(02-17-2017, 12:41 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote:

(02-15-2017, 04:41 PM)Parvacake Wrote: MSQ is a make or break for a lot of people when it comes to alts. The first time around it's cool because it lets you look into the lore of the game and environment around everything.

But when all you want to do is level an alt to get cool glamours for a storyline or make a relative for a friend's character, putzing through the same BS over and over again sucks the life out of peoples' drives to get it done.

All they need to implement is auto-cutscene skip.

(02-17-2017, 01:08 PM)Aaron Wrote:

(02-17-2017, 12:41 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote:

(02-15-2017, 04:41 PM)Parvacake Wrote: MSQ is a make or break for a lot of people when it comes to alts. The first time around it's cool because it lets you look into the lore of the game and environment around everything.

But when all you want to do is level an alt to get cool glamours for a storyline or make a relative for a friend's character, putzing through the same BS over and over again sucks the life out of peoples' drives to get it done.

All they need to implement is auto-cutscene skip.

They do? Don't they already have that? o.o

(02-17-2017, 01:12 PM)Gegenji Wrote:

(02-17-2017, 01:08 PM)Aaron Wrote:

(02-17-2017, 12:41 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote:

(02-15-2017, 04:41 PM)Parvacake Wrote: MSQ is a make or break for a lot of people when it comes to alts. The first time around it's cool because it lets you look into the lore of the game and environment around everything.

But when all you want to do is level an alt to get cool glamours for a storyline or make a relative for a friend's character, putzing through the same BS over and over again sucks the life out of peoples' drives to get it done.

All they need to implement is auto-cutscene skip.

They do? Don't they already have that? o.o

I think that's only for scenes you have already seen once - in dungeons and raids and the like. You still have to manually skip the MSQ cutscenes from going around doing normal quests and stuff.

(03-19-2017, 06:55 AM)chatterbox Wrote: I brought this up before in a linkshell, but apparently my reasoning was too outrageous for anyone to calmly talk about it, and instead I was personally insulted by something like 5 people because of having such an extreme opinion on this matter!

Buckle your seatbelts, because after the last time I said what I'm about to say, I got blown out of the water for it...are you ready? Okay.

1) I think that jump potions and MSQ should meet in the middle.
2) I do not think that SE should monetize the game's failings
3) I believe in permanent long-term fixes to problems instead of extreme solutions (everything or nothing in this case)
4) They should just create a streamlined, much shorter series of quests that tell the story of the game, while removing all of the fluff and fetch quests.
5) While doing this, they should bring more emphasis on players doing instanced content via the leveling roulette, and motivate new players to advance through the story and allow them to IMMEDIATELY play with their friends from level 1

The story doesn't need to be skipped, it needs to be improved. What kind of message are we as players sending when we say, "Not only will we not care if you don't fix this horrible, broken, destructive part of the game that drives away new players, but we'll actually PAY you extra money for not fixing it to offset the lost revenue of the players who have quit the game over it!"

Paying SE extra cash to bypass a broken part of the game is just insanity. What motivation do they have to fix the game's issues if they are paid for not fixing them? What other issues will arise that they will simply make a jump potion for in the future instead of fixing those problems?

Monetizing problems with the game is really scummy, moreso than any other possible monetization. I don't believe jump potions should exist outside of the players who have already achieved level 50 and beyond, and instead I believe that a more intricate overhaul of the MSQ is required, as well as an overhaul of the new player experience. This is a serious issue that needs to be addressed with a serious solution. Slapping a pricetag on a potion to skip it all is most certainly NOT a solution. Its paying them to avoid making a real solution. Its bad for the game.

(03-19-2017, 06:55 AM)chatterbox Wrote: I brought this up before in a linkshell, but apparently my reasoning was too outrageous for anyone to calmly talk about it, and instead I was personally insulted by something like 5 people because of having such an extreme opinion on this matter!

Buckle your seatbelts, because after the last time I said what I'm about to say, I got blown out of the water for it...are you ready? Okay.

