Message from actual new player

[Meleena]

Are you guys sure that the game is harder?
Why the hell I find it so much easier post 1.19?
My stats and damage output are insane and I am still with dated gear, wth will happen once I put 1-2 materia in?
Or Pug is OP now?

[Molly_Millions]

Are you guys sure that the game is harder?
Why the hell I find it so much easier post 1.19?
My stats and damage output are insane and I am still with dated gear, wth will happen once I put 1-2 materia in?
Or Pug is OP now?

I feel the same way you do. I also do not have any materia and all dated gear and I find that while I'm not soloing mobs 15 or more levels above me any more, I'm getting great exp from even level mobs. I also have found that leves are cake and leveling is faster over-all. Given, the lowest class I've played on post patch is my MRD, I can't really believe that the low mobs are that much harder relative to your level.