Quote Originally Posted by Eyeballed View Post
I guess your agreement we should start the game at cap says all I need to know.
I'm going to reiterate some things that I've already said to you several times since you keep acting like they haven't been said / known from the get go.

For the thousandth time, the old leveling system is still there. Your not able to use it because people don't want to do it with you. this does not mean that there is a problem with the game. This simply means that you will have to try harder to find people to do it.

The developers saw that many people didn't want to do that any more, so they made new methods for leveling. They were considerate of the people who did not like the faster methods and left the old methods available. In this way, people who find leveling to be an enjoyable experience are free to do so.

As far as starting at level cap goes, there are all sorts of reasons for keeping leveling in the game. The least of which is the fact that people like you still enjoy it. There are a bunch of quests / missions involved with level cap increases etc. that would have to be remade / removed. Why bother when most people are content with how it is?

Yesterday while I was changing jobs for a VW run, I saw some guy shouting for a 65 party on colibri. Guess what.... he found people. I actually see people in small groups exping from time to time, so your right that people shouldn't say "No one wants to do that. I think it would be more accurate to say "No one wants to have to do that".

I think it was pretty nice of the devs to leave in the old leveling elements for people like you who are nostalgic about them. They could have just went "from now on all mobs give 1,000 experience points and all level caps are 5,000 exp. now Go find the zone with the best clustering of level 3 mobs that link and have 1 guy thundaga all the things!".

I still don't understand the desire to force people to play with you by removing what they like from the game though. I wish my friends liked FFXI, but I don't petition XBOX to remove all other games so that they have to play with me. In both scenarios, I imagine most people would choose to just not play with me regardless.