What's your least favorite levequest?

Some of these are quite frustrating! Which quests do you hate the most and why?

My least favorite is On the Beating Path (Camp Bald Knoll, LL). Usually I solo my leves and this one just adds a whole buncha annoying on the side. The ravine that the defense takes place in is saturated in aggressive mobs. Takes a minute or two to clear this out, before you can even start defense.

Another would be Necrologos: Thousandfold Agony (Humblehearth, G). I had to do this one on my THM for some guild marks and it was aggravating. First there are 3 spawns for the galagos. Two of which are on the top level of the forest, and the third is about a minute and a half run away back down on the bottom level. Ugh!

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Any defense mission. You kill like 6 mobs in one spot and then have to sit there for 8 minutes waiting for the mission to end. Also, the one with the taru assassins at horizon where after you get to the last one it runs alllllllllll the way around the mountain and you have to chase it for a good 3 minutes before it gets to the place where its back up spawns.

Oh come on now, don't hold back! Really let me know, Wolfie! hehe.


Touche, sir.

Defense missions could be so rad.... COULD be.
We should be benifited for fast kills with more mobs and SP not punished. Total backwards design....

I don't really like any of them because they're boring.

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Originally Posted by Req

Any defense mission. You kill like 6 mobs in one spot and then have to sit there for 8 minutes waiting for the mission to end. Also, the one with the taru assassins at horizon where after you get to the last one it runs alllllllllll the way around the mountain and you have to chase it for a good 3 minutes before it gets to the place where its back up spawns.

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Oh man whoever thought of defence missions should be fired, that guy doesnt know the word fun if it slapped him in the face.

And yes I agree all of the guildleves are BORING AS HELL. Even the first time I did them, and the reason is fairly simple: Rank 1 leves are IDENTICAL to rank 40 leves. Same shit different... area

I only do the main leves that everyone does (i,e., Dunesfolk, Cracked, Ranine etc) so my experience is limited and there's probably some obscure one that is way worse than any I can think of.

But, from my limited experience anyway, I would have to say that Ranine Reveries is the worst. Mainly because the mobs annoy me (stupidly oversized puks) and there's too much running.

But all in all, they're all pretty crap.

All defense leves... they need to be reworked completely.

Not only are the mobs in the a joke... it takes like 10-15mins standing in 1 spot to kill 6-8 because they come so slow, the mobs themselves die in like 30secs.

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Originally Posted by viion

And yes I agree all of the guildleves are BORING AS HELL. Even the first time I did them, and the reason is fairly simple: Rank 1 leves are IDENTICAL to rank 40 leves. Same shit different... area

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It's no different than most MMO kill quests then. When you go to a new city you're guaranteed the quests you're getting will be basically the same concept. Over and over.

I don't care much for guildleves because it was the only content released at the start, but some of the faction leves were fun.

Defense leves clearly were trying to mimic Campaign, but unlike Campaign and everything else XI related, they dropped the ball on mimicing the basic setup.

All of them...

Of the leves I've done i personally dislike adamantine wells in nanawa mines (run around half the map for 20-25 minutes strait) and restless be damned at halatali because I just hate fighting the zombies in this game. When did zombies learn to cast magic and why can't I just cast Raise on the zombie to kill it?

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Originally Posted by Wolfie

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First reply wins.

Defense leves are particularly atrocious. Whoever designed those needs his head examined.

It's funny how they are the worst type of leve, but if they changed it to a format where waves of enemies assault you constantly, they would actually become the best type of leve.

Such a small change could have profound improvements. Unfortunately, the designers did not have the foresight to do it that way.

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Originally Posted by Renegade

why can't I just cast Raise on the zombie to kill it?

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You have to turn it invisible first, then use X-zone.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

It's no different than most MMO kill quests then. When you go to a new city you're guaranteed the quests you're getting will be basically the same concept. Over and over.

I don't care much for guildleves because it was the only content released at the start, but some of the faction leves were fun.

Defense leves clearly were trying to mimic Campaign, but unlike Campaign and everything else XI related, they dropped the ball on mimicing the basic setup.

