How am I meant to level with a friend now?

[Bled]

Not everyone entering this game will have an entire linkshell at their disposal. (..because linkshells in this game currently run about 4 active members)

You know the l2p saying well l2mf (learn to make friends) I have three LS and they are all above 15 active members regularly (no IRL friends in either LS). Occasionally there wont be a well spring of members on at one time, but that's when i knock out the leves, side quests, story quests, behest, assaults, explore, level low jobs, craft, need i go on....

There is a decent amount of content people are just so close minded these days; remember more content is on the way.

Edit: I believe the game supports up to 8 LS's so use that.

[LuxLex]

Either you lie, or you're EXTREMELY bad at it.

I mostly soloed and didn't use any of the exploits like failing leves... I guess that makes me bad at it.

I soloed/duoed to 70 in XI and then polished off my levels in exp alliances. They have since added even better methods of gaining exp, which would have saw me get to 90 in two months instead of 4. (Only for the first job with level breaks and other things to do which slow a person down)

[Abriael]

I mostly soloed and didn't use any of the exploits like failing leves... I guess that makes me bad at it.

Rank 33 in 6 months looks like a complete inability to complete the easiest tasks. You can easily get to that rank in 3-4 days, a week top. Without using any exploits.

[mysterytaru]

I mostly soloed and didn't use any of the exploits like failing leves... I guess that makes me bad at it.

I soloed/duoed to 70 in XI and then polished off my levels in exp alliances. They have since added even better methods of gaining exp, which would have saw me get to 90 in two months instead of 4. (Only for the first job with level breaks and other things to do which slow a person down)

I thought you said "Final Fantasy XI" but you clearly meant "Final Fantasy Abbysea: Now With 100% More Easy Mode"

[Jynx]

I mostly soloed and didn't use any of the exploits like failing leves... I guess that makes me bad at it.

You must find complicated tasks like breathing hard to manage as well if you took 6 months to reach rank 33. I'm rolling around with a rank 43 botanist and 38 marauder and I hardly touched a party let alone ever had enough people to mass lev-link fail.

Unless you know, you hardly play at all. Hell I was rank 38 marauder in about 2 months when the game launched and that was being amazingly casual about my playtime.

[LuxLex]

I thought you said "Final Fantasy XI" but you clearly meant "Final Fantasy Abbysea: Now With 100% More Easy Mode"

yeah, except I got to level 70 outside abyssea, so I don't see what your point is. And from 50-70 is pretty much the same amount of time as 1-50.

And only people who think exp is the whole game think abyssea is easy mode. Anyway, I was responding to someone who claimed ranking up in XIV is faster than in XI, which is clearly not the case, whether you think abyssea is easy mode or not.

I know it is crazy to think a person might like having fun versus mindlessly grinding mobs for no apparent purpose, but whatever.

As for the personal insults, I won't be responding to any more of them individually, but I have to say they don't make you look cool or intelligent, or prove anything but the fact that you have nothing worthwhile to say.

[Forbin]

i'm having a blast in a XP party right now grinding it out.. I actually enjoy it. WAY better than solo grinding.. have gotten close to 70K SP.. @ 330-410 SP a kill.. =/ bunch of whiners...

Today I have done Behest, Leve's, SP Grinding in a group, City Main Quest, City Side Quests and gone from 15-20 no problem.. sounds like you guys want everything handed to you.

[Jynx]

The only downside is that everything isn't peaches and rainbow in the higher levels 1-30 is a cakewalk litteraly and then things start to seriously ramp up in terms of time invested to SP returned.

But people saying that it's flat out impossible to level need a reality check.

[Warp]

i'm having a blast in a XP party right now grinding it out.. I actually enjoy it. WAY better than solo grinding.. have gotten close to 70K SP.. @ 330-410 SP a kill.. =/ bunch of whiners...

Today I have done Behest, Leve's, SP Grinding in a group, City Main Quest, City Side Quests and gone from 15-20 no problem.. sounds like you guys want everything handed to you.

Sorry, I don't really find mindlessly killing 200 mobs a blast anymore. Good for you though! I guarantee you that the majority of players they are hoping to target with the re-launch won't be wanting to spend hours looking for group and mindlessly grinding mobs. That was popular in 1999.

It needs to change.

[LuxLex]

Then go back? As has been said before if you don't like the way things are going, leave. You already said you don't play ,and called the game shit, so gtfo. You're not the target audience and no amount of forum bitching by people who don't even play and make judgements based solely on patch notes is gonna make the dev team change the direction it's going.

Can you please link a post where I ever swore, let alone called the game #$@%? I try to be respectful on the forums, unlike some folks.

I am cool if you disagree with me, but I would appreciate it if you treated my posts with the same courtesy I treat yours.

As for going "back" I am still paying and playing for XI, and I do log into XIV to check it out once in awhile, play around, make a new char. I don't hate the game, I just think it needs a lot of improvement. Honestly the game needs less blind cheerleading and a lot more honest criticism. I don't understand why you take my criticisms so personally. They are not directed at you, they are directed at the game (not you).

So please, discontinue the rude attitude. It is not constructive.