Power-leveling is absolutely BROKEN

[Betelgeuzah]

I don't agree with Yoshida on this. Leveling should feel like an achievement. Otherwise there is simply no point to it.

Levels allow there to be things to look forward to. It's not the same when you're already at level cap. It shouldn't be made into feeling like a race. Then what's the point in the first place? Why can we apply materia to gear lower than level 50? Wasting time with things like that only holds you down. Level 50 is where everything is at.

[Morningstar]

You mean exploring new monsters new experience gains? So your saying the reason noone is partying is because every single person in the game is soloing right?

No..it was obvious I referring to the GC quests, Ifrit battles, Beastmen strongholds, caravan escorts, lvl 15 dungeon etc...you know the kind of content that most of us have been waiting a year for.

People have done plenty of grinding the past year and now want to experience the fun stuff. So you want to be the guy that the day after said content is released to go shouting "Hey who wants to go kill raptors?" then go ahead and be that guy but don't be surprised if too many people aren't jumping at the chance to join you. Give it a couple of weeks before you say that partying is broken.

[viion]

Whats wrong with 1.25 in 30 mins? What is so bad about it? What is wrong with 35-44?

If people want to do it, let them, if you dont like it, dont do it.

Dont get what the problem is, people hit 950 rank within couple months, i have 1. do I care, nupe? doesnt ruin my gameplay.

You all have your head to far up each others business. lol

[Dzo]

It doesn't hurt your gameplay until you stop being able to find parties because nobody wants to use a non-optimal method of leveling up.

[tragic]

This is what SE does nerf and buff then nerf and buff. Get use to it. When I got my first R50 class on FFXIV I thought to myself I never want to do that again. 40-50 took about 100 hours of grinding the same mob. Over these cycles I have got most DoW/M to R50. I look forward to testing out the new sp on one of the two classes I have to get to R50.

I do really see the problem having these nerf and buff cycles. If someone gets all 50 when it happened to be the easiest time to rank up that doesnt effect me much at all. I have my experiences and my memories and isn't that what this is all about?

[Travesty]

Whats wrong with 1.25 in 30 mins? What is so bad about it? What is wrong with 35-44?

If people want to do it, let them, if you dont like it, dont do it.

Dont get what the problem is, people hit 950 rank within couple months, i have 1. do I care, nupe? doesnt ruin my gameplay.

You all have your head to far up each others business. lol

For one thing, it kills the game lol. There's no argument about it. Especially in a game with such little content waiting at the level cap. If everyone is 50 a week from now, which is what will happen if people are going from 35-44 in 2 hours, in 2 weeks there's nothing left to do and everyone leaves.

[Nayt]

Wait what? We'll actually be able to progress in the game without spending several hundreds of hours grinding? Nerf!

[Xello]

People achieve nothing by power levelling. and this "Don't like it don't do it" crap is besides the point. Even if you don't do it, the people who ARE doing it are making shitty players of themselves. They're not learning their jobs, or getting better/more experience as players, they may as well be buying an account from someone. And it's these inexperienced, talentless hacks that'll be who YOU have to choose from for group endgame content.

The system is broken. Entirely broken, and it needs to be fixed. new players are getting their asses handed to them, getting frustrated, getting a power level, or just out and out quitting.

[Travesty]

Wait what? We'll actually be able to progress in the game without spending several hundreds of hours grinding? Nerf!

The fallacy with this argument is that "progressing with little to no effort" is not "progressing."

[Aion]

Chill out. This is not the 1st time SE mess with SP lol, they eventually will fix it