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So because a lot of other MMOs do similar SE should follow like a lemming?

I hate being the one but amma do it, TERA does not follow this path all much, it suddenly changes at 20 when you switch from just killing x mobs to go killing elites, then even further it asks you to do a series of dungeons or collect items from various beasts in different zones. All sound tedious but the payout is worthwhile.

in XIV the objective is the same throughout them all, the difficult is the same and the mobs are the same, and due to how crappy designed the game is the area is the same. Same Same Same.

Of the ones I've actually done, the "good" Necro in Nanawa. Goddamn mitelings. . . >_<

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Originally Posted by viion

So because a lot of other MMOs do similar SE should follow like a lemming?

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Isn't that what everyone's bitching about? Making XIV like every other MMO cuz it's "standard"?

Diamonds in the Rough!

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"shake harder boy!"

If you are not familiar with this leve.. well.. you are the lucky ones.

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Originally Posted by Wolfie

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Agreed, Leve's could have been great but as they have been the only thing to do since launch they have become extremely tedious.

Defense leves, though I think that is a given. ;)

Also, Slugging it Out at Nine Ivies, 'cause it is trios of slugs and I hate slugs lol. And at the end you get the 3 slugs plus 3 crabs all at once. Not so bad SP wise really but as a mage I find it a huge pain to solo (and who does leves at Nine Ivies?).

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Originally Posted by Fleur

Defense leves, though I think that is a given. ;)

Also, Slugging it Out at Nine Ivies, 'cause it is trios of slugs and I hate slugs lol. And at the end you get the 3 slugs plus 3 crabs all at once. Not so bad SP wise really but as a mage I find it a huge pain to solo (and who does leves at Nine Ivies?).

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My LS used to do leves in Treespeak and Nine Ivies before we all stopped playing. Regardless what anyone else says, if you get a good group with several links on leves, SP is fantastic. Don't know why more people don't do 40s there...

All of them because they're all the same. Telling the difference based on how many mobs are involved is just splitting hairs really.

any of the defensive leves and where's the meat in limsa are my least favorite. outside of those my next set of hated leves are anything besides the big 3 in broken water, wills, levinshower, inferno, and verdure. those leves i actually enjoy because it's not over in 2 minutes nor standing around doing nothing for extended periods of time.

I have to agree about on the beaten path, That is probably one of the worst leves Not only is it a Defensive leve but it takes place in that gods forsaken pit of yarzon and elementals.

Defensive leve's like others have said need a major relook. I can understand the mob spawns being on the slow side if solo. But if your in a group it should not turn into a picnic where moster's some times show up to interupt your meal.

Necrologos: Adamantine wills

So much running from one side of the map to the other over and over x.x

The ones that don't give good sp.

Any that requires us to come to a screeching halt while we wait for one or more members to abandon their precious leve.

The Necrologos. I hate that book.

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Originally Posted by bojangles

The Necrologos. I hate that book.

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That's right bojangles! You kick the crap out of that smartass book!

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Originally Posted by Wolfie

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Originally Posted by Gath

All of them...

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Originally Posted by Rentahamster

First reply wins.

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Nuff said.

None of them. Unless one takes place in one location and all mobs spawn on top of that location. So basically I like the defense duration run to one point ones. Guildleves that take more running than mob killing is more boring than stationary camps. If you wanted to run in your game then just pressure Square Enix to make a track and field game with Crystal tools.

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Originally Posted by Wolfie

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Lol I stopped myself before I got to the first response. I said - watch the first response be "all of them". WOLFIIIIIIIE! You has thrown a monkey wrench in my prediction by posting this!

Anything with Imps , and the Light node's where the leve could prematurly end before your able to get the max sp out of it.
A useless feature that punish's the unlucky.

Any leves that have you walking large distance's for no reason, Think adamance in nanawa.
This doesnt make it any harder or make me learn my job more needs to change!

I hate Guildleve's.

As a system it's abysmal and it should be scrapped immediately.

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Cat Eat Dog (Halatali) - Absolutely waste of time

Devilet's Best Friend, Terrible Thirst (both Broken Water) - Worthless except for faction credits