
I'm honestly a little surprised that people are surprised that expansion content would be gated behind a) an expansion, b) content. Even the most casual of casuals can slog their way through it. It's just time you wanna put in to see the game that you pay for.
Were folks this upset when they had to level, say, Lancer to 30 plus some other thing to 15 to unlock Dragoon? That didn't stop new players from jumping onto the XIV bandwagon, and I don't see how it would stop folks jumping into Heavensward. (It won't.)
It's an inconvenience to be sure, especially if you have a thing for alts (and I DO
) but I don't think it's as awful as folks make it out to be.
Were folks this upset when they had to level, say, Lancer to 30 plus some other thing to 15 to unlock Dragoon? That didn't stop new players from jumping onto the XIV bandwagon, and I don't see how it would stop folks jumping into Heavensward. (It won't.)
It's an inconvenience to be sure, especially if you have a thing for alts (and I DO

(05-26-2015, 11:41 AM)Melkire Wrote: ... A lot of the arguments against Square-Enix's decision on this matter seem to boil down to, "WoW doesn't do it this way."
...so?