Jump Potion...again

[Delmontyb]

So happy... been hoping we'd see something like this, looking forward to learning about the details.

[FinalWolf]

Whelp, time to run dungeons with friends only

I don't even know if I will do the new 24 man raid in 4.0 now

[TheRealMadruck]

I created a video on my opinion on a jump potion and please, the video I made is strictly my opinion as I did not make it to insult or degrade anyone. I just discuss my own times in other MMOs that have a similar system and how I felt when they were implemented into those game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aJyx1bXWJo Thank you for being respectful and take care

[Fyce]

Whelp, time to run dungeons with friends only

I don't even know if I will do the new 24 man raid in 4.0 now

Because going back and forth to the Waking Sands and feeding soup to random NPCs makes you a better player? Or maybe leveling your alt-jobs with FATEs or killing trash mobs in PotD?

Come on, there's already bad players running dungeons today, and they are here to stay, jump potion or not.

Besides, most players who are going to buy a jump are either returning players (to catch up), or joining MMORPG enthusiasts who already know their stuff (and maybe did research about how "good" is the start of FFXIV is).
Completly new players will most likely hold off from buying a jump, unless they want to catch up with a friend... who will most likely teach them how to play anyway.

So, really, the chances of seeing bazillions of neewbz swarming your DF roulettes is way lower that most people in this thread think. Compared to the benefit of getting a bigger playerbase, this concern is almost irrelevant.

[FinalWolf]

So the only solution was to make it worse? That makes no sense

Should've added something like weekly trails for jobs that give out loot, tomestones and gil

Oh well, it's too late now

[MilesSaintboroguh]

So the only solution was to make it worse? That makes no sense

Should've added something like weekly trails for jobs that give out loot, tomestones and gil

Oh well, it's too late now

We already got a butt ton of roulettes and even those are starting to wear thin. I'm getting 20 minute waits for expert roulette when it used to take less than a 5 minute wait. People are sick of running old stuff over and over again and adding more trials and roulettes won't make it better. What are new players going to do when 5.0 and 6.0 comes out? They sure as heck won' t stick around through it all just to reach the end zone.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

So the only solution was to make it worse? That makes no sense

Should've added something like weekly trails for jobs that give out loot, tomestones and gil

Oh well, it's too late now

This wouldn't accomplish anything. No one cares about leveling. It's an easy, albeit tedious, process. They want to skip the story because it gates so much content. The devs have openly admitted their current infrastructure doesn't allow for trimming down the ARR nor would it be beneficial for any of us if they spend millions adjusting content we'll never see. Will we see bad things? Sure. But they'll inevitably quit. None the less, someone skipping the story isn't necessarily going to be a bad player. People level with fates and PotD now. A skip potion is basically Square profiting off people already skipping the story to begin with.

We already got a butt ton of roulettes and even those are starting to wear thin. I'm getting 20 minute waits for expert roulette when it used to take less than a 5 minute wait. People are sick of running old stuff over and over again and adding more trials and roulettes won't make it better. What are new players going to do when 5.0 and 6.0 comes out? They sure as heck won' t stick around through it all just to reach the end zone.

I noticed this too. At least, before the Anima quest roped people back in. People want more than just two absurdly easy dungeons to run for three months. Nowadays, my only real goal running them is to see if I can burn the owl boss before he even summons behemoth.

[lulunami]

Doing the inane amount of fetch quests from 2.x does not improve player ability in raids so a jump potion is not a big deal.

[BlakeEarhart]

My worry is that it'll fill the DF and PF with crap players. I'm okay with a story jump potion, but not a level jump potion. Takes away what makes Final Fantasy what it is.

[Squigley]

My worry is that it'll fill the DF and PF with crap players.

Unfortunately the PotD is already giving us tanks who don't even know what a tank stance is at lvl60. Just a sad example