Widen the ranks of people who can play together without hurting SP

[viion]

Here's 3375 SP off leve linking the starter mission level quest once:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6653816/3000%20sp.jpg

Leveling 1-23 is waaay too fast, it's stupid. I went 1-5 off 1 mob, then 1-10 off the next level, dinging 10 in less than 5 mins. This needs adjusted, so does everything related to the exp/mob difficulty/leveling system though.

How is it stupid when 1-23 is EXACTLY 10% of your levelling curve? Hell even rank 40 is only 50% through your levelling curve.

I dont get why levelling has to be difficult? Its just a chore to slow you down, nothing else. And this speed is fine to welcome new levels.

if rank 40 is only 50%, then when we hit 75 or w/e, its going to be even less lol, be like 30%.

[Vackashken]

No thanks. The game is easy enough to level as is.

Give me a break...

[Nephera]

They just want to play this multiplayer game with people, dont be such downers guys.

[Vackashken]

They just want to play this multiplayer game with people, dont be such downers guys.

It is already a multiplayer game with people. It doesn't need to get any easier then it already is.

[Theocrat]

Difficulty isn't the point. It's an MMO, which is a type of game people tend to enjoy playing with other people, particularly their friends. If there is a system in place which makes it more difficult to and/or penalizes you for playing with your friends, it's not a good system, and deserves to be looked at for tweaking or removal. There are millions of people playing various MMOs all around the world, but sometimes you want to play with a specific handful of those people (these are generally called friends), and you should be allowed to do that without anything hindering your enjoyment of the game or their company.

That said, level syncing would be a much better way to facilitate friends having fun together than simply widening the existing rank gap.

[TonyMontana]

Difficulty isn't the point. It's an MMO, which is a type of game people tend to enjoy playing with other people, particularly their friends. If there is a system in place which makes it more difficult to and/or penalizes you for playing with your friends, it's not a good system, and deserves to be looked at for tweaking or removal. There are millions of people playing various MMOs all around the world, but sometimes you want to play with a specific handful of those people (these are generally called friends), and you should be allowed to do that without anything hindering your enjoyment of the game or their company.

That said, level syncing would be a much better way to facilitate friends having fun together than simply widening the existing rank gap.

Exactly. Only an idiot would want the game to be less user friendly for the sake of making the game harder. I know since the game is so easy let make it where you can only play with your monitor turned off, FFXIV could be the hardest MMO on the market wouldnt that be great??!!

[VydarrTyr]

5 ranks isnt enough, make it atleast 10 I am tired of not being able to play with my friends.

First, it's +5/-10. So if you're within 10 levels of them, you're getting the party bonus.

Second, when I want to play with my friends, I play with them. If I don't get full SP, who cares? You don't have to max your SP at all times. It's ok to just play for fun sometimes.

Third, are all your jobs 10 levels above your friends? If you want to be within 5 levels of them, then just play another job.

[Vackashken]

Difficulty isn't the point. It's an MMO, which is a type of game people tend to enjoy playing with other people, particularly their friends. If there is a system in place which makes it more difficult to and/or penalizes you for playing with your friends, it's not a good system, and deserves to be looked at for tweaking or removal. There are millions of people playing various MMOs all around the world, but sometimes you want to play with a specific handful of those people (these are generally called friends), and you should be allowed to do that without anything hindering your enjoyment of the game or their company.

That said, level syncing would be a much better way to facilitate friends having fun together than simply widening the existing rank gap.

Sorry, difficulty IS THE POINT. So that means more people could be dragged through the retarded levinshower exploit getting people to 50 that much faster in a game with nothing to do. Along with the myriad of other reasons its a hugely bad idea. Sorry, the game is in candy-ass mode enough as is.

[Elkwood]

How is it stupid when 1-23 is EXACTLY 10% of your levelling curve? Hell even rank 40 is only 50% through your levelling curve.

I dont get why levelling has to be difficult? Its just a chore to slow you down, nothing else. And this speed is fine to welcome new levels.

if rank 40 is only 50%, then when we hit 75 or w/e, its going to be even less lol, be like 30%.

You are aware at the current curve If SE raised the level cap to 75 to level between 74 and 75 the current curve would make it roughly something like 6 million SP for that level.

[TonyMontana]

First, it's +5/-10. So if you're within 10 levels of them, you're getting the party bonus.

Second, when I want to play with my friends, I play with them. If I don't get full SP, who cares? You don't have to max your SP at all times. It's ok to just play for fun sometimes.

Third, are all your jobs 10 levels above your friends? If you want to be within 5 levels of them, then just play another job.

I have all combat classes at 33+ they are new players : (