Need some Qs answered on a level skip

[SeigVirelius]

I've found mixed answers online but essentially here's the deal.
My brother wants to play FF14 he has base and heavensward content but has not been through the ARR story infact he's like level 10

He ONLY wants to play as DRK

So my question is, without being able to physically go to ishgard but having access to HW content could he start a buy the 60 skip for drk without a story skip and just be able to play as drk?

[Seraph522]

If he owns ARR and Heavensward, he should be able to purchase the skip potion and have access to it immediately, I believe. Just fair warning: this will also lock him out of all of the DRK job quests from 30-60, as they'll be marked as already completed, so if he's at all interested in the job's storyline, he should probably just tough it out (especially because they're some of the best job quest stories in the game, imo).

[Lambdafish]

For what reason does he want to play DRK? If its gameplay then I would recommend he pick up PLD. PLD and DRK from 1-50 are very similar, so he would be able to easily transition to DRK when he reaches Ishgard.

[milovan]

he needs the story skip potion.

[Eryna]

I've found mixed answers online but essentially here's the deal.
My brother wants to play FF14 he has base and heavensward content but has not been through the ARR story infact he's like level 10

He ONLY wants to play as DRK

So my question is, without being able to physically go to ishgard but having access to HW content could he start a buy the 60 skip for drk without a story skip and just be able to play as drk?

He can. All you need for a DRK/MCH/AST potion is the Heavensward expansion registered in your account.
I used an AST level-boost potion on a level 21 alt without any problem.

[Iscah]

It's worth mentioning that (even if he's not interested) getting a level skip for DRK will also get him Red Mage and Samurai "for free", as the only prerequisites are being Lv50 and having Stormblood installed, so those unlock quests should immediately become available.

[Rongway]

he needs the story skip potion.

This is not correct. Expansion job boosts only require that you have the expansion registered. They do not require that you have advanced the story beyond the very first 2.0 quest -- that is, you only need to be introduced to your starting city and then allowed to leave the mini-city instance so you can find the postmoogle to claim your skip book.

For what reason does he want to play DRK? If its gameplay then I would recommend he pick up PLD. PLD and DRK from 1-50 are very similar, so he would be able to easily transition to DRK when he reaches Ishgard.

This. DRK is literally a reskinned PLD from 1 to 30, and there's very little to differentiate the two from 30 to 50.

It's worth mentioning that (even if he's not interested) getting a level skip for DRK will also get him Red Mage and Samurai "for free", as the only prerequisites are being Lv50 and having Stormblood installed, so those unlock quests should immediately become available.

But to be fair, any job boost will do that, since all job boosts take you immediately to 60.

[Iscah]

But to be fair, any job boost will do that, since all job boosts take you immediately to 60.

Yes, but that's still a benefit of getting a job boost. I didn't say it was a benefit of boosting DRK specifically.

(Unless you made the mistake of paying for a red mage or samurai job boost, I suppose... Do they sell those?)

The Ishgardian jobs are probably the best-value job boosts, since they give you early access to something you'd otherwise have to get through a lot of MSQ to reach.