How am I meant to level with a friend now?

[LuxLex]

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.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

What the people blindly cheerleading this game fail to understand is that if mindlessly grinding was the way to success - XIV wouldn't have failed so hard at launch (since it had plenty of mindless grinding then, as now).

[Jynx]

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.

Pray tell. What is fun leveling in a MMO then? Gaining SP for everytime you teabag someone or something?

The grind isn't always meant to be fun, it just needs to be rewarding.

[Verecund]

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.

It seems like your server is well-populated......

[KiraJ]

I leveled with a friend which came back to the game today... got pretty good sp for the leves (mob-kill sp) did some grinding also... no clue maybe people are upset not getting 1000 sp per killshot but hey... it isn't bad you can do whatever you did before with your friends.

[LuxLex]

Pray tell. What is fun leveling in a MMO then? Gaining SP for everytime you teabag someone or something?

The grind isn't always meant to be fun, it just needs to be rewarding.

Leveling shouldn't be 90 per cent of what you do in an MMO. And in an MMO like XIV where most of what there is to do is level, they ought to try to dress it up a bit, instead of nerfing the content that tried to dress it up, and implementing a "kill 500 puks to level" system.

[Bled]

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.

Part of the reason why people take your post so hostile is because you are judging the game blindly... like you said you log in once and while. Riddle me this, if you logged into FFXI once and while would you find it fun? and this question is even more relevant back in the day, before Hello Kitty Island Adventure mode that abysea made the game.

"Honestly the game needs less blind cheerleading" is what you said, how do you think you have the right to call people blind cheerleading when your blind criticizing.

[Forbin]

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.

what does year have to do with it? It's an MMO... I'd hope they would try to target those of us that have been paying them for the past 10 years in their other MMO.. those are the fans i'd be trying to target.. not the here today gone tomorrow GIVE IT TO ME NOW! kids.

[Warp]

Pray tell. What is fun leveling in a MMO then? Gaining SP for everytime you teabag someone or something?

The grind isn't always meant to be fun, it just needs to be rewarding.

Why even bring up the teabag thing? Grow up.

Depends what kind of grind. Mindlessy killing the same mobs over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. Fun? Not a chance. Good luck trying to sell that game to the audience that SE NEEDS in order for this game not to get shut down.

There are a quite a few very popular MMOs that have a rewarding, lore-filled, exciting, content-rich leveling process.

[Bled]

It seems like your server is well-populated......

I'm on Selbina, i know we have a good pop of both french, American, and JP's however i do not know if we are "well" populated in respects to the other servers.

[Warp]

what does year have to do with it? It's an MMO... I'd hope they would try to target those of us that have been paying them for the past 10 years in their other MMO.. those are the fans i'd be trying to target.. not the here today gone tomorrow GIVE IT TO ME NOW! kids.

Casuals = $$$$$$, 10 year MMO vets = $