
As Osric said.
Also I 100% /don't/ want a bunch of new players in Ishgard, doing the new dungeons with me right off the gate. The new stuff will be at least as hard as the expert dungeons in 2.55, and people should go through the story and learn how to play.
People can go through the main story or they can just find a game with with an easier barrier to entry. FFXIV is a sub game, not F2P, and is more about pleasing a select group of people rather than the masses.
^Why would they want new players Aya, their must successful game to date FXI hovered around this number of subscribers for about a decade, and they were very pleased with it. Square Enix may just be totally happy with the current player base.
Also I 100% /don't/ want a bunch of new players in Ishgard, doing the new dungeons with me right off the gate. The new stuff will be at least as hard as the expert dungeons in 2.55, and people should go through the story and learn how to play.
People can go through the main story or they can just find a game with with an easier barrier to entry. FFXIV is a sub game, not F2P, and is more about pleasing a select group of people rather than the masses.
^Why would they want new players Aya, their must successful game to date FXI hovered around this number of subscribers for about a decade, and they were very pleased with it. Square Enix may just be totally happy with the current player base.