I've been hearing rumors that a level 75 cap is going to be put on abby

[Septimus]

if they add back a old school grind to this game that would be the nail in the coffin for me for sure. I still have nightmares about the climb to 75 in 2003/4 it wasn't fun or useful at all the game is totally different at endgame if you can't figure that out by now you need a doctor.

Amen.

Really, how many people who long for the "good old days" actually experienced them? I mean the 5k per hour, over a million XP to get to level 75, XPing in KRT or Moon "good old days". People who leveled before colibri parties and level sync didn't actually know how to play their job better, there were plenty of Red Mages full-timing Wise gear, people with terrible weapons, people with under-leveled or useless sub jobs, people who refused to use macros to swap gear for weapon skills, mages that didn't have all of their spells, etc. None of this is new, the only difference is that now people aren't limited to not knowing how to play one job, they have the freedom to now know how to play 5 or 10 or 20 jobs.

[Xantavia]

Amen.

Really, how many people who long for the "good old days" actually experienced them? I mean the 5k per hour, over a million XP to get to level 75, XPing in KRT or Moon "good old days". People who leveled before colibri parties and level sync didn't actually know how to play their job better, there were plenty of Red Mages full-timing Wise gear, people with terrible weapons, people with under-leveled or useless sub jobs, people who refused to use macros to swap gear for weapon skills, mages that didn't have all of their spells, etc. None of this is new, the only difference is that now people aren't limited to not knowing how to play one job, they have the freedom to now know how to play 5 or 10 or 20 jobs.

I don't think anybody longs for the lower xp rate at all. Instead, it was more the co-operation of the party to kill a mob. Now, it seems that half of the alliance is leeching xp (either trying to hide or by arrangement with the leader) and everybody else is soloing mobs. Personally, it doesn't feel like a party at all, just a group of soloers that happen to be teamed up. And yet, while leveling thf, people still moved out of the way when I attempted to trick attack, so that part is the same.

[Cowardlybabooon]

I don't think anybody longs for the lower xp rate at all. Instead, it was more the co-operation of the party to kill a mob. Now, it seems that half of the alliance is leeching xp (either trying to hide or by arrangement with the leader) and everybody else is soloing mobs. Personally, it doesn't feel like a party at all, just a group of soloers that happen to be teamed up. And yet, while leveling thf, people still moved out of the way when I attempted to trick attack, so that part is the same.

This absolutely. Keep the insane xp but bring back the party. I think mobs with lots of HP that hit like a truck and give 1500xp each could work.

[detlef]

This absolutely. Keep the insane xp but bring back the party. I think mobs with lots of HP that hit like a truck and give 1500xp each could work.

Level synced VW, make it happen SE.

[Septimus]

I don't think anybody longs for the lower xp rate at all. Instead, it was more the co-operation of the party to kill a mob. Now, it seems that half of the alliance is leeching xp (either trying to hide or by arrangement with the leader) and everybody else is soloing mobs. Personally, it doesn't feel like a party at all, just a group of soloers that happen to be teamed up. And yet, while leveling thf, people still moved out of the way when I attempted to trick attack, so that part is the same.

People trying to leech in parties is nothing new. People tried it all the time before the days of Abyssea, the difference is that back then people had less qualms about actually kicking the person who was not contributing and getting a replacement.

Also, people didn't cooperate before Abyssea; I was convinced when I got THF to level 15 that the sound of Sneak Attack unconsciously makes people run circles around the mob, and this was in the CoP times. Ask any BLU that leveled the job the old-fashioned way if they think that the sound of Chain Affinity unconsciously makes melees hold onto their TP and use it to ruin the BLU's skillchains- I am sure that most would agree. This is an example of people wearing their Nostalgia Goggles, the "good old days" were rarely as good as people like to think they were.