Quote Originally Posted by MelodyCrystel View Post
I don't need to repeat what many others have already stated, so I will focus on what wasn't said yet.


If (new) players would level that fast from LV1 / 30 / 50 / 60 up to Maxlevel a ka LV 80, I am pretty sure they wouldn't be able to get the most out of their job.

I'm no elitist, but I say each job a person plays should be understood by them.
->Looking at many new players (including rushers) I have seen in the last years, people who take their time with FFXIV are usually (far) better in this undertaking than those who can't wait to join in the tomestone-grind-machine.

And it's not only about knowing how / when to use what skill. Being capable of dodging AOEs and grasping mechanics / marks / debuffs is also something a player can't obtain by quick-leveling.

(I have seen in the last weeks many newer healers who never use Esuna on paralysis / poison and even let people die to doom. Coincidence?)
The game doesn't really have a system to teach you how to play though, and that's taking MSQ into account. Situations where you have to play at a level even approaching optimally are very rare. You can clear most things by pressing whatever buttons you want. I went through a good portion of the early game undergeared because solo content was so easy I didn't know that my gear was bad and in dungeons the rest of the party would make up for my DPS, which I had no way of measuring.

Then there is level sync, which prevents you from using your skills if you outlevel content. If you do roulettes at all, that will probably happen. In my case I ignored a lot of useful skills because they were very often placed off limits. Learning the game in any sort of depth became much easier at the end game. I could use my skills because they weren't being taken away from me and I learned what skills fit a given situation because there was actually a risk of failure.

Some people just do things differently. So even if the MSQ works fine for some as a tutorial, that doesn't mean it's going to be universally good.