Low End Content *Until* Endgame Content

[Rambus]

I think a valid point is presented here, you really do not need hard(detailed) content for low levels, and there is no reason for it. I can see what the dev quote might mean (like lower level dungeons wow has) that gives lower level gear and exp. That would be a lot more interactive then this dumb abyssea leeching crap and so would different level brackets in the gyms of vandel idea. give the guy a brake this is not BG wars.

you want bragging? this is my 1111st post, thats cool! 1111 ;p

[Glamdring]

you want bragging? this is my 1111st post, thats cool! 1111 ;p

dude, you ever find time to play?

[Karbuncle]

Probably not

I thought i was forum whoring-hard.

And he has 2x my post.

[Rambus]

i have 2 laptops, a desktop and an xbox, not hard for me to muti task ( duel box and posting)

and wtf:

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I'm just quoting this line so I can point it out later Ram. ^^

why make fun of me -.-

[Tsukino_Kaji]

dude, you ever find time to play?

I play just fine.

you want bragging? this is my 1111st post, thats cool! 1111 ;p

You want bragging? I had 1111 posts when you were still less then 400. lol
This our powers combined, we out tally the JP forums!

[Taheenaa]

The development team is most definitely aware of the difficulties associated with the lower levels and they are thinking of some possible ways to counter this. While their direction is not necessarily going to be an increase in content for specific levels (ex: more battlefields for level 10 etc.), they will continue to pay special attention to ways that players can get through the lower levels at a good pace.

It's not hard, really.


Raise entry requirements for Abyssea zones to level 70+.


There's no reason to have it at lvl 30, period. Raise entry requirements, people start partying again (shock!), game not so broken anymore :/

Lvl 30 entry never made any sense anywho.

[Rambus]

It's not hard, really.


Raise entry requirements for Abyssea zones to level 70+.


There's no reason to have it at lvl 30, period. Raise entry requirements, people start partying again (shock!), game not so broken anymore :/

Lvl 30 entry never made any sense anywho.

yeah I said that before, the only thing I fear with doing that is the economy, it is already damaged to hell and I do not think that will repair it. in other words how do you fix the lack of lower level gear?

[kingfury]

yeah I said that before, the only thing I fear with doing that is the economy, it is already damaged to hell and I do not think that will repair it. in other words how do you fix the lack of lower level gear?

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I say offer low lvl "Rare" gear from the Trial of the Magians that can be sold on the AH until they reach a certain level. These would be in demand economy wise for folks that don't want to do the trials but want decent low level gear quickly. There could be trials based on each armor slot (Head, Body, Hands, Legs, and Feet). Gear that could grow with your character in both stats as well as appearance as you grow in level would be interesting to see. I'm guessing this type of gear could start from lvl 1 and have very simple trials that correspond to the difficulty of a lvl one character (ex. kill 10 Mandies=upgrade, kill 12 bee's=upgrade, etc.). The Devs would have to either position Trial Moogles in low lvl city areas, or allow players to trade gear to new trial books in the low area fields.

[Taheenaa]

I think fixing what broke (ruined) the entire game in the first place will fix a lot of problems.

By not allowing people in to Abyssea before level 70 would have a trickle down effect just as much as it did when Abyssea (at level 30 entry) was initially implemented.

People have no reason to gear their low level jobs like they used to 5 years ago. Or even 1 year ago. In turn, crafters have no one to sell to because no one has the need to buy low level gear anymore, no one is partying. If the entry requirement is raised to level 70+, people will have to party again. If you have to party, you're gonna have to gear up.

If people have to start partying again, you'll then see the market pick back up again on items such as crystals, gear and weapons. Since Abyssea came along, more often than not, when you're fixin' to buy some crystals there's either usually very minimal stacks to 0 stacks up on AH.

People would start Campaigning again. At least until level 70 (if that were the
entry to Abyssea requirement.)

I can't imagine being a brand new player to FFXI in it's current state. There's no way I'd wanna stick around if I couldn't find party's, gear or just about anything really that you need to play the game. Can't be very fun or enjoyable for the new player's.
...the list goes on...

Just by adjusting one simple entry requirement level, it will have mass effects on the game.

Abyssea (at it's current level 30 requirement) has ruined many aspects of the game, that most of us had come to love and enjoy.

There's no way to deny that.

Many of these aspects were the main reason why a lot of us long time players preferred
FFXI over many of the other no-brain-required MMO's in the world.

Adjusting the entry requirement to Abyssea to level 70+ only won't, by any means, fix every single thing broken in FFXI. But it sure as hell will fix many of the things that Abyssea broke on it's own to begin with.

[Saefinn]

I think what we need is for 1-74 to be more interesting and for people to not have an incentive to leech from 30 to 75. I think leeching is too much of a short cut, I can understand that not everybody wants to grind, but how many of us play an RPG with our levels maxed out? Usually you play the game AS you level up, not after. Obviously, you can do missions as you level up, but it's easier to do them after you've levelled, especially with the level caps dropped, which I can understand because there's fewer people interested in teaming up, therefore you're likely to be left to solo stuff or find a friend to help out. Perhaps have a 30-75 event that people can get exp, gil and gear that's enjoyable to participate in. There's MMM for exp, and that can be great, but you're not really doing much - just killing mob after mob and the incentive for it is exp. Also, if the economy's going to be crap for people in the lower levels who aren't leeching Aby and getting loads of Cruor as well, then why not level the playing field and reward people for participating in lower level events?

So in turn - people are levelling up, getting gil and gear, as well as enjoying the process. The reason, as far as I can see, for Aby leeches is that people aren't interested by the levelling process between 30 and 75 - either because it's not that attractive or they've just done it all before (or the third, they're lazy), there's no reason why SE can't spruce it up a bit.