Naoki Yoshida's Comment in Regard to Jump Potions/Boost Potions

[Gumbercules]

I was tired of the "boo ho why can't i play dakr night!!!!!!!" complaints before the expansion even came out. It's pathetic. If someone can't wrap their head around having to unlock things in a video game they probably weren't ever going to have more than a month of fun anyway.

Well what I mean is a "new job" tends to be a very big addition to an MMO in the current market style for MMOs. I know alot of ppl that were disappointment that they couldn't experience the game as DRK asap for example. These persons would then have to go and feel "rushed" to get to ishgard to experience the job that was prolly their biggest motivation for trying the game in the first place. As I said some things you can reasonably expect to be there, like clearing a games content as you are going through it, but having to wait for something as major as a job for potentially a week+ can be very disheartening.

[Kewitt]

I would personally like to see a 10 X EXP in 1-50 content and 5 x EXP in 51-60 content.
This would speed up exp and still let people get to cap Quickly. And Enjoy the content with there friends.

Also this would help all jobs vs just 1 quick jump to Expansion starting level.


I have a few jobs at 60 and a few DoW/M between 1-59. I am slowly leveling all to 60... But I enjoy leveling them but running the same content over and over gets a little old I would sooner have a 10x increase in EXP between 1-60 that way I could level 1 job very quickly or 10 jobs in the time it took someone to get 1 jobs before, yet still have time to learn how to play.

Your new. Get to the 1st dungeon your already level 25. Do that dungeon your level 30. Start leveling another class your level 17 before to long you jump in to that 2nd dungeon and come out level 23.. oo wow I get a few levels for doing a dungeon . I going to level another job it's quick EXP. Hit level 60 it's kind of slow but now I'm close to end game what job to play I got 5 at 60..


Also Negative. Not talked about...

Person pays for job jump. oo Shit I hate PLD in END GAME. I want a refund can I use it on another job. NO.
Eeer
Ok pay for another jump. oo I like WHM in End game. to bad I wasted a jump on PLD it sucks...


I picked PLD because I have Warrior and PLD at 60 and I like WAR better just a person choice.

[Eliitti]

I'm all for a jump potion a lot of my friends have quickly quit the game because some of the old content leveling or questing mostly due to getting locked behind level during the main scenario quests, BUT I think new players would find it just as upsetting having to buy the game, the expansions and then spend another 42$/40€ just to play with their friends. I would suggest that upon purchasing Stormblood a player receives both a Story Skip Potion and 1 Job Jump Potion. Obviously I understand this is bad for business so if giving new players both potions is too much to ask I would suggest that upon purchasing Stormblood a player receives AT LEAST 1 Job Jump Potion and the same goes for future expansions to make the journey a bit easier on the new players.

I hope this goes over well with players and I wish you best of luck Square Enix I will always support you no matter which way you decide to go.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Stop setting up false choices that excuse SE from doing the work they should do to fix problems they created.

But then, why should SE bother fixing things when they have players like you who create excuses for them?

They aren't false choices. It's simple economics. We know Square Enix has set asside approximately $36 million for Stormblood. This is intended to cover everything, be it adjustments to existing content to development of new content. The devs have openly acknowledged their quest system does not allow for simply including a means to skip the story. Therefore, it would necessitate an overhaul of their current infrastructure. You then have to account for rewrites and new animations to maintain a cohesive narrative once you have Frankenstein'd it all back together. Every adjustment to A Realm Reborn and Heavensward directly affects the aforementioned $36 million. For pure argumentative sake, let's pretend it costs them $10 million. Stormblood now only has $26 million left.

How is any of this a "false choice?" What you are advocating comes at a cost. And it will influence what content does and does not make it into 4.0. Hence we will inevitably lose new content because their time and resources were dedicated to adjustments we will never even see.

[Nestama]

The current playerbase wont improve unless it wants to. Most people dont care to be good, as evidenced by when asking said people why they arent using the full set of skills. "its too much work"

Someone in my FC just had a tank (a terrible one at that) post their playtime when they asked if they could dodge. This terrible tank has 401 days of playtime on their character... and they're still bad.

[FinaSel]

Already quit the game due to lack of worthwhile content, among other reasons.

Was consiering coming back some day.
But now with these kinds of items, I will not play again.

I have, in almost all cases, hated games with items like this.
Quality of players will decrease and, since most of the game requires cooperation with other players, quality of game will decrease.

I strongly disagree with the decision and reasons made in the post.

[GMERC]

Well what I mean is a "new job" tends to be a very big addition to an MMO in the current market style for MMOs. I know alot of ppl that were disappointment that they couldn't experience the game as DRK asap for example. These persons would then have to go and feel "rushed" to get to ishgard to experience the job that was prolly their biggest motivation for trying the game in the first place. As I said some things you can reasonably expect to be there, like clearing a games content as you are going through it, but having to wait for something as major as a job for potentially a week+ can be very disheartening.

If someone is so set on playing a job, they can unlock it like an adult instead of feeling entitled to instant gratification. The correct response to this isn't to refuse to play anything else.

[FinalWolf]

Someone in my FC just had a tank (a terrible one at that) post their playtime when they asked if they could dodge. This terrible tank has 401 days of playtime on their character... and they're still bad.

You got a link? I wanna see this tank.

[nyxxye]

this argument falls completely flat because palace of the dead absolutely serves as a testing ground for skills at an accelerated rate. i've learned jobs long before actually reaching 60 this way. it works.

good for you , unfortunately i know some who did this and then think they're pro.
we have lots of newbies in newbie channel and most question asked is " where do i level fast?"
so we as the seniors pointed them out to PoTD , next thing we know they'd be grinding in poTD for hours.
do they know what they're doing?
i don't think so..

[Edgedy]

Trolls will utilize this potion as a mean to get back into the game quickly so they can attack players, gain access to restricted areas.

Currently abuses per service account are restricted so that even if a person is banned and returns at a later point they will get to 'redo' their mistakes, and they're doing it more cautiously while still using offensive behavior.

Now they don't even have to server transfer, they just make a character and the show begins. I'm okay with a story skip potion, but I don't want to see an instant Heavensward character.

I'd rather they just fix the grind and remove fetch quests from the MSQ.

A player should be able to 1-60 on *just* the main story. And make the experience for dungeons enough to unlock the next dungeon.

I.E. Totorak should take you from 24 to 28 for Haukke Manor, and Haukke Manor should give enough experience to 32.