Woah ... Slow down a bit ...

[linayar]

Even as a veteran player, knowing what the game has to offer, I get a strong sense of "something is wrong with this game" when playing on my new alt. Anyone who's played games where the gear you use is based on the character's level is going to wonder why the game is giving them level 20 gear when their character is level 50.

They'll just have to adjust to how this game works. Gear is an actual static piece of equipment and not something that changes, for the most part, and there's nothing wrong with that and, in fact, that's how I prefer gears to be in a game.

Giving me 3 times the XP needed to keep pace with the MSQ doesn't get me through MSQ faster. Only a tiny percentage of time spent on the MSQ is for unsynced combat where being overleveled becomes an advantage. Most of the time spent on MSQ is watching cutscenes, reading NPC dialog, traveling between points or doing synced combat in the required dungeons, trials and solo duties.

Technically someone who severely outlevels a trial or dungeon can complete it unsynced - if they have the gear, which they likely won't. A new player won't have the poetic or gil to buy gear their level if they're still working on MSQ that's 20+ levels below their character level.

So back to the problem - leveling faster doesn't speed up MSQ completion, and not completing MSQ will block access to most of the content appropriate to the character's job level. I can't even unlock Beast Tribes yet on my new character because they require MSQ completion through Stone Vigil, which I haven't done yet.

I generally like the design of the game where story is the focus so MSQ is mandatory but I would like it a lot better if the speed at which my character levels matched the pace of the MSQ level. Right now, it doesn't and it feels bad.

But what problem does outleveling the MSQ give you? The problem here seems to be with your perception rather than anything to do in the game itself.

I might speak too soon on the wanting more Gil for the msq. I say that because as dungeons begin to open, the gear and Gil flys in, so what do I want wit( this Gil if it’s so useless? I want to not be afraid to teleport, but a house (should that ever happen) and level other classes eventually and we all know you need gear for those other classes. Gear means market board and market board means Gil. Even merchants mean Gil.

A few things:

- You don't rely on just the MSQ to get you gil for housing.
- Gear does not mean marketboard, at least for combat jobs. Unless you're doing hardcore Savage prog and want to get that HQ crafted combat gear, you never need to use the marketboard to get gear.
- You don't rely on just the MSQ to get you gil for non-combat gear.
- Teleport and repair should be more than covered by the MSQ.