Heavensward MSQ EXP/Level Gates

[SenorPatty]

I think the reason why msq doesn't take you straight from 50-60 is because they intentionally designed that way due to multiple lvling venues.

Whether you want to debate if they're wrong or right for doing so is not the point, as its speculation. Thing is currently, people can reach 50 and 60 just by doing a little bit of everything. I don't know if your friend feels like msq should be the only avenue to cap for a first time class but there's just way too much exp routes to take in the game to say there's difficulty capping. If anything, that's the problem right now: too many people capping too fast and not being able to participate further into the story and what it unlocks because they have to play msq catch up.

But really though, your friend should be doing his roulettes before feeling like its hard to cap. At the very least, lvling roulette should be a staple in his exp hunting.

[Nixxe]

I'm pretty sure I hit 60 with quests to spare without having ever run out, but I was level 60 within a couple days of HW release and already working on a second class, so I don't really remember. It's possible I ran short in Azys Lla or something and used fates, as terrible as they were, or a dungeon to fix it.

[Khalithar]

This is something that should be changed in stormblood in my opinion. Just doing the main story quests and nothing else (no side quests, no fates, no hunts, no dungeons or trials outside of main story required ones etc.) should be enough by itself to get you from 60 to 70.

[BigRed5392]

nope, but I typically do all side quests.

[RaijinSupreme]

I only received 1 exp gap, and that was at 59.

[Felis]

This is something that should be changed in stormblood in my opinion. Just doing the main story quests and nothing else (no side quests, no fates, no hunts, no dungeons or trials outside of main story required ones etc.) should be enough by itself to get you from 60 to 70.

So we will be lv 70 in the lv 65 msq?

[Khalithar]

So we will be lv 70 in the lv 65 msq?

No. To put it in more concrete terms, let's pretend that there are four main story quests at level 61 and once you complete them, the next quest requires you to be level 62. You with me so far? My point was, those four main story quests should provide enough exp for completing them to take you from 61 to 62 by themselves.

[LalaRu]

You level so fast in this game that I never felt a level locked content as a gate, as long as you can get to it in a couple HOURS on worst case.