1) I think that jump potions and MSQ should meet in the middle.
2) I do not think that SE should monetize the game's failings
3) I believe in permanent long-term fixes to problems instead of extreme solutions (everything or nothing in this case)
4) They should just create a streamlined, much shorter series of quests that tell the story of the game, while removing all of the fluff and fetch quests.
5) While doing this, they should bring more emphasis on players doing instanced content via the leveling roulette, and motivate new players to advance through the story and allow them to IMMEDIATELY play with their friends from level 1

The story doesn't need to be skipped, it needs to be improved. What kind of message are we as players sending when we say, "Not only will we not care if you don't fix this horrible, broken, destructive part of the game that drives away new players, but we'll actually PAY you extra money for not fixing it to offset the lost revenue of the players who have quit the game over it!"

Paying SE extra cash to bypass a broken part of the game is just insanity. What motivation do they have to fix the game's issues if they are paid for not fixing them? What other issues will arise that they will simply make a jump potion for in the future instead of fixing those problems?

Monetizing problems with the game is really scummy, moreso than any other possible monetization. I don't believe jump potions should exist outside of the players who have already achieved level 50 and beyond, and instead I believe that a more intricate overhaul of the MSQ is required, as well as an overhaul of the new player experience. This is a serious issue that needs to be addressed with a serious solution. Slapping a pricetag on a potion to skip it all is most certainly NOT a solution. Its paying them to avoid making a real solution. Its bad for the game.

(03-19-2017, 06:55 AM)chatterbox Wrote: I brought this up before in a linkshell, but apparently my reasoning was too outrageous for anyone to calmly talk about it, and instead I was personally insulted by something like 5 people because of having such an extreme opinion on this matter!

Buckle your seatbelts, because after the last time I said what I'm about to say, I got blown out of the water for it...are you ready? Okay.

1) I think that jump potions and MSQ should meet in the middle.
2) I do not think that SE should monetize the game's failings
3) I believe in permanent long-term fixes to problems instead of extreme solutions (everything or nothing in this case)
4) They should just create a streamlined, much shorter series of quests that tell the story of the game, while removing all of the fluff and fetch quests.
5) While doing this, they should bring more emphasis on players doing instanced content via the leveling roulette, and motivate new players to advance through the story and allow them to IMMEDIATELY play with their friends from level 1

The story doesn't need to be skipped, it needs to be improved. What kind of message are we as players sending when we say, "Not only will we not care if you don't fix this horrible, broken, destructive part of the game that drives away new players, but we'll actually PAY you extra money for not fixing it to offset the lost revenue of the players who have quit the game over it!"

Paying SE extra cash to bypass a broken part of the game is just insanity. What motivation do they have to fix the game's issues if they are paid for not fixing them? What other issues will arise that they will simply make a jump potion for in the future instead of fixing those problems?

Monetizing problems with the game is really scummy, moreso than any other possible monetization. I don't believe jump potions should exist outside of the players who have already achieved level 50 and beyond, and instead I believe that a more intricate overhaul of the MSQ is required, as well as an overhaul of the new player experience. This is a serious issue that needs to be addressed with a serious solution. Slapping a pricetag on a potion to skip it all is most certainly NOT a solution. Its paying them to avoid making a real solution. Its bad for the game.

(05-02-2017, 11:20 AM)Parth Makeo Wrote: Perhaps the final time i'll update this but i feel like this should be brought up now. 

Preorder earring gives the following stats below!



This is the kind of items I've been wanting for a while now, an alternative to people who want to level alt classes but can't because the 1-50 grinding is a slog and this will FINALLY get myself and others to grind more! 

So the value of the Level Skip Potions are now not as a high demand unless someone is indeed sick of leveling. This should make things a hell of a lot easier for us Roleplayers...but the downside is that it's a Preorder bonus..if you have not done it yet and want these earrings, DO SO NOW!

Source: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/002014.html

(05-22-2017, 06:23 PM)Jeanne IX Wrote: As a new player I doubt I'll use them, if I want to level a job then I'll want to go through that job's story too. I'll have the 30%xp ring and soon the 50% xp earrings. Glad these potions are there for people who want them though.