Quote Originally Posted by Solarra View Post
But the first dungeon is level 15! If you have played an mmo before and you're on a preferred world, that is probably something you could achieve in minutes.
Imagine if the game did allow you into an instance at level one, with no gear and only one button to press it would hardly be an exciting experience.

I'm sorry you aren't enjoying FFXIV but just because you and a handful of friends haven't found it fun doesn't mean there is anything wrong with the game itself. It's just not what you wanted.
You say want to skip to endgame (but only if you can do that for free), but it's quite likely you wouldn't enjoy that either. There is plenty of story at max level too, both MSQ and class/role quests. It's enjoyable for those of us who like the story but for you, I imagine it would be purgatory.
My guy...No one said enter a dungeon at level 1. We could not enter the dungeon at 15 because it was locked behind the story. They quit because they were being held behind the story. We were level 25 by the time we entered the first dungeon (because of road to 60) which was even more painful because we lost half of our abilities the moment we went into the dungeon. And if I didn't enjoy the game I wouldn't be here commenting on these. It's odd how people assume you don't enjoy the game when you criticize it. Every game has every right to be criticized. This game is no exception. Just because I have issues with the game doesn't mean I don't enjoy it.

As for people saying "Road to XX is enough exp." There are circumstances where you can't even enjoy the road to xx. Lets say you join the game because a friend recommened it. Cool they want you to be on their data center and server. But, their server isn't listed as one of the ones with the road to xx buff. Do you join another server? You could. Cross world play is now a thing. But you would never see your friend outside of cross world party and duty finder. Can't join the same guild or linkshells (only cross world linkshells). At that point you aren't really playing with your friend anymore. In WoW you can do all these things even join a guild cross-server if the server is directly connected to one another. This gives you more freedom on which servers you can choose. You people may not like this game being compared to WoW but that is this games main competition. You have to compare this game to WoW and BDO and even BnS. They are all competing for the same market of players.