wow... rested experience just wow...

[Andrien]

I welcome this with all that is good, since its good for the weekend only players, and solo'ers. It doesn't look like an issue for players who put more time in exp'ing since they naturally play longer.

I'll file this under not an issue.



To bad the rage will go on regardless no matter what..

[kro]

Sense of entitlement in this thread is so strong. I bet almost everyone in this thread took advantage of 1.19 Storm's Path PLing to level their jobs. Then people complain about rested exp? Gimme a break.

Rested exp, Guardian's aspect, and FFXI exp bands all have the same goal - accumulate bonus exp over time. The difference is that rested exp is far more intuitive and happens automatically.

Do you remember how many new players didn't even know GA or exp bands were in the game when they first started playing? The system is convoluted.

At least in this scenario, they can receive the benefits without having to be limited to leves or having to figure out how to recharge the band. And besides, the bonus will probably cap out at something measly like 5k/week - which is actually less than what using GA all the time would give.

PLing is broken, but new players in my social shell never ask for it. Soloing and duoing goes at a decent pace. Rested exp allows those guys to get their GA bonuses from exploring and killing appropriate mobs rather than repeating the same leves over and over. It's a good thing. If they fixed the PL issue, the actual rate of progression would be pretty balanced - especially once the level cap rises and the TNL requirements become astronomical.

This is one of those minor changes that aims to recapture that elusive non-FFXI player demographic. Everyone knows we need it.

[Cynthis]

So, by your logic, if I only work 1 hour a day I should have my wage inflated so I bring home as much as you do in an 8 hour day?
...can I come work in your world?

No, having the free time to playing a game for fun, hopefully voluntarily, is a luxury. So that some people have more time to dedicate to it than others is, in the grand scheme of things, much more unfair than someone getting a few % bonus to their exp when they manage to find time to play.

[BrusselSprout]

I heard the rested xp bonus means, you log in, kill one monster and hit level 50. It never runs out and gives you three times experience per kill (except you only need to kill one thing to hit level 50). Also if you play 8 hours a day, you don't get the rested bonus... uh just because you don't!

If you play 1 hour a day your rested xp bonus lasts forever and if you play 10 minutes a week, your rested exp never runs up for any class doh/l dow/m and it only takes you 1 synth or kill to ding 50! This is how it will work!!


/endstypicalforumgoerlogic,especiallywhentheydontknowdetails

But you forgot that it all works A-OK if you have to wait 36 hours to get the bonus to get to 50 with one kill when you log back in.

Also, bonus-xp tastes like pineapple.

[Rannie]

But you forgot that it all works A-OK if you have to wait 36 hours to get the bonus to get to 50 with one kill when you log back in.

Also, bonus-xp tastes like pineapple.

does that mean you taste like pineapple too brussel?

[BrusselSprout]

does that mean you taste like pineapple too brussel?

o.o How did you know?

[Rannie]

o.o How did you know?

because i'm psycho i mean psychic

[Valhol]

@OP
Do you remember how dragoons would wait for PT for ages? FFXIV provides an easier environment to play in, instead of an unforgiving world like FFXI. Also be aware that our level cap is still sitting at 50 and not 75 like FFXI. I welcome these changes, although I hold dear the sense of accomplishment I felt when I leveled in FFXI, I also dreaded how much time it took and how much gil I wasted on gear. With leveling much easier for FFXIV, we can also craft on materials we found on our outings and actually get somewhere unlike FFXI.

[Kiote]

Rested exp, Guardian's aspect, and FFXI exp bands all have the same goal - accumulate bonus exp over time. The difference is that rested exp is far more intuitive and happens automatically.

This is very untrue. All three systems are very different because the way they are implemented effects the level to which they impact the Leveling curve.

GA was designed to enhance the XP of a single activity that was commonly used by Casual Players to solo levels when they did not have time to play.

XP band was closer to Rested XP but was designed specifically to mitigate an obscenely taxing Leveling Curve that was daunting even in the best of XP parties.

Rested XP is an uncontrollable XP Bonus granted to any player who has not played for a day to give them the leg up they need to advance in the game without having to play every day.

FFXIV does not have a remotely Taxing Leveling Curve. Anyone, no matter how casual, can get 1-3 levels an hour in an XP party. And with the current system, anyone can get 1 level an hour doing Levequests.

[syntaxlies]

This is very untrue. All three systems are very different because the way they are implemented effects the level to which they impact the Leveling curve.

GA was designed to enhance the XP of a single activity that was commonly used by Casual Players to solo levels when they did not have time to play.

XP band was closer to Rested XP but was designed specifically to mitigate an obscenely taxing Leveling Curve that was daunting even in the best of XP parties.

Rested XP is an uncontrollable XP Bonus granted to any player who has not played for a day to give them the leg up they need to advance in the game without having to play every day.

FFXIV does not have a remotely Taxing Leveling Curve. Anyone, no matter how casual, can get 1-3 levels an hour in an XP party. And with the current system, anyone can get 1 level an hour doing Levequests.

ga can also benifit poeple who play all the time though, they jsut have to save it. i dont do leves often so i always have it. i just wish it could have been used for crafting.