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

[RenYarhu]

The idea that the Job boost potion exists as well as the Jump Potion just screams cash grab. If this was really about catching up to your friends and bringing new players up the current content, It would be a single use potion that brings 1 job to the current level and takes you to the most recent story point.

[aeoncs]

Well gameplay should be more important than story.

Obviously something that can potentially keep players around for months is more important to the game as a whole than a few hours of story content every three~ months. Still, this is a Final Fantasy game and if you don't care for its story and lore at all, there's a really good chance that there are better games for you.
Again, the content new players have to go through is definitely too much but that doesn't change the fact that SE is taking the easy, and obviously most lucrative, way out.

[Exidrial]

Still, this is a Final Fantasy game and if you don't care for its story and lore at all, there's a really good chance that there are better games for you.

It's hard not to get bored by the pre-heavensward story quests. I can understand where the people saying the story is annoying are coming from.

Some people play this game because they like the art style, music and gameplay not the story.
I mean that's basically what keeps you playing after finishing the most current story quests.
Just because somebody doesn't care about the story doesn't mean there are better games for them out there. This is an MMORPG, gameplay is tons more important than story. It being a Final Fantasy game has nothing to do with it.

[Meeka19]

this i don't get, i've died many times as a tank because a healer wastes their mana on attacking, same reason i don't use cleric stance while running dungeons, just seems rather dumb to throw mana reserves away on the slight increase of overall dps over keeping the party alive

I heard healers can reach about 60% of a dps class's output. (with both playing at max) That being said you won't always have the time to dps, but:

I see your character listed as an Astrologian. In FFXIV for some reason they only say "refresh" in skill tooltips instead of stating "refreshes mana" or "replenishes mana". Luminiferous Aether skill restores your mana. Saint's Shroud (whm skill) restores their mana.
Here's a run-down of Ast tools for managing mana:

- Luminiferous Aether - Mana regen
- Lightspeed - Reduces MP cost for spells by 25%
- Celestial Opposition (to lengthen the time luminiferous gives you mana/lightspeed)
- Synastry and Collective Unconscious cost no mana while being healing boosts

You might be tempted to treat those skills as emergency skills, but unless you know something tough is coming up, you will want to use them even on mobs leading to boss. Lightspeed lowers your dps, so you ideally use this when the person is taking too much dmg to dps for a while. (and luminiferous has already been used) You can take it off early by right clicking the buff icon. (so you get your dmg back)

Some healers stack regens to passively heal while they're dpsing. So you can use Synastry for the healing boost and then use Diurnal Aspected Benefic + Aspected Helios. That may give you more time to dps, since the regens will keep them up hopefully. (it depends on their gear/skill and your gear and how much they pulled)

This does not mean you won't have to heal for the next 30 seconds or longer however, it's normal (at least with the tanks I get) to need to heal them manually a lot more often than that. So if you only get like 8-12 seconds free, that's normal, even if it feels like little respite.

[Jerbob]

I don't particularly appreciate being lied to about the motivations for this nonsense?

Yeah it's super-important that the game is accessible to new people, and I appreciate that this is being thought about carefully. I certainly don't agree with buying experience points (which this clearly is) but I do agree that something to lubricate the story progression would help. But let's be clear here - the motivation is the money. There are in-game solutions to all the problems that this nonsense claims to solve, and the payment component is not a requirement.

The excuse is that these things cost money because they're not something to be used lightly. Really? People splurge out on overpriced glamour on the mog station every single day. The cost is not a factor that will restrict their use! It's an excuse, and it's a poor one.

You're claiming that feedback is super important for this process. My feedback is simply this: "No."

[Exidrial]

The excuse is that these things cost money because they're not something to be used lightly. Really? People splurge out on overpriced glamour on the mog station every single day. The cost is not a factor that will restrict their use! It's an excuse, and it's a poor one.

Ecactly this. A lot of people don't have a problem with spending 20€ on a jump potion. Many people are fine with paying way too much for cash shop items. How else do you think free to play games are making that much profit?

[SpookyGhost]

To those who are quitting:[...] Its happening, either quit the game or keep playing and move on.

[Meeka19]

I don't particularly appreciate being lied to about the motivations for this nonsense?

Yeah it's super-important that the game is accessible to new people, and I appreciate that this is being thought about carefully. I certainly don't agree with buying experience points (which this clearly is) but I do agree that something to lubricate the story progression would help. But let's be clear here - the motivation is the money. There are in-game solutions to all the problems that this nonsense claims to solve, and the payment component is not a requirement.

The excuse is that these things cost money because they're not something to be used lightly. Really? People splurge out on overpriced glamour on the mog station every single day. The cost is not a factor that will restrict their use! It's an excuse, and it's a poor one.

You're claiming that feedback is super important for this process. My feedback is simply this: "No."

I didn't take it to mean it's meant as an unapproachable price. The listed reason was that people "shouldn't feel like they should use it just because it's available", which is what people may feel if it's free and has no downsides even if they like lore.

[RubyCirha]

Well I'll be honest at least there separating the storry skip with the lvl skip cas I'd be sad if new players couldn't experience this epic story

[Exidrial]

I didn't take it to mean it's meant as an unapproachable price. The listed reason was that people "shouldn't feel like they should use it just because it's available", which is what people may feel if it's free and has no downsides even if they like lore.

"[...] cost money because they're not something to be used lightly."
"shouldn't feel like they should use it just because it's available."

That's basically the same.

"The price has not been set this way looking for profits, but rather, it has been set the way it has to indicate our intention that these items are not those that anyone can use freely."

Either way, this argument (just like the "I wanna play with muh friends" one) is flawed.