L 110 is insane.
Look, I'm HUGELY invested in the MSQ. I love it. I'm hugely invested in the story, the characters, the everything. But I'm playing an alt and the hill to climb is insane. ARR is just too long. It takes forever to get to Heavensward. And even longer for Stormblood. And Shadowbringers. And Endwalker. And (ugh) Dawntrail. Now Evercold.
Asking a player to go from L1 to L110 in this day and age is too long and exhausting. For some of you masochists, it might seem like a fun time, but for the casual player, it's a lot.
So why not give everyone a level skip and story skip? Make it part of the purchase that allows them to catch up.
You don't HAVE to use it. If a player wants to take that climb, let them. Maybe they'll use it on an alt. Who cares, it's their money.
If you want your friends playing this game, you want to play WITH them. Are you seriously going to invest months and months of playing MSQ with them? Come on, you're not. And trying to bring friends into the game is hard enough.
Every copy should include a skip. They have plenty of opportunity testing the game and the story out with the free trial leading all the way up to Shadowbringers. They can CHOOSE to go this route.
Square-Enix, bite the bullet and allow players to just skip up to their friends and have it included in the purchasable copies of the game.
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Look, I'm HUGELY invested in the MSQ. I love it. I'm hugely invested in the story, the characters, the everything. But I'm playing an alt and the hill to climb is insane. ARR is just too long. It takes forever to get to Heavensward. And even longer for Stormblood. And Shadowbringers. And Endwalker. And (ugh) Dawntrail. Now Evercold.
Asking a player to go from L1 to L110 in this day and age is too long and exhausting. For some of you masochists, it might seem like a fun time, but for the casual player, it's a lot.
So why not give everyone a level skip and story skip? Make it part of the purchase that allows them to catch up.
You don't HAVE to use it. If a player wants to take that climb, let them. Maybe they'll use it on an alt. Who cares, it's their money.
If you want your friends playing this game, you want to play WITH them. Are you seriously going to invest months and months of playing MSQ with them? Come on, you're not. And trying to bring friends into the game is hard enough.
Every copy should include a skip. They have plenty of opportunity testing the game and the story out with the free trial leading all the way up to Shadowbringers. They can CHOOSE to go this route.
Square-Enix, bite the bullet and allow players to just skip up to their friends and have it included in the purchasable copies of the game.
Continue reading...