petition to make leveling optional (ex. auto-50)

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And isn't this the same team that nerfed the Leve exploit a few months back?

The bottom line is that PLing is an exploit (granted, it was dev team approved - and we called that this would happen before the patch) that is being taken advantage of. Just like with the GL exploit there are people who are all for it, because they want to take the easy route to 50 (as if there was anything at the end of that tunnel). These people don't care about balance, or the economy of the game. They don't care about whether or not crafters have any reason to make them gear. They just want everything NOW.

I've been playing this game for a year. I played at my own pace (roughly 5-10 hours a week when active). I got my first Level 50 last night in a grind party (not a PL party). I will say that I had a lot of fun on this long road that I chose to take. Leveling from 1-50 is possible without shortcuts, and the focus should be on making that leveling experience a good one, by providing content for everyone along the way (the new Lv15 dungeon is a good step in that direction, but the PLing issue undermines the inclusion of that content at all) - not letting people skip that part of the game all together.



I think that the response to this thread proves our point.

Err... I'm not sure what you're getting at in your post? Are you agreeing with me? Disagreeing with me? Expanding on what I said? lol.. I'm a bit confused.

I'm against the PL'ing - especially to this degree - in any MMO, FFXIV or otherwise. I am not a fan of it and hope they do patch it up... sooner than later. I mean, being helped along if you're having a rough time of a couple levels or whatever is one thing.. but PL'ing 1-50 in a day.. or hell.. even a week.. is ridiculous.

That's awesome that you dinged 50 by actually playing. And grats on 50 btw .