Quote Originally Posted by ArcanoJones View Post
You can be 70 in a couple of weeks. You can buy a potion that makes you 60 from the very beginning. Being 70 does not mean you know your job.
But this game doesn't work like WoW, you can't just go into any content you like once you hit 70 because FFXIV gates everything behind the MSQ and ilevel. The Expert Roulette is only accessible after you fulfill a lot of conditions. You must reach max level on at least one job AND completely finish the current MSQ and stay current. Then you have to unlock each dungeon and run it successfully, and only after that will the game allow you to queue into Expert. Then, only players that stay ahead get to keep using it because every time a new patch drops with more MSQ quests it also releases new dungeons that are now the Expert. The previous dungeons that were part of Expert are moved to another roulette. To re-unlock Expert Roulette these players must AGAIN complete the new Main Story Quests, unlock the new dungeons and complete them at least once, before being allowed to queue back into Expert. Additionally, the final MSQ trial and the Expert Roulette both have a minimum ilevel gear requirement of 280, something a brand new level 70 player won't be able to reach without doing all their job quests up to 70.

My point being, there is no way someone could be in Expert, especially Temple of the Fist (which isn't even unlockable by itself until 4.0 MSQ is completely done) without having been made to play their job at a minimum level of competence in both group and solo content. That Black Mage was trolling.