Power-leveling is absolutely BROKEN

[Zenaku]

But the entire point is to use power leveling to get your friend to endgame quickly so they don't get bored / feel left out wallowing at low levels by themselves.

However, you don't have to be powerleveled. If the journey to 50 is more your thing, then take the time to enjoy it. There's no pressure to get powerleveled at all unless it's for the express intended purpose which is to get into endgame content faster.

So, to sum up, if you care about endgame, you can get there faster through powerleveling. If you care about leveling at your own pace without any help, then don't get powerleveled and enjoy the existing low level content at your leisure. If one of these options isn't fun for you, then don't do it. It's a game. Have fun with it.

once again everyone would do the powerlevel i just saw 10 ppl pass by me each with a 50 and 20-30 getting party level. No one going to do anything else but that.

sorry it have to be fix.

[AmyRae]

once again everyone would do the powerlevel i just saw 10 ppl pass by me each with a 50 and 20-30 getting party level. No one going to do anything else but that.

sorry it have to be fix.

So what if everyone is level 50 now? The game has been out a year. Having a substantial endgame crowd sounds about right for an MMO that old. It was hard for the first people to reach rank 50. But they've had 10 or so months to bask in that glory for a task that's been repeated by so many others since that time.

Level 50 is not a big deal anymore. It's not a unique accomplishment. Hasn't been for some time. Just let it go.

[Issac]

So what if everyone is level 50 now? The game has been out a year. Having a substantial endgame crowd sounds about right for an MMO that old. It was hard for the first people to reach rank 50. But they've had 10 or so months to bask in that glory for a task that's been repeated by so many others since that time.

Level 50 is not a big deal anymore. It's not a unique accomplishment. Hasn't been for some time. Just let it go.

Seriously?! I have to do it a third time?

There seems to be a handful of people here that refuse to see the truth of the damage this could do to the game. It's like ignorance, the folly of man.

It's not about jealousy from veterans from launch.
It's not about pride, or gloating from the top of the mountain.
It's not about greed, it's not like anyone wants to have a "special class" by being 50. (That notion already doesn't exist.)
It's not about the lack of content, that is being fixed every patch.

It. Simply. Breaks. The. Game.
I don't know how this couldn't be any more clear, any more true, any more resoundingly correct.

[Zenaku]

So what if everyone is level 50 now? The game has been out a year. Having a substantial endgame crowd sounds about right for an MMO that old. It was hard for the first people to reach rank 50. But they've had 10 or so months to bask in that glory for a task that's been repeated by so many others since that time.

Level 50 is not a big deal anymore. It's not a unique accomplishment. Hasn't been for some time. Just let it go.

How about you let it go? while we try and save this game for you? i'm sorry if you agree with this type of level up system but a big % of us don't and should not be like this. FFXI got killed for the same reason we don't want to happen in ffxiv top of that there not enough thing to do at the end of this game anyways so what the big deal of race to max.

[AmyRae]

How about you let it go? while we try and save this game for you? i'm sorry if you agree with this type of level up system but a big % of us don't and should not be like this. FFXI got killed for the same reason we don't want to happen in ffxiv top of that there not enough thing to do at the end of this game anyways so what the big deal of race to max.

You're not saving this game for me, you're guarding your level 50 castle by attempting to throw roadblocks in front of anyone else who might have an easier time to catch up. It's like demanding the interstate highways be torn up because your ancestors had to cross the country by stagecoach, and making it easier dishonors their hardship.

Stop focusing on how you've made yourself "better" than someone else for your sense of worth, because that's all this complaining about powerleveing is rooted in. Focus on what you find challenging and rewarding. Who cares how hard anyone else has it?

[Issac]

You're not saving this game for me, you're guarding your level 50 castle by attempting to throw roadblocks in front of anyone else who might have an easier time to catch up. It's like demanding the interstate highways be torn up because your ancestors had to cross the country by stagecoach, and making it easier dishonors their hardship.

Stop focusing on how you've made yourself "better" than someone else for your sense of worth, because that's all this complaining about powerleveing is rooted in. Focus on what you find challenging and rewarding. Who cares how hard anyone else has it?

I'm sorry, did you miss this or simply ignore it?

There seems to be a handful of people here that refuse to see the truth of the damage this could do to the game. It's like ignorance, the folly of man.

