Power-leveling is absolutely BROKEN

[Issac]

For something to be considered cheating, it would have to be against the rules of the game. Since PL at this current time is NOT against the rules of the game, that would mean PL at this current time is NOT cheating.

All gear can be worn at any level by any level of player to "spiritbond" with and then be turned into "materia". All gear of any level at any level, therefore, has a use for all players. Furthermore, players who choose to not PL have a use for all levels of gear.

For you. Character progression is still an option available "for you" if you decide to play FFXIV.

For something to be exploited, it would have to be used in a way that was not intended by the creator. Yoshi-P is not the creator of FFXIV, but he is the person who decides if something is allowed or not in FFXIV, so he is in charge of if something is being used in a way that was not intended. IF Yoshi-P decided that the current form of PL in FFXIV is being used the way HE intended, then everyone else is free to like or not like Yoshi-P's version of PLing and then choose to PL or not, but that does not mean anyone is exploiting PLing if they choose to PL.

If that is how someone feels, then the option to advance slowly is what they are looking for and is already in the game for them to use.

If enough players ask for this option and if it were possible to do in a cost efficient way, I am quite sure the devs would put the option to do this in FFXIV.

There would have to be a problem for you to find a solution for. People PLing like crazy is not a problem unless they were forced to do it and they did not want to. Since no one can force someone to PL when they don't want to, there is no problem.

Not for the players who do not wish to PL.

RMT can stockpile 50s anytime they play. It does not matter how many players are lvl 50 regardless if they are RMT or not. What matters is if the players and devs can "tell" who is RMT or not.

Right, because materia itself is the only thing we want in character progression. And the only purpose for gear from lv1-49 is to make materia to make our characters stronger. Uh huh. That's not a MMORPG.

I would go into far more detail for each of your points, as I have done so before in this thread for another person. But your arguments are so asinine that they aren't worth my time objecting to. I'm sorry if that comes off as insulting, and I'm even more sorry if you don't care.

Powerleveling is so blatantly, ridiculously, massively, stupendously overpowered in this game right now. It's like... Staring at the sun and saying it's dark out. Well damn, guess you went and made yourself blind.

I love this game, they have made so many positive changes. But powerleveling to this gross extent does not belong in ANY MMORPG. A game, if you can even call it that, that starts you out with a level 50 and gear of your choosing to run around a circular room with doors to raids would, at best, be called an adventure/strategy game. Let me repeat: NOT MMORPG.

If SE wants to change the genre this game is classed in, they can feel free. But I really don't think they want to do that, so we'll fight for the fix to this as hard as we can.

Edit;
Removed: "Get it through your thick skull." Bit too offensive, regret saying it.