Request for a steeper exp curve on levels

[Cichy]

What they need to do is to stop putting all the content at level 50, start adding some mid range real content and make that curve a lot steeper.

In FFXI you had your RSE, your AF quests and so on, for example. In XIV it seems everything's put at the end of the line.

Not to mention you end up selling gear you just bought having barely broken it in.

I loled hard at this. XI was a race to cap, no one in their right mind gave a crap about gear before 75. They doing exact same thing here which is a stupid idea.

[Physic]

I loled hard at this. XI was a race to cap, no one in their right mind gave a crap about gear before 75. They doing exact same thing here which is a stupid idea.

people will always want to invest the most time in the gear that is the best.

as long as they can outlevel gear, for most people that it is the shortest path to good gear. there is nothing to do about that unless you make low end gear applicable to high end stuff, but that seems like a really bad idea on a number of levels.

[Deceptistar]

I loled hard at this. XI was a race to cap, no one in their right mind gave a crap about gear before 75. They doing exact same thing here which is a stupid idea.

either you were playing on a bad server or the wrong time @_@ Odin server was all about the gear swapping since the dunes lol

[TheVedis]

either you were playing on a bad server or the wrong time @_@ Odin server was all about the gear swapping since the dunes lol

yeah back in the day good luck getting a group if you didnt have proper gear
they didnt want leeches

now current game is another story over there and it doesnt count

[irongripz]

I loled hard at this. XI was a race to cap, no one in their right mind gave a crap about gear before 75. They doing exact same thing here which is a stupid idea.

sadly that is pretty much the standard in mmos these days ffxi is one of the rare game where gear you farmed years before actually was still usable. now its a race, like you said. but they do it because it keeps competition going for pve players. what fun is a game when there is not much competition.

[Jynx]

I loled hard at this. XI was a race to cap, no one in their right mind gave a crap about gear before 75. They doing exact same thing here which is a stupid idea.

Lolwhut?

My leaping boots were and emperors hairpin were exremly important pieces of gear for my Thief early on. If I "Didn't care" about my gear I'd never have as many party invites as I did. Perhaps it was just my server but Odin would totally shun you for being a gimp. The only people who could get away with fighting with crap gear were bards...

[Sephrick]

Lolwhut?

My leaping boots were and emperors hairpin were exremly important pieces of gear for my Thief early on. If I "Didn't care" about my gear I'd never have as many party invites as I did. Perhaps it was just my server but Odin would totally shun you for being a gimp. The only people who could get away with fighting with crap gear were bards...

Leaping Lizzy could have been takedown solo, but Valkurm Emporer was impossible at 24. Wide scan was all but required to camp it, especially back when it was botted by RMT when it still was a sellable drop. So you either got it with a higher level job or had higher level help.

But that was one of the sick mentalities of the early XI community -- that there was no space between elite and gimped. I remember getting booted from parties as a 35 Monk because I didn't have OKotes. No one card that it was my first job and that I didn't really have the means to generate 30 million Gil. You were expected back then to either have the best or to not show up at all.

But that's why it was a race to cap. Because even if my 35 monk happened to get claim by having Mee Deggi pop on top of me, it'd have been a brief encounter in the bird's favor. I eventually gave up and leveled rdm because all I needed was mp gear to keep up a refresh cycle. Then at cap I could make enough for OKotes and SH.

XI NMs are a horrible example of midlevel content. Standing in place hoping the three to 72 hour spawn (depending on the NM) is in you favor sucks. It's a bare bones time sink that the elitist community bought into hook, line and sinker.