Quote Originally Posted by Arlan View Post
But I can tell you, newer people can explore more if they choose to durring missions and stuff when they reach at lvl cap since thats when you can start getting things done.
Newer players will give up on the game for it seeming 'dead' if they don't find a truely altruistic player who will willingly help them and walk them through the hoops of getting a spot in an Abyssea party as a leech and will also help them make progress in missions. If you are such an altruistic person then really, I applaud you. We need more of you.

Sadly that isn't the case for most of the veterans playing this game. People prefer to just tell the newbie what to do to advance instead of actually doing anything with the newbie. You have to realize that there are plenty of people who don't run into someone like you who is going to help them get a spot in an Abyssea leech party and help them through old content.

Why were things better for newbies before Abyssea? Because everyone had to go through the exact same steps to level up a new job; veterans, newbies, returning players, whenever any of them had to work on a new job to use in the game, they had to do go through the same steps. Veterans playing together with newbies was a built in necessity and how you met people, got invited into linkshells, and so on and so forth.

A newbie has no cruor so can't buy keys, so they can't key their way through levels. They won't be meeting veterans in exp party who can help them because all the veterans choose another mode of exping. The only shot they have at really getting anywhere is to play the game the lonely way, figuring stuff out by themselves and trying to solo to 75, or they luck out and run into a player like you. Given that this is an MMO, players will give up long before reaching 75 if they are trying to play the game alone, so their only chance is to run into someone nice. If they don't, its a tough road... and really hasn't opened up the game for them in any way.