Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
Please tell me how a lvl 20 character would be able to do lvl 30+ dungeons synced with players of similar lvl. I'll say it again; WoW doesn't have a msq but it doesn't automatically mean all the content is unlocked or doable at low lvl. Your options are small at low lvl in every mmorpg.

At this point I think you're just deliberately trying to misunderstand me.



It appears the person who has a problem with the msq isn't your friend, it's you. You don't want to be around when your friend is doing it.



Ah, no. It's a mix of group and solo content. How much you do of one or the other is up to you, but it's always a mix. For example you can choose to only do msq, or you can choose to mix in roulettes, fates and leves with it.



But it can be if you weren't so allergic to the msq that you cannot fathom the idea of starting an alt to play with your buddy.

You hate the msq, I get it. But what you want would change a major core aspect of the game. Everything is tied to the msq in some manner be it mechanically, by lore or both. It is central to the game.

I would be shocked if SE detached the msq from the lvling experience given that they would have to alter a gigantic amount of the game to facilitate this. They would have to change the prerequisites of an incredible amount of content. It wouldn't be just dungeons. It would also be other content like side quests, the gold saucer, the challenge log, Palace of the Dead, beast tribes...the list goes on and on. I doubt they would put in this much work for a minority. Especially when other things like new playable content, adding male viera and female hrothgar or fixing housing would be far better received.

And especially considering jump potions exist. SE at the end of the day are a business. They're not going to work on making the msq an entirely separate entity from the rest of the game when they know that if they don't they will sell more jump potions.
uhh i feel like you havent done msq in a long time. Even when you are the same level, most of the time is spent teleporting around talking to npcs and watching cutscenes, you cannot do that with your friend, you have to progress it yourself. There are a handful of times you get some spawned enemies. Heres how it goes when you are both same level:


ok, lets do our quest stuff (one finishes) ok let me know when you finish your cutscene..... kill 2 guys, ok lets do our quests again, teleport talk to 8 dudes, ok let me drop story to do solo instances, do teleport drop off cutscene, he remake party, lets kill two monsters.

its not something that works out to feel like playing together. You can not believe me, but other people said the same thing, and i ve actually done it. And yes, me and others have had friends tell us out their own mouths that they just wanted to play together, or the msq was messing up their enjoyment. This thread isnt for my benefit, i have a level 70, this is people recognizing a problem, that only gets worse with each expansion.

They can ignore it, but they will continue to lose a % of referals, that they might not lose otherwise.

and they dont have to do a ton of work, the story skip potions can apparently unlock everything up to whatever story point they choose, new game + will allow players to go back. The tech is alreafy there, they might have to make a new menu, or npc, thats about it.

I am not saying they need to let people skip levels for free just choose to how to tackle story.