Game Promotes Stagnation and Terrible Play

[Xairos]

Stagnation is the name of the genre. You either like it, or you don't. If you don't, you're likely going to hate your time on (nearly) every MMORPG sooner or later. Unlike the clueless, the rest of us that know this will likely just get bored and move on without any stress/anger.

This. this is one of the only gaming genres that work out kinks within its first few years after being released. You can NEVER apply non-mmo genre stylings to an mmo. Example: Compelling storyline. FFXIV and most other mmos feel like a 90s RPG. Save the world you who runs around with other people who are much more exceptional than the average NPC. All mmos want, at the end of the day, is to keep you playing weeks on end. I know this fact and don't get too hurt about how long (or short) it takes to level a job.

Anecdote: I just leveled MNK to 50 post 2.1 and the amount of people who knowingly stick to fates to level as opposed to running dungeons is nauseating. Dungeons are much, much, better now.

Exploits: Players will always try to find the short point between two objectives. How do you think Fate-leveling became a thing? The Devs are faced with a problem. Do they roll back all the gear achieved by the supposed exploit or do the change it and cut off all those who come after us and want to down a fate? As for ADS i don't know about that exploit but i image they could change it before the masses get to running coil regularly.

[Saziel]

Anecdote: I just leveled MNK to 50 post 2.1 and the amount of people who knowingly stick to fates to level as opposed to running dungeons is nauseating. Dungeons are much, much, better now.

I do my daily duty roulette for the exp bonus for Bard, but I still like to fate grind. I don't want to be locked away in dungeons all day long earning exp. I just wish there were other ways than fates/leves to level in the outside world. I like the freedom of leveling in the outside world because I'm not locked down for a set amount of time.

I would love to level just using leves, but it currently takes like...15-20 leves to gain one level at 41? Something like that.

I actually don't really care for fates, but I do like that I'm not locked down while doing them. I already spend a lot of time in dungeons on my 50s.

[Xairos]

Yes, Leves carried me to about 40. Then only to jump off the cliff afterwards. lol