Power-leveling is absolutely BROKEN

[darkstarpoet1]

The most used abilities to power level. Are dead/nerfed as of Wednesday. PL will still exist, Yoshi wants it. Update shows he just didn't want to nerf it one way when these changes were already incoming.

Whether or not someone wants to pay for the game; is their choice and people need to stop whining for 135 damn pages about why or why not; we should pay. It's a moot point and a personal one.

Stay or leave. Free choice. I will stay, some will leave and it's ok to do so. SE needs to look at why they are leaving to rectify it if they think it's a reasonable; well... reason.

I hope my friends stay and that includes you DP Game wouldn't be the same without you.

PL rate of exp WILL drop because of the ability changes. I'm sure of it. Level sync is incoming as well. Which will help those with alt's.

all i am saying narisa is that grind parties and pl parties should get the same amount of sp. i haven't said in here that is should be removed. as i have stated many times it can be done either of 4 ways.

1. increase the rate of sp for grind parties to match the sp of pl parties.

2. decrease the rate of sp for pl parties to match the sp of grind parties.

3. do both by increasing the grind parties sp and slightly lower the pl parties so they are even.

4. put in a level sync so even if you invite a high level character into your party they can help a group without doing all the work for them.

either of those options leaves the choice for someone to enter either type of party. as it sits now you either get in a pl party or you do not get into a party.

[DrekeLamorte]

I hit post #1337 does that make me win the thread?

Yup! Good job! Thank you.

[darkstarpoet1]

I hit post #1337 does that make me win the thread?

On aside, Level sync is coming.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...489#post468489

Just don't know when.

are you sure this is coming? according to the link you just posted yourself it actually states

"Currently however, we don't have any plans to ease up on these restrictions"

it states they will continue to hear feedback on the issue, but not that they have decided to do so or not. as of right now they have no plans.

[Rowyne]

4. put in a level sync so even if you invite a high level character into your party they can help a group without doing all the work for them.

^ This option, please! If we had level sync, this whole power leveling thing could go away, like a bad dream...

[Smashington]

Someone please post here if Patch 1.20 removes the ability to AFK Power Level.

The notes don't mention it.

[AdvancedWind]

Someone please post here if Patch 1.20 removes the ability to AFK Power Level.

The notes don't mention it.

If the notes don't mention it, then....

[Dubont]

I don't see why this is a bad thing outside of getting idiots that obviously don't know how to play their class...in those cases, there is an oust button..

[Thanos]

I don't see why this is a bad thing outside of getting idiots that obviously don't know how to play their class...in those cases, there is an oust button..

Problem that I ran into is that you take so much time to put together a party to grind and then next thing you know 50% of your party has no idea how to play and what abilities they have and you have to oust them.. now youre back to the start trying to put together a grind party again.

Like the other day 2 of the L50 mages I had in a spiritbond party had no idea wtf stoneskin is and they even admitted it "ya i power leveled to 50 and didnt pay attention to the abilities I learned AND THEN you got noobs who are wearing completely wrong gear for their job and refuse to listen to you...

and omg their gear... i thought they were just wearing that low level stuff to bond... but when I asked.. it was their actual gear..

So yes it is a problem when you have to take time to put a party together and then have to do it all over again when you get to camp only to find out ppl dont know what they are donig.

/facepalm

[Dubont]

Problem that I ran into is that you take so much time to put together a party to grind and then next thing you know 50% of your party has no idea how to play and what abilities they have and you have to oust them.. now youre back to the start trying to put together a grind party again.

Like the other day 2 of the L50 mages I had in a spiritbond party had no idea wtf stoneskin is and they even admitted it "ya i power leveled to 50 and didnt pay attention to the abilities I learned AND THEN you got noobs who are wearing completely wrong gear for their job and refuse to listen to you...

and omg their gear... i thought they were just wearing that low level stuff to bond... but when I asked.. it was their actual gear..

/facepalm

That's not entirely the fault of PLing, though. I must admit, it may be hold some of the blame, but not entirely. Bads will be bads. Idiots will be idiots. Even in League of Legends, where you can't power level, level 30s (max level) don't know the different between AD, AP and Tank champs...I even have been asked by a max level what a jungler is (this is a basic concept). So...not all of the blame can be put on PLing, while some can, but most of it can be put on the players for just being dumb...

[AdvancedWind]

I don't see why this is a bad thing outside of getting idiots that obviously don't know how to play their class...in those cases, there is an oust button..

Major problems:

A - It reduces the number of people willing to make regular parties, frustrating those who wanted to do so. This is specially bad for new players, because they won't find people to party with and neither will find people willing to PL them so easily. End result: They will leave the game, unless they're solo enthusiats.

B - It makes people reach the cap way too fast, and these people will consume all the content way too quickly. This wouldn't be so bad if SE could keep up with introducing new content, but at least at this point in time it is pretty much impossible without delaying the other major fixes the game needs. You know what happens when people have no content to do? They get bored, and once again, at least a few of those will likely leave the game as well

C - Lower level content and gear becomes useless and outdated quickly, adding even more frustration to the lower level players that can't / don't want to PL.