Jump Potions - Several Months In. Opinions/Discussions

[Solemn]

Disagree. Marked increase in Ice-only Mages, Faceplant ninjas that think it's cool to quote whole episodes of Naruto in their LB macros, and WMs that only heal with Cure 3 then qq "Oom". Don't get me started on sch/smn sprouts. I just can't.

Yes, yes, anecdotal, coincidental, luck of rng, etc etc. Whatever. Worst part is the typical bonus of nubs - that of getting to actually make money off of them buying 1-50 gear off of MB - is surpassed.

Jump potions don't kill people. Annoyed veterans that have to spend 30 minutes and 3 wipes in Primal battles from 3+ years ago cuz you're a nub that couldn't be bothered to read about a boss before queuing for them, do.

[ElazulHP]

I honestly don't mind them, but I think its dumb to use them still cause you're cheating yourself out of content you paid for.

[Narcotics]

Things like PotD and jump potions just take a lot of the fun out of progression imo. There's so much content to explore. So many dungeons and trials to see and people just wanna skip it all so they can get to the end faster. I just don't get it. Like once you get to endgame, there really isn't that much aside from a few trials(deltascape) that are called raids for some reason. I will never understand the modern MMO community. It's like nobody cares about the journey anymore.

[Aleya]

This is a direct reply/answer to the OP (aka: a blind post).

I've been playing since the very beginning and with life getting in the way sometimes and having to go through hiatus' for a while, the catching up is nice. I didn't buy the pots because I didn't need them, but my husband did and he was able to catch up to me for Stormblood. Because Paladin has been nerfed, he's also thinking about buying a pot for another main. He can practice his new class in several ways:

- Low level dungeons
- Hall of Novice
- Soloing dungeons
- Class quests (if the Pots don't go through them automatically)
- PoTD
- Trials

I like the quick acess because of all the main scenarios one would have to get through (there are SO many!). Why should any be left out? There's plenty of FC's that will help those who don't want to buy the pots. As for the journey, it's not lost if one buys the Pot-advance. It's all added in the Journal anyway. So nothing is lost.

[Ametrine]

Since I do not know your play style, or what you would intend to do with with a capped tank, I would suggest to look at the dollar value per level you get from using the potion. If you use a jump potion for Paladin, you will be getting an average of $3.57 per level. For Warrior, you will be getting an average of $1.25 per level.

Just based on that, I would use the potion on Warrior since you would get the most dollar wise per level.

Wow, thank you for doing all the math for me.

I think I'm going to keep holding off as 4.1's lack of Eureka means I may have time to set aside for grinding a tank, after all.

[HyoMinPark]

Because Paladin has been nerfed, he's also thinking about buying a pot for another main.

Bit of advice (not coming from any sort of anti-jump potion POV either), but what level is your husband’s PLD? PLD is actually very, very good since Stormblood was released. It received major buffs compared to the Heavensward version, so if he isn’t level 70 yet, I would definitely encourage him to tough it out, because the job itself is in a very good spot right now.

In terms of the specific class/job quests, when you buy a specific job jump potion, it does mark all the quests up to level 60 as complete, so you cannot go back and do them. All the other options are still available though. :3

[Kaurhz]

People using jump potions are more often than not either alt characters, or would be considered a 'veteran' with MMOs and combat system with a bit of a mechanical mindset.

That being said, I can fairly comfortably say that running your class to 60, or playing the story through til 60 will teach you much that wouldn't already be derived from common sense. Anything they need to learn, and should learn will be on the road from 60-70. I don't mind it, nor have I noticed any difference in player skill levels, I still however wish they would have just condensed the ARR Level 50 quests, and buffed exp on all quests. But that's far too much resource dedication, in comparison to this which is relatively simple, and a nice profit on the side.

Just remember, it's a casual MMO so this was pretty much inevitable.