Will the new potd come a patch to late for many players?

[bswpayton]

What I mean is maybe its just me but Sb is giving extreme exp roulette included. Depending on level each of them can give over 1 million exp, with those whom enjoy leveling everything this makes things so easy. Not to mention the sb dungeons themselves seem to give tons of exp the level sixty five dungeon alone gives over 2 million per run was it this easy at the start of hw to level ? And then we have pvp although its nerfed its such great filler exp and matches generally take less than 15 mins. For me unless I purposely tried to avoid it which is possible I dont see how I wouldn't have all jobs to 70 by the time the next patch with potd comes out.

And looking at my friends list many of them already have at least 3 seventies or more. Id also assume I could very well be wrong but this far into the game if someone has a job at level 0 then more than likely they want be playing that job or dont like it. I know people used potd to get tomes etc but alot used it for leveling with how easy it is to level in sb and how quick pvp is do you think the new palace will be less popular when its initially released , or maybe it should serve other purposes more than leveling?

[ServerCollaps]

I ran potd 1-200 several times and I never got any exp out of it, there are enough other rewards to keep ppl interested in it i think

[Tint]

i really wish the new deep dungeon will not give exp at all.

exp speed runners and people who want silver chests and stuff together in the same queue is a nightmare :\
i also hope we will start inside at lvl 70, the whole leveling phase in potd is getting tedious very fast...

[RLofOBFL]

Honestly I will probably have all 70s before 4.2(?). just like I had all 60s before 3.2(POTD was 3.4 I believe). So POTD will most likely end up useless again to me

[Vaer]

I leveled a bunch of my jobs in HW doing fates when they added the crystal drops in each zone for the anima/relic weapon. You could get them on a lower leveled job and there were so many people doing FATEs that it was pretty good if you were in a group.

The new content might help you level but that probably won't be its only function just like PotD has separate rewards other than EXP. Just like I already had all my crafts at 60 when they added the Moogle Beast Tribe even though they are supposed to help you level, moogles also had new crafting mats as rewards. The HW beast tribes also gave scaling EXP based on job you accepted it on so you could use it to level also, but if you didn't need the EXP it gave tomes instead.

Tbh I hope it isn't just PotD with more conditions but a different take on no roles required content.

[bswpayton]

I leveled a bunch of my jobs in HW doing fates when they added the crystal drops in each zone for the anima/relic weapon. You could get them on a lower leveled job and there were so many people doing FATEs that it was pretty good if you were in a group.

The new content might help you level but that probably won't be its only function just like PotD has separate rewards other than EXP.

oh it wouldnt be a problem to have alot of 70s Im just curious if a whole new palace for only leveling up for ten levels is gona be able to be as popular as the one we have now. Materia is a big draw I know and tomes and the weapons outside of leveling was prob the biggest draw. It will be nice to see if the new one will have less focus on leveling and more so on nice rewards and challenges. Because getting from 60 to 70 is so easy I recall the process from 50 to 60 being alot longer but I could be wrong sb seems like it just feeds you exp in comparison to hw.

[Alistaire]

i really wish the new deep dungeon will not give exp at all.

exp speed runners and people who want silver chests and stuff together in the same queue is a nightmare :\
i also hope we will start inside at lvl 70, the whole leveling phase in potd is getting tedious very fast...

I feel this has been said ad nauseum, but if you realised that speed-running is the best way for both goals it wouldn't be so bad.

[Vaer]

Because getting from 60 to 70 is so easy I recall the process from 50 to 60 being alot longer but I could be wrong sb seems like it just feeds you exp in comparison to hw.

I think there are just more options this time. Since you can get fast queues into PvP/PotD even as DPS. You couldn't level with those before so DPS jobs were stuck waiting in longer queues. During HW they had a problem where the new FATEs didn't give enough EXP due to travel time (wasn't worth it compared to N. Than) so everyone just went to N. Thanalan. After that they buffed the EXP to the new FATEs, and some people went over there. They did eventually buff the dungeon EXP at some point but I forgot when that was, maybe after everyone was doing new buffed EXP FATEs and ignoring dungeons.

This time for FATEs they have the twist of fate/exp bonus thing to encourage doing them over older areas.

[Serilda]

I never did POTD for the experience anyway so it won't be too late for me. What I want is:

- Challenge (at least before everyone powers up and facerolls it in full groups).
- Small group/solo content.
- Treasure!
- Cool music.
- Easter eggs like the dead NPCs.
- Not everything being scripted 100%
- Some daft story about why we're going into another deep dungeon.

The harder the better, but the experience grind aspect is irrelevant. If POTD fans want to spoil POTD for themselves by grinding out all of their experience in their advance that's really on them, isn't it?

[Coatl]

Yeah I'll have no reason the new PotD. But it's okay, it's there as an alternative to players that weren't quite there when stormblood hit.