I like this reason better, lets go with that.
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If they're anything like leves, then dungeons probably would be a decent source of SP. If they weren't, the high rank dungeons would be only available at rank 50, not rank 45. If you can do the end-game dungeons at rank 45, it allows you to gain SP in the process that would go towards your character's level progression.
Anyway, answer this question:
Which course of action is more satisfying to a player who wants to get new dungeon-only gear for his rank 25 Gladiator.
Option 1: Kill everything super fast as a rank 50 Marauder, then "give" (so to speak) the gear to his rank 25 class.
or
Option 2: Complete the dungeon as a rank-appropriate rank 25 Gladiator, and "earn" the gear through hard work.
Dungeons don't need to give any SP. I understood it in 11 because we had far more penalties for dying....but here the worst that can happen is needing to walk back to a location.
First, this question has 2 parts. The first is why would a rank 50 MRD need rank 25 GLD gear? The second part is, it depends on what kind of player you are talking about. In my case, if I just wanted some cool looking gear for the sake of just having it, I would run it as a 50. If I was looking for a challenge and I was bored of the rank 50 dungeon, I would run it as a 25.
You may not feel the same way, but what is the point in penalizing Player A that would have just as much fun running through a dungeon designed for a level 25 on his rank 50?
60min and each time it's diff puzzle to win the area i love it that make me want to go in there 500times because it fun. In ffxi Nyzule Isle i did it over 200times and enjoy it :) when you do it with good friend or just random people it still fun like hell. i just hope they bring that over into ffxiv but yoshi-p did play a lot of blizzard game am hoping he does not make it into a wow clone dungeon that be dumb and boring i get bored of it within 10min of playing it. But seeing how there a time limit i think they would be a puzzle type game and more to it then wow. WoW you had no time limit and just killing :) so i hope it going to be fun.,
You're not being penalized. It was designed for 25 for fun/gear. You may not like it but it is their design choice for these dungeons. But, just because you cannot run it on a 50 doesn't mean you are being punished for it. As for a rank 50 MRD doing it as a 25GLD, I think the implication in Renta's post was that you were also leveling GLD as an example and that your rank 25 job you are leveling could use it.
Like keeping old gear from a job you previously leveled or got by other means and using on your lower level job that you are messing around on.
Purpose of Time Limt:
-People won't get all the gear or whatever lies in there in a day or 2
-Encourages more playtime runs within those Dungeons
-Gives reason to keep going to that Dungeon to get that gear you always wanted thus making it more Rewarding
Without a Time Limit:
-People will bum rush the Dungeons till they completed everything in there within a day or 2
-When they finish they will complain that they have everything and want SE to pump out more Content now
-Less initiative to want to do Dungeons because it will get old without having a need to go there
-The items you get won't be nearly as rewarding if you just rush everything
Also Reguarding Grand Companies:
-These Dungeons are in Relation to the Grand Companies please do make note of that as to why there's a time limit
-In, the future whenever Grand Companies come out (probably this Summer) That 60 min time Limit may just be there for that reason too, for activities within the Dungeon itself.