It's not about jealousy from veterans from launch.
It's not about pride, or gloating from the top of the mountain.
It's not about greed, it's not like anyone wants to have a "special class" by being 50. (That notion already doesn't exist.)
It's not about the lack of content, that is being fixed every patch.

It. Simply. Breaks. The. Game.
I don't know how this couldn't be any more clear, any more true, any more resoundingly correct.

[AmyRae]

I'm sorry, did you miss this or simply ignore it?

I was really hoping you'd go away because your constant barrage of pointlessly quoting yourself seemed genuinely narcissistic in a misplaced sort-of-way.

Allow me to demonstrate:

It. Simply. Does. Not. Break. The. Game.
I don't know how this couldn't be any more clear, any more true, any more resoundingly correct.

FTFY

See how easy that was? You don't substantiate any of your points, and yet you spout this stuff like you wrote the Bible yourself. Why should I care how many times you quote yourself? Make a point, sometime. Maybe I'll care then.

[viion]

Then they be other Powerlevel or you don't get this point how about you go to other topic you really not helping yourself here.

"Claiming faster" wouldn't rectify the overall issue at hand.

There is no issue at hand. Your upset people are "Stealing" your mobs, which are free to anyone and unclaimed, they were not yours. If a PLer comes and I'm PTing I just work that much harder to get them. But I dont see point, I just join into the power levelling because the overal goal is I want a class up, what is the best way to do that? PLing. Its like going to a "Good camp" to fight a "Good mob" in order to the the "Best Experience", now only though its get a "Good Friend".

Not to mention it will die down soon, like everything does.

[Amaya]

I was really hoping you'd go away because your constant barrage of pointlessly quoting yourself seemed genuinely narcissistic in a misplaced sort-of-way.

Allow me to demonstrate:



FTFY

See how easy that was? You don't substantiate any of your points, and yet you spout this stuff like you wrote the Bible yourself. Why should I care how many times you quote yourself? Make a point, sometime. Maybe I'll care then.

And what's your point? because it seem's you haven't made any other then plvlign is ok whats your reasoning?

[Issac]

I was really hoping you'd go away because your constant barrage of pointlessly quoting yourself seemed genuinely narcissistic in a misplaced sort-of-way.

Allow me to demonstrate:



FTFY

See how easy that was? You don't substantiate any of your points, and yet you spout this stuff like you wrote the Bible yourself. Why should I care how many times you quote yourself? Make a point, sometime. Maybe I'll care then.

And now I have to do it a fourth time. Points have been substantiated all throughout the thread. Here are just the first 20 pages.

Alright, I went through the first 20 pages picking up random points of interest in the issue at hand. I'm not doing this to show how many people agree. Heck, the list started getting too long and I was growing tired of rereading everything so I skipped to the end for the last point. Anyway, here they are:

I completely agree. It might as well be considered cheating >_>

When leveling is that easy, all the gear from 1-49 is completely and utterly useless.

I'm just not sure I understand SE's design methodology. Character progression is the most crucial part of an MMO.

You throw a exploitable mechanic in a MMO, and expect players will not exploit it.
Welcome to wonderland.

There isn't even 10% of the end game content they'd need to satisfy advancement as rapid as this. Even if you argue leveling should be easy or nonexistent and the game should focus on content for high levels, that content needs to exist before people get there and right now it doesn't. How can anyone be in favor of this?

Ok, why not just start the game fully geared, inside the Ifrit instance, in a party. I mean why not, let's just cut to the chase. Screw the working up to it. This leveling nonsense is tiresome. Let's just make the game a circular room with doors to a bunch of different raids. Sounds like an RPG to me!

I loved this game and I'm here since Open Beta. I'm a fan of Yoishi's work, but this is ridiculous. I can't find a good solution for this. An update? People are powerleveling like crazies right now. They can do a rollback, but I don't think they are going to do that.

What?
And, what's is the point of the economy? I haven't said anything about that. I just said the content pre-50 is pointless. Why instances of level 15 and 25? Why all the sidequests? Why reforming levequest system? Why are you going to level up "normally" if you can powerlevel?

And this is to say nothing of the potential boon RMT likely see. If this game actually does take off and become successful, this is the perfect opportunity for them to plan ahead and stockpile level 50s with very little work or effort involved, SE might as well have given them a machine that prints money.

Let's push everyone else's opinion aside and just say I'm a narcissist. Hey, it's not that bad.