Low level...leveling?

A friend that's rejoined the game after a hiatus is wondering why it's now taking him forever to level from level 1? He has to rest every 2-3 mobs and finds the pace nearly intolerable compared to before.

Was this intentional or is he doing something wrong?

He needs to get Cure/Bloodbath/Rampart/Second Wind/Sacrifice then it should be okay to get into the party range, imo.

Party Range? Are people actually grouping though? He's seen nothing of the sort, where would he even go for a group?

Ul'dah or shout, SE said ~lv20 is where you should begin to experience the game (I assume parties and the such)

So level 1-20 are basically solo? And incredibly slow solo at that?

Did you have them try the low rank leves? not sure how EXP is now with the new patch.

He said the low rank leves also give terrible, awful xp. And he has a tough time doing them because he's so squishy/does so little damage.

Oh, I dont know then all my jobs are rank 20+ atm lol >_< Havent gotten a chance to test out the new patch but I'm sure its not balanced all right atm,

Yep, I can confirm this. My level 8 pug couldn't solo r10 leves at 1 star. I couldn't even kill a single mob. I also got 3-shotted by a level 11 marmot. The biggest issue is, my HP at that level is 180. Mobs are hitting me for 20-50 a pop.Heck, even my r22 pug had issues with a 1 star r20 leve. It took me 18 mins to beat 8 mobs, died twice, and got LESS xp per mob than pre-patch. SE really dropped the ball on low levels.

Yes, ranks below 20 are kind of a crapshoot now. Mobs yield less exp, and with the redone stats you have much less HP, defense, and attack power. Expect to rest every 2-3 mobs and don't fight anything more than a level or two above you.

Yeah it's a bit frustrating at low levels for DoW/DoM :( You have basically auto-attacks, which deal like 6 damage, until like level 10 when you can use weapon skills, and even then TP generation is a little too slow to keep them at a consistent pace...

...the worst leves are the ones where the mobs are clumped close together (like the jellyfish one in LL) and also aggro.

Also healing sucks for low levels now.

why don't you help him? o.o

PLing is supposed to be easy now.

Does the recruit/search function even work?

Or Get a Low level Party... that works too... They are pushing party play now

Get used to it Simple

Party search still sucks. Or atleast no one uses.

No one parties very much until after R20

Can't you just go to a camp do behests, maybe do leves, meet ppl and share their leves, ? should get you pretty good lvls.

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Originally Posted by Rau

Party search still sucks. Or atleast no one uses.

No one parties very much until after R20

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yes,because it pointless to party before 20....in previous patch. Consider asking help to higher level players? Maybe that will build community :D

>implying higher level players don't have better things to do

So the party search function is busted... But we're supposed to be doing party play? With a community that hasn't had much communication nor cooperation from outside their linkshells since...ever?

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Originally Posted by Teuciont

So the party search function is busted... But we're supposed to be doing party play? With a community that hasn't had much communication nor cooperation from outside their linkshells since...ever?

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Yes, that is basically it.
Welcome to 1.19.

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Originally Posted by Starlord

Or Get a Low level Party... that works too... They are pushing party play now

Get used to it Simple

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You mean mindlessly killing the best xp/hour mob for 50 levels on multiple jobs? Oh, I know, sitting in town waiting for or trying to put together a PT since you can't do it outside of town because the LFG UI is horrendous? If that fails, I can go stare at a bar while I fish, or press Standard Synthesis more. Sounds exhilarating. This isn't 1999. Most people don't want to chain kill mobs to progress anymore.

I'm sure I'll be burned at the stake for this, but I'm going to bring up WoW. I don't play WoW anymore and I don't really care for themepark MMO's much either, but at least when I was grinding in WoW, I was entertained by varied types of activities. There's always grinding, but you don't always have to be hit in the face with it. Killing an innumerable amount of mobs on several different jobs just isn't my idea of progressive and engaging content. To each their own though.

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Originally Posted by Aion

yes,because it pointless to party before 20....in previous patch. Consider asking help to higher level players? Maybe that will build community :D

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Here I thought high level players hated beggars.

Low level junk is tedious, for sure now... far moreso than before but decent exp CAN be gained solo now, at least up til Lv5 for certain (probably beyond)

Using my alternate account for testing upon seeing this thread.

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EDIT: Oh yeah, forgot to mention... as leveling that low is boring, I've already taken a break from it. Someone else can see how long it takes, but I can tell you that 1-5 shouldn't be AS bad as OP made it sound but it's fairly annoying, that much is for certain.

I'm not sure but the leveling curve was screwed up in 1.18 so it's probably even worse now.

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Originally Posted by Neptune

I'm not sure but the leveling curve was screwed up in 1.18 so it's probably even worse now.

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I have absolutely no doubt that it is, at least for solo players.

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Originally Posted by Blarp

You mean mindlessly killing the best xp/hour mob for 50 levels on multiple jobs? Oh, I know, sitting in town waiting for or trying to put together a PT since you can't do it outside of town because the LFG UI is horrendous? If that fails, I can go stare at a bar while I fish, or press Standard Synthesis more. Sounds exhilarating. This isn't 1999. Most people don't want to chain kill mobs to progress anymore.

I'm sure I'll be burned at the stake for this, but I'm going to bring up WoW. I don't play WoW anymore and I don't really care for themepark MMO's much either, but at least when I was grinding in WoW, I was entertained by varied types of activities. There's always grinding, but you don't always have to be hit in the face with it. Killing an innumerable amount of mobs on several different jobs just isn't my idea of progressive and engaging content. To each their own though.

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TD;RL

Anyways, Cry me a river

Nuff' Said

[dev1143] A new non-instanced dungeon geared for low-level players has been added.

Dungeon Name Location Recommended Party
Shposhae Lower La Noscea (28,33) Level 15 parties of 4-8

Anyone gave this a try ??????

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Originally Posted by Teuciont

A friend that's rejoined the game after a hiatus is wondering why it's now taking him forever to level from level 1?

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Really?

Took me like 3 mobs to get to level 2. The tutorial leve got me to level 3.

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Originally Posted by Starlord

TD;RL

Anyways, Cry me a river

Nuff' Said

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I realize two paragraphs can be daunting, but I have faith in you.

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Originally Posted by Blarp

I realize two paragraphs can be daunting, but I have faith in you.

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I rather not read a "Potential Argument" Got enough of that in the forums don't need to add more.

Thank you