Thread: Making the case for a new starting point in 7.0

As much as I believe the narrative MSQ is the fundamental aspect of the game, taking precedence over things like raiding, I don't think a single MSQ skip for one character per account would be a world-ending horrible thing come 7.0. I understand that some people won't want to go through ten years of MSQ to get to 7.0 and that skips can help mitigate that. HOWEVER; if people encourage their friends to play the game based on getting them into "end game" raiding; the new players are likely to be very disappointed at the pace of group activity release through the typical patch cycle. I actually see this harming the game over the long term as players coming from other end game focused games don't get what they expect and become disillusioned and get "actively critical" of the game, to put it mildly.

This will assuredly cause greater division and rancor between the Give Me More Endgame and This Game Is Story Driven Maybe You Should Find A Different Game crowds. I staunchly believe that people should play any game for what it is, not what it isn't. Players are at their happiest when they find a game that fulfills their design philosophy and content emphasis needs. We all have different desires from a game and it's up to we, the players, to find the game that suits us best, not to make a design team make major fundamental alterations to a game to have it suit our needs.

CBU3 are putting a lot of effort into making the game solo-friendly and have clearly stated their wanting to attract players interested in a single-player FF experience so I'm skeptical about the prospects of a free skip being given. If someone really doesn't care and wants to buy skips, they're available.