Shocked at the reduction in mage damage, quadruple mp cost, and lowered resources

[Dubont]

Still doesnt change the fact that lower levels will have a much lower chance of getting their gear now because a mob that could be duoed by 2 lvl 35 will now be almost impossible or take much longer. And most of those level 50 items would be so superior stated that the use would extend to 75, you were never supposed to have some of those pieces on your first job that hit lvl 50, pieces like okotes you would get near the appropriate level and wear for a while but a speed belt was something you got after you had your first 75 not the same thing. These are the lowest nms in the game and were made for players 25+ (25 on the lower weapons). These new mp costs makes a large portion of low ranking players unable to get their piece. I personally dont care i have enough to make a group and kill the stuff, but shutting off a portion of your game to lower ranking players is not a good idea.

the point of NMs is to require good party play by persons around that level. For those 50gear nms that the 75 players couldn't solo, 3 50s could trio it. So, maybe, JUST MAYBE, instead of being anti-social and trying to solo everything in a MASSIVE MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAME, you should try making a party of say...5-8 players and going after the gear that you want. This game is getting away from being completely soloable and I love it for that. A Final Fantasy MMORPG should never be soloable. Why? 1) It's a MMORPG 2) It's a Final Fantasy and there has been absolutely 0 FF games where you didn't have a party =)

[MerkinValefor]

]the point of NMs is to require good party play by persons around that level.[/B] For those 50gear nms that the 75 players couldn't solo, 3 50s could trio it. So, maybe, JUST MAYBE, instead of being anti-social and trying to solo everything in a MASSIVE MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAME, you should try making a party of say...5-8 players and going after the gear that you want. This game is getting away from being completely soloable and I love it for that. A Final Fantasy MMORPG should never be soloable. Why? 1) It's a MMORPG 2) It's a Final Fantasy and there has been absolutely 0 FF games where you didn't have a party =)

There is our problem, i would argue that nms are there to offer a way for a player to obtain a rare item that would not be obtainable any other way. Sure some nms should require a group thats why i love ff, i played xi for years so dont go on some bullshit rant about this is a MMO play with people. I love grouping but not all nms should take 5-8 ppl especially since the community is so shit right now. If you only think nms are there to provide a target for pts to kill then why give a item drop? Shouldn't the fun of killing the nm with a group be the reward? If you just want to group to fight o get some 50s and kill 75 drakes, takes a lot of party play and are much more difficult than any nm in game. Nms are to get gear not just force party play.

[Dubont]

There is our problem, i would argue that nms are there to offer a way for a player to obtain a rare item that would not be obtainable any other way. Sure some nms should require a group thats why i love ff, i played xi for years so dont go on some bullshit rant about this is a MMO play with people. I love grouping but not all nms should take 5-8 ppl especially since the community is so shit right now. If you only think nms are there to provide a target for pts to kill then why give a item drop? Shouldn't the fun of killing the nm with a group be the reward? If you just want to group to fight o get some 50s and kill 75 drakes, takes a lot of party play and are much more difficult than any nm in game. Nms are to get gear not just force party play.

you aren't forced to use a party because you aren't forced to fight that NM. You can level more and kill that NM. If you want OP gear at an early level, you shouldn't be able to solo it. The little sheep that drops the CON body is what..level 43? You shouldn't be able to solo it at level 30. You can (could) trio it at level 35. NMs are working as intended, just like in EVERY OTHER GAME. In WoW, a level 10 NM took quite a bit of skill to kill at level 15 for me and that was with quite a bit of luck, some zoning and a lot of health popping. Lower level NMs will be introduced eventually. You HAVE to keep in mind that the "low level" NMs that you keep referring to are actually, according to SE, MID-TIER NMs.

tl;dr: All games have NMs like this. stop the senseless QQ.