I kinda agree with OP, but it's probably too late anyway. I purposely leveled 4 doh's and a dol to 50, to slow down the experience and still capped out my white mage in less than a month. On the other hand.. it seems levels aren't really about leveling, but they're a 50 step tutorial process, to make sure you are ready for the game that really only begins at 50. (If this is the intent, games should really just start going levelless)
(love this game, I do my myth tomes at the beginning of the week, and then work on another class and dungeon away!) no hatred, just see the irony in the system
(I'm also not doing coil content yet, as i'm waiting for more FC members to get ready... so maybe I don't have a true vision of things)
Dear SE: I wish lvling wasn't so fast :(
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10-12-2013, 03:47 PMSelemar
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10-12-2013, 04:21 PMSartajNice rose-coloured goggles you have there. Fanboy it up well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruisu
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10-12-2013, 07:11 PMOsha_Sohma
As an aside, I'm not sure that severely curtailing leveling speed for non-legacy people would have been a great idea at all, unless you're a legacy person who liked being among the very few level 50s on a server, and having basically no one to play with except people you saw incessantly in beta. Not to mention the slight problem that happens when your friend joins and is looking at a 6 month or more grind in order to do what they joined the game to do in the first place - play with their friend who loves the game so much.
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10-12-2013, 08:40 PMmadolyngimp. lol...Quote:
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10-12-2013, 08:48 PMzakalw3
If you want to be the chest paladin you can, you should learn the other classes to their job levels so you fully understand their roles and can understand how each supports you tanking.
Once my PLD is 50, I'm going to do this. Due to the ease of levelling it will make it not only educational, and me a better PLD, but it will also be fun.
There is also crafting and gathering to consider as a break between combat content.
There is plenty for you to do, and plenty that will make you better at the role you enjoy most. IMO, you're gimping yourself if you don't take the opportunity to learn. -
10-12-2013, 08:57 PMShuon
the amount of abuse the OP is subjected to is insane lol...
i dont think he ever said he hasnt enough to do, or that fate is this and that, or dungeons or blablabla whatever, he merely said lvl-ing was faster, which is true, and part of the game design. the OP acknowledges the fact that 2nd class is gonna takr longer and all those points raised. all he ever wanted to say was that lvl-ing was faster than expected - it might have been a neutral statement that was not looking for neither nay- or yay-sayers... so please dont be so sensitive... -
10-12-2013, 11:26 PMWingless_Seraph
People have reading comprehension issues. Add that to questionable self-esteem of your average gamer, and you get a storm of replies that don't address the OP's actual issue.
He's on Turn 4 Coil while most who replied probably haven't even beaten Garuda or Titan. I have a Relic PLD, Relic DRG, 50 Miner, 50 ARM, 34 WHM for Stoneskin, and some levels in everything else. I chose not to join an FC, and no paid for Titan runs; just putting good groups together for the content (Takes time).
OP not playing any other class is a non-issue for PLD. Stoneskin is decent but nothing any PLD should or need to have. Mercy Stroke is not even worth leveling MRD past 15.
I agree, the leveling in FF14 is too fast, but increasing exp to level would require adjustments to a majority of the content. The grind needs to go somewhere and people flock to fates though a mob chain PT might actually beat it out if you get a good group and good location for the level range.
Let's face it, Fate grinding is not fun. If it is to people then any form of tedious grind should be okay for them. DPS waiting for dungeons is not fun if they move the good exp to dungeon grinding.
I personally thought the leveling was way too fast in closed beta, and that epic staircase to max level seems to be a lost journey in modern MMOs. I'm old enough to have played them all since the early days of Meridian 59 and Ultima, and the new generation of gamers and MMOs in general have changed a lot. I have mixed feelings about a heavy grind, due to my patience and tolerance to sit and play for hours at a time, but this themepark system of MMOs is not very conducive for grinding anyways. They would need to pack a great deal of content into the game from 1-50 while extending the exp required to hit max level to appease the majority of the playerbase. I loved FF11 for the two years I played it pre-Abyssea, but looking back at the time I put into it, grinding on crabs, and later undead to 75, is both nostalgic and cringe inducing.
So to the OP, I agree, the leveling is too fast for your first class/job, but that seems to be the trend of the modern MMOs. And increasing the exp to level without padding it with quests and additional dungeons wouldn't work for FF14's current content. It would just mean more Fates to grind to reach 50 and Fates are generally recognized as zombie content where you watch netflix or talk to friends while being partially engaged in what you're doing. -
10-12-2013, 11:31 PMParodine
I'm continually surprised by the amount of people joining this game who only want to level one class. Being able to level multiple classes on one character was supposed to be a big appeal to this game. You can do as you want, of course, but don't be surprised when a large portion of content/time-sink is gone from the game.
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10-13-2013, 01:44 AMDrakzen1There no doubt that leveling is way to fast...Quote:
Originally Posted by Parodine
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10-13-2013, 01:48 AMArriverderciYou helmet is killing me lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shuon