game for now.

As long as the Ascians and Garlemald remain a threat to Hydaelyn, then they will take center stage until the end of 5.X at least. Then once their conflict is over will the devs have an opportunity to introduce standalone expansions. I think they did something similar for XI as well with a metaplot that ended with Wings of the Goddess

[Velhart]

Another comment/idea,not directly related to gating. Do they not have any original story making ideas? They have been beating the same horse for years now. Is it not possible to create a new story arc? Can we not have a semi completed story.

A new cast of characters would revitalize the story some. No reason that some people can't make cameos. But It sure feels like they have engaged in some soap opera (skewing old) type story telling to keep the same cast of characters.

They have already said before that the story against the Ascians and events in Eorzea will eventually come to a conclusion and we will venture outside the realm to new continents and story lines. Even kind of 4th wall hinting that the story is going to move on and go in a new direction. So we will just have to wait a few years and see. Most important thing is we explore new lands even if we still haven't left Eorzea yet, which they are doing. As a 1.0 player, I am excited that we finally get to venture into areas we only heard about. I always wanted to see what Ishgard and Ala Mhigo look like. Been teased to me for over five years now.

[Kotemon]

I'm not surprised since it looks like the current story is setting up 4.0. Now had the expansion its own isolated story then I can see it only needing 2.x finished. However if it didn't need you to finish any main story or just 2.0, then at what ilevel would the gear start and end at? 3.0 picked it up right after 2.x with a i115 overlap. If 4.0 didn't need 3.0 main story then would the starting equipment and content be back to lv 50 with i150 and be the same level progression as 3.0? Otherwise imagine it not needing 3.0 or 2.0 main story finished but a average of i275 gear on a lv 60 job to access it. If anything that is another way of saying do main story to unlock content that'll get you gear needed to access the content.