Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
But why would it ever be needed?

FFXIV has a mandatory MSQ anyway, and a level syncing system that keeps all content active regardless of level.
Levelling in WoW was a long, lonely process, in FFXIV, progressing through the story at a certain pace IS the bulk of the game.

What would be gained from rescaling the level structure so that you finish ARR at level 30, HW at level 40, SB at level 50, etc.? It's still going to take you the same amount of time to get through the story.
Your point is technically correct, but there's something about the spacing of abilities and traits learned that would make earning levels a very barren experience, but other than that, maybe publicity. A lot of newcomers may not be particulary fond of looking at 200 levels ahead if they aren't aware of what you said.

But even so, I'd say they would need to at least adjust the experience so the pre-current-expansion levels could be earned entirely with the MSQ and the dungeon completions required for the MSQ;