Great Patch!

[Zenaku]

Don't mean to sound rude, but you're full of crap if you didn't notice mobs hitting harder at rank 14. I never said they made it impossible to solo, it's just painfully slow and inefficient now. It's not at ALL fun, and every single battle feels like an endless grind.

Maybe wear gear for your level? and it would hit less? if the optimal level is red then you shit out of luck. get yourself gear for your level and mob don't hit hard i'm on a 16 class without issue.

[Issac]

Wow, you just really can't please some people. Please note, Bartel, that you just responded again just as I am in defense and offense. No matter how you choose your words, it is still trying to "win" an argument. If you'd like, I will personally try all my suggestions and report back forthwith. I still have a rank 1 on this character that I can play around with. Which would you have me try, Archer, Marauder, or Pugilist? Please let me know and I'll let you know how it goes.

But remember, I'm bringing the right gear, food, and skills. I'm going to give it my all. Or is this sincere offer not enough to convince you that I strongly believe in a challenge? It wouldn't be much of one, though.

You tell me.

[Amaya]

Don't mean to sound rude, but you're full of crap if you didn't notice mobs hitting harder at rank 14. I never said they made it impossible to solo, it's just painfully slow and inefficient now. It's not at ALL fun, and every single battle feels like an endless grind.

You are being rude if you need to start the sentence saying "Dont mean to sound rude", Gear for your class and rank set the right skill's and try out the patch abit longer.

[Kyra]

1# are you wearing gear for your level? and fit your class? if not then that your issue the higher level you go the more gear matter.

Also you have to build to add the new gems and also get yourself some nice NM gear that are easy to kill if you have a higher class or a friend to help. gear matter now people start buying the gear the is around your level or your fucked i wish i knew this before buying some gear.

dont patronise me like im some sort of noob, ive got all the NM items, all my gears around 25, I should be able to solo 1 star leves, i thought leves were for soloers now that was the whole point of them. What ever you say it feels like a nerf as my character just got weaker and/or the mobs got stronger. And gonna be 5 times as hard to level up solo compared to an already snail pace at this level last patch. Not a nice update for lower level battle class soloers.

[Xeno]

This patch is epic! I spent around 70 anima getting my damn chocobo for all of those copy-paste quests though... Then after that 15 fellow ls members took on a stronghold and were getting like 50k xp an hour not even trying to get xp... We were trying to kill flamefist. This patch made me actually want to play. SE encouraging party play vs solo play is a great thing imo

[Zenaku]

dont patronise me like im some sort of noob, ive got all the NM items, all my gears around 25, I should be able to solo 1 star leves, i thought leves were for soloers now that was the whole point of them. What ever you say it feels like a nerf as my character just got weaker and/or the mobs got stronger. And gonna be 5 times as hard to level up solo compared to an already snail pace at this level last patch. Not a nice update for lower level battle class soloers.

Who calling you a noob? not me i'm asking if you wearing gear out of your level that could be a issue. Don't put words in my mouth where they don't belong. Remember that 1.19 is just the start of fixing issue and your feedback would come to play in 1.19A.

I do say that leve are harder i agree with you on that even before 1.19 it was pointless to do them any lower then 5stars so you needed a party. Why they did this when leve should be casual i really don't know.

It's still F2P and pretty much beta if people are going to complain the least they can do is use there words and explain as much as they can about the issue they having. but na what people do on here is make pointless topic complaining at the dev for there mistake. "Not saying it you or the OP just saying overall this happen every dam patch."

[Seikninkuru]

This patch is epic! I spent around 70 anima getting my damn chocobo for all of those copy-paste quests though... Then after that 15 fellow ls members took on a stronghold and were getting like 50k xp an hour not even trying to get xp... We were trying to kill flamefist. This patch made me actually want to play. SE encouraging party play vs solo play is a great thing imo

Not at the expense of the latter.

[Betelgeuzah]

Wow, all the cons sound amazing. SE is finally getting it.

[Bartel]

You are being rude if you need to start the sentence saying "Dont mean to sound rude", Gear for your class and rank set the right skill's and try out the patch abit longer.

I was rank 8, wearing rank 1 starter gear. I was equipped with a WS, bloodbath, second wind, heavy thrust and something else I can't remember. This char is rather new and doesn't have a ton of skills unlocked, but what I have should be MORE than sufficient. I can't afford rank 8 gear because everyone in the wards jacked up their prices even higher now that everyone has to trash their old gear. However, rank 1 weathered gear is still decent at level 8 and in no way should I have as many issues soloing because of it.

Maybe wear gear for your level? and it would hit less? if the optimal level is red then you shit out of luck. get yourself gear for your level and mob don't hit hard i'm on a 16 class without issue.

See above, I know how to play the game. Been playing since launch, just started a new character recently when I came back. They hit harder than pre-patch by far. Anyone who doesn't see that is blind. It's not just them hitting harder though, it's the fact that battles take FAR longer for less sp rewards at low levels.

[RedAffinity]

You know what wasn't fun? Playing THM and realizing your debuffs are completely useless and a waste of time during party / leve EXP dynamics because by the time you draw your weapon out to even cast something like slow or paralyze, the enemy was dead and you were sitting with like a 1 minute (or whatever it is) recast.

On the melee side, it was no different. In a party of 4-6 mobs would die so fast. it's really not fun if you don't feel like you've put in anything for your EXP. I'm so happy about this change.