why am i so gimped now?

[oldmanlogan]

My theory (holding off personal judgement till tomorrow when I can try things myself) is that they more or less buffed mobs by ~10 levels. Sounds crazy but according to the patch notes, killing a mob equal or higher level gives you a chain. Going by SE's past (with FFXI) exp chain systems, I think it's safe to assume that they want us killing mobs 2-3 levels lower than our own level if we're solo. People just aren't adapting to that new idea. Or at least that's what I think is happening.

But it is entirely possible SE made some huge oversight, wouldn't be the first time.

I believe this new move on Squares part was highly intentional and quite frankly "I love it." Me and two buddies of mine played our level 25-28th lvl characters at Camp Horizon last night and got owned on a few of the 5 star leves. In the past it was never a problem (barring the Wight Stuff). The first thing we noticed was the implementation of half our hitpoints and lowered damage out put. Next we noticed the 5 star leve mobs were dishing out high damage weapon skills. Gladiator, Maurauder, & Pugilist (me) started to wipe. I myself actually "liked" this for many reasons. When the leves were adjusted to the proper star level and number of heroes, to me it was working as it was meant to. I never liked the idea of a character casually soloing mobs 10-12 levels higher without sweating. Now it feels right, and approaching a scenario now needs more thought and a balanced team. This is merely my opinion, but I have to say I really like the change. Thank Yoshi-P!

[Lionheart]

yesterday I was doing solo leves at rank 26 in Nanawa... today I cant even kill a djigga on the way to target... WTF

[Lionheart]

They put 82 damn points on Piety for r25 archer... ahahahahahahahahahhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah It's more than my strength xDDD

[Vivik]

Only getting 100xp a kill?! WTF happened???

[Dhalmel]

Only getting 100xp a kill?! WTF happened???

The exp system had to be changed with the added link and chain bonuses. There's also a cap on how much a monster will give you now. It's all in the patch notes/

[Gramul]

I'm a gladiator.
I'm totally fine with the changes.

[Physic]

couple things here that cause misunderstanding, there is a huge difference to what you can do and how much exp you get as you level.

The exp results have been moved essentially. while its much harder to kill higher level monsters you get more sp from chains and links.

your best off when solo fighting a monster type that matches your class(something that plays to your strengths), and killing things the same or 1 level higher than you.

[Dreamer]

I tried to do one of the Gridania storyline quests yesterday after the patch. The (single) mob two-shot me. Five attempts in a row.

[Celeras]

jesus this is retarded. i cant even kill mobs my level without going to 40% hp

So you can't kill mobs YOUR LEVEL without losing HP, and that's a negative? Sorry, no dice. It's EVEN MATCH for a reason.

[Xello]

What happened to the casual elements? The game is suddenly looking like it'll require far much more of my time than I can afford to give to a computer game right now. =/

Really love this world, would be a shame to be forced out because I have a real life.