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(06-09-2015, 06:55 PM)Addison Wrote: I'm curious as to what MMOs you've played then, because no MMO starts you at the 'end' the second a new expansion is dropped. There is a certain amount of "ready time" one has to accomplish before making it to that point in nearly every MMO out there. Whether it's currency farming, rep/faction grinding, or just grinding the same 4 dungeons over and over to get yourself gear ready for the expansion, everything requires some amount of effort and time.Yes, but everything you mention occurs in the new expansion. New players are expected to level up through the old content (usually in a process that is streamlined and made easier by the expansion) and then hit the gear, rep, etc. grinds of the new expansion relatively quickly.
Gating new players through the MSQ and all of the content, and time investment that involves in addition to everything mentioned above (this in no way alleviates rep grinding, gear, etc) is rough! Leveling to 50 isn't enough, you still have to complete all of the level 50 MSQ content, and all of the pre-50 MSQ content. Alt characters (such as Warren's) can do this quickly (but still tediously) by skipping all of the dialogue and cut scenes, is that what we expect of brand new players as well, or should they just anticipate a several month time lag from when they start the game before they actually get to see Heavensward?Â
Try selling this concept to someone who has a slight interest in FF but doesn't know much about it, and see the sort of reaction you get. Yes, there are fans of it, since its related to FF's single-player style story line. That's fine and good, everyone's entitled to their opinion, and perhaps its a good thing that someone's made a game like this that prefers such heavy gating of accessibility.Â
I don't (I prefer to get to play the game doing fun stuff with friends). That doesn't mean i think everything should be given to players on a silver platter. That doesn't mean I think people who buy the expansion should start at level 60 with raid gear. I don't even mind if the new classes are gated to high levels. I simply think that they're asking so much of new players before they can take part in anything current, that they're going to turn many away.
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