Quote Originally Posted by Malakhim View Post
I'm leveling up on a fresh character right now
So I'm guessing that you haven't given yourself any handouts then? No money/gear from your main and all that?

Anyways, people seem to be missing the point. This patch essentially brings back the worst part of FFXI by making the prospect of grouping so lucrative--and if it's 40k/hr in a group (mentioned above) vs. 15k/hr solo (what I get killing enemies 1 level lower than me), that's ridiculously lucrative--that you'd have to be a masochist to want to solo, at least at low levels. However, it's even worse this time around since there's no efficient way to look for a party; you're basically confined to Ul'dah (or if you want to REALLY test your luck, you can stand around an aetheryte camp and hope that someone comes along) /shouting yourself hoarse until you hopefully, maybe, possibly, get a response.

I suppose a person could ask their LSmates, assuming that they haven't levelled everything past the low levels already, or would even want to spend time levelling in the worst part of the game when there's a dozen people in LS chat who they can level with in the good parts of the game. Let's see: kill marmots at level 15 with someone, or kill a fire demon with all these other people for phat loot and bitches? Tough choice, amirite?