Can we get some sort of content gate for level 70 content?

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

The content gate is having to level from 60 to 70.

Some will do it quickly, some will be slower. Some are already getting a head start on learning or relearning a job, others are going to hit 70 and still have no idea.

Fact is, Stormblood is one big equalizer for everyone. Who and what kind of player people become is all up to them.

[Zomkei]

AND a check for the appropriate stat corresponding to the class.

Aren't they locking accessories to classes anyway? That should prevent under geared players wearing another classes' accessories just to skip ilvl requirement.

[Core1019]

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this sounds great, it doesn't need to be super hard, just something to check if people have 3 brain cells working.

Just so you know, you get level 70 gear when you do your level 70 class stuff. So there's no excuse for people to have too terrible armour

Gear level isn't what I was referring to. More to do with making sure players can do some sort of rotation based off of tooltips, even if it's not quite optimal, rather than whatever some of those people you encounter in the duty finder are doing.

[Yahallo]

I would like a content gate for raids and EX Trials. At the very least, EX Trials and Salvage Raids. No need for dungeons and non-EX Trials, but harder content could benefit from a gate.

[Natashio]

I would like a content gate for raids and EX Trials. At the very least, EX Trials and Salvage Raids. No need for dungeons and non-EX Trials, but harder content could benefit from a gate.

How so...most of that stuff isn't included in duty finder pugging from the beginning. It's either party finder or statics. What do you guys want... make an already small player base get smaller and smaller.

[Dalmacus]

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Omg that sounds kinda awesome to play..

[Hamada]

Aren't they locking accessories to classes anyway? That should prevent under geared players wearing another classes' accessories just to skip ilvl requirement.

It does effect it but then people can just enter wearing nothing. "level dfs" have no ilevel requirement and its a problem with hw ones because of that. It was somewhat a problem 1-50 but not that big because smaller gaps and people tend to put some effort then.

I doono what is is with hw with people going to far lengths to be carried, I hope they have some kind of filter:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t....-4.0-reminder.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

I remember when wow did something like this.

You had to clear silver in the proving grounds for your chosen role.

For DPS. It was basically just a few encounters that taught you basic situational awareness, how to understand mechanics, and made sure you were capable of clearing dps checks (ilvl was scaled, of course, putting everyone on equal footing).

For Healers, you had to keep a party of NPCs alive through various scenarios, learn basic cooldown and mana management for when things get tough, and how to prioritize dispelling debuffs on your party members.

For Tanks... well, i never did this one personally, but to my knowledge you had to take a party of NPCs and protect them while being healed by a sub-par healing npc. It taught tanks how to sustain themselves effectively through proper cooldown usage and keep aggro.

They were actually easier than i'm making them sound at the silver level of difficulty. At gold, things get more hectic all over the place, but silver is just a very average difficulty (bronze just makes sure that you are classified as a living organism)

It was great, the people who were incapable of completing them whined on the forums, but the quality of players you'd run into in random heroic dungeons was greatly increased (the average level of self awareness increased from dead tuna to sentient nihilistic pumpkin), and queues didn't take much of a hit. People who were bad were forced to learn and improve their gameplay to meet the most basic standards, or they were forced to sulk in their shame.

While initially opposed, I actually like a system like this. Nothing too overbearing, but enough to at least prove you're competent at the job you've selected. That way we perhaps lessen the tanks who refuse to use cooldowns; the DPS who can't do more than spam one button or the healers and etc. It won't happen though since SE doesn't like restricting content to anyone.

The content gate is having to level from 60 to 70.

Some will do it quickly, some will be slower. Some are already getting a head start on learning or relearning a job, others are going to hit 70 and still have no idea.

Fact is, Stormblood is one big equalizer for everyone. Who and what kind of player people become is all up to them.

Yes and no. I can currently queue into The Vault with Ironworks gear and not a single Bard skill; not one. I wouldn't call that a content gate seeing as how level is largely irrelevant. Anyone who has experienced Ironworks gear in the Vault knows how fun that is. You should at least be required to wear appropriate gear.

[Hamada]

While initially opposed, I actually like a system like this. Nothing too overbearing, but enough to at least prove you're competent at the job you've selected. That way we perhaps lessen the tanks who refuse to use cooldowns; the DPS who can't do more than spam one button or the healers and etc. It won't happen though since SE doesn't like restricting content to anyone.



Yes and no. I can currently queue into The Vault with Ironworks gear and not a single Bard skill; not one. I wouldn't call that a content gate seeing as how level is largely irrelevant. Anyone who has experienced Ironworks gear in the Vault knows how fun that is. You should at least be required to wear appropriate gear.

idk about 120 but i def see issues under that, 130 ironworks is fine for that place though. You can get to 60 off it

[Krokov]

How would this benefit everyone as a whole? You can't force players to be great they'll just do it they need to to get what they want as it were and then just fall back into the same routine.