I was recently thinking about the slog it is from level 1 to Ishgard; while a lot of this 'slog' is laid at the feet of the "post 50 content" 2.1 - 2.55 the truth is much of the content from level 1 to level 50 (pre-praetorium) could really be trimmed.
Part of what also has me thinking about this is how slow the game feels at early levels; jobs are very slow to gain new abilities and start off with relatively few abilities.
I'd love to see them reduce pre-Praetorium content down to level 1 - 15 with the 2.1 - 2.55 content taking us to level 20. Many of these early level quests could be expedited, removed completely, made into Blue+ quests that unlock additional content (looking at you Tam Tara Deepcroft lol), or made into regular quests.
Job Quest related content could be at level 1; then at level 2 and every 2 levels thereafter (4,6,8,etc) rather than every 5 levels. This allows I believe each Class/Job to complete their level 50 content by level 20 as well (and further syncs with the Heavensward content which is also every 2 levels).
For the MSQ I'd like to see the level 1 - 15 quests reduced down to levels 1 - 6; at which point you visit each other city and unlock Sastasha (w/ Tam Tara Deepcroft & Copperbell becoming unlockable dungeons). I feel like this allows players to get into dungeoning and the party aspect of the game a lot sooner as well as having the full current level 15 toolkit a lot sooner (which like, there ain't a lot to level 15 lol).
I feel like the current level 16 - 44 MSQ content could be *massively* reduced; down to levels 7 - 13. With Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda Trials being unlocked every 2 levels (8, 10, 12). With Brayflox's Longstop being introduced as part of the MSQ at level 10 while Haukke Manor & Stone Vigil could become unlockable Blue+ content.
This would leave Cape Westwind and the set up quests at level 14 with both Castrum Meridium & Praetorium at level 15.
The following levels 16 - 20 could incorporate each of the subsequent patches; i.e. level 16 = all of 2.1; level 17 = 2.2; 18 = 2.3; 19 = 2.4; 20 = 2.5 & 2.55.
Anyways, that's how I'd personally go about it. Looking for thoughts and opinions but more curious how other people would go about reducing the content between level 1 and the start of Heavensward so it's less of a gatekeeper to new players.
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Part of what also has me thinking about this is how slow the game feels at early levels; jobs are very slow to gain new abilities and start off with relatively few abilities.
I'd love to see them reduce pre-Praetorium content down to level 1 - 15 with the 2.1 - 2.55 content taking us to level 20. Many of these early level quests could be expedited, removed completely, made into Blue+ quests that unlock additional content (looking at you Tam Tara Deepcroft lol), or made into regular quests.
Job Quest related content could be at level 1; then at level 2 and every 2 levels thereafter (4,6,8,etc) rather than every 5 levels. This allows I believe each Class/Job to complete their level 50 content by level 20 as well (and further syncs with the Heavensward content which is also every 2 levels).
For the MSQ I'd like to see the level 1 - 15 quests reduced down to levels 1 - 6; at which point you visit each other city and unlock Sastasha (w/ Tam Tara Deepcroft & Copperbell becoming unlockable dungeons). I feel like this allows players to get into dungeoning and the party aspect of the game a lot sooner as well as having the full current level 15 toolkit a lot sooner (which like, there ain't a lot to level 15 lol).
I feel like the current level 16 - 44 MSQ content could be *massively* reduced; down to levels 7 - 13. With Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda Trials being unlocked every 2 levels (8, 10, 12). With Brayflox's Longstop being introduced as part of the MSQ at level 10 while Haukke Manor & Stone Vigil could become unlockable Blue+ content.
This would leave Cape Westwind and the set up quests at level 14 with both Castrum Meridium & Praetorium at level 15.
The following levels 16 - 20 could incorporate each of the subsequent patches; i.e. level 16 = all of 2.1; level 17 = 2.2; 18 = 2.3; 19 = 2.4; 20 = 2.5 & 2.55.
Anyways, that's how I'd personally go about it. Looking for thoughts and opinions but more curious how other people would go about reducing the content between level 1 and the start of Heavensward so it's less of a gatekeeper to new players.
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