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

[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