Do not force level caps on content - You segregate the player base

[Jocko]

Stuff can be hard without level cap

Not when the party is 25 levels higher than what the content was designed around

A friend of mine who started playing recently was pissed because there was no one around his level to help with baby Ifrit, and the group he got killed it before he finished watching the cutscene. He was looking forward to something that wasn't leves, and it was ruined. Level cap would have fixed that issue

Besides, XI got gear scaling, which would imply XIV would have gear scaling, so I think that's a moot point

[Chardrizard]

Not when the party is 25 levels higher than what the content was designed around

A friend of mine who started playing recently was pissed because there was no one around his level to help with baby Ifrit, and the group he got killed it before he finished watching the cutscene. He was looking forward to something that was leves, and it was ruined. Level cap would have fixed that issue

Besides, XI got gear scaling, which would imply XIV would have gear scaling, so I think that's a moot point

You know what else would be ruined? if its level capped and absolutely nobody is helping him. BOOM.

[Rau]

You know what else would be ruined? if its level capped and absolutely nobody is helping him. BOOM.

That's why forced levelsync/scaling for low level content would be great?

[Antipika]

That's why forced levelsync/scaling for low level content would be great?

If done properly, yes. (Like Rift's mentoring).

If done like on XI, nope. Enjoy Level Sync no armor bonus edition. The scaling was horrible because SE wanted to preserve the usefulness of low level items for capped content. In the end, it was more or less the same. Without proper gear you would be almost naked stats wise. Even items that were just couple level above the cap would suffer from terrible nerf...

You know what's not fun? Cheesing content. What's the point in it being there if you don't actually get to experience it the way it was intended?

I don't need someone else to decide what's fun or not for me. If I have fun "cheesing content" that's my problem, not yours. Everyone is free to say "I don't want the help of high level players to clear the content, I will try with a normal group".

Because everyone most people tend to rush toward endgame, and the people who actually want to do content at the level its provided end up suffering.

Too bad for them if they rush, again these people doesn't influence my gameplay. If they want to ruin their own adventure, so be it. If they have fun that way, good for them.

[Jocko]

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You can't have your cake and eat it too. You can't please everyone, and you can't design a game around working with every possible preference. You have to pick a direction and fully devote yourself to making those design decisions as fulfilling as possible

Go on, try seeking a party for baby Ifrit and requesting only members of the appropriate level. Actually, I'll save you the time and tell you what'll happen: You're not going to get a party. Why is this? One, due to the pace of leveling, players at that level range are a vast minority, and two, there's no incentive to play a level appropriate class when you have maxed classes. It simply won't happen.

Now, if there were caps with rewards for completing the quest multiple times, the content is properly balanced and people make constant progress, whether they're completing the quest, or getting seals/money/whatever for helping another. Throwing that all away because some people 'like cheesing content' is foolish.

[Jocko]

You know what else would be ruined? if its level capped and absolutely nobody is helping him. BOOM.

And again, I stand by that level capping isn't the do-or-break between people helping each other or not. If content is fun, people will help. Or if that's not enough, give incentives for others to help with cleared content, like seal rewards

You know what's not fun? Cheesing content. What's the point in it being there if you don't actually get to experience it the way it was intended?

[darkstarpoet1]

And again, I stand by that level capping isn't the do-or-break between people helping each other or not. If content is fun, people will help. Or if that's not enough, give incentives for others to help with cleared content, like seal rewards

You know what's not fun? Cheesing content. What's the point in it being there if you don't actually get to experience it the way it was intended?

i have to disagree with you there. when someone shouts for content people can steam roll i see alot of people willing to help because it can be done quickly. i know i'm willing to help someone do toto-rak(i have many times) because i can run through it and be done in a few minutes on my capped class. if it takes me an hour because i have my class lowered i'm not going to waste my time to do it with them.

if it sounds rude then so be it, but just not going to help with low level content with that being the case.

[Duelle]

Besides, XI got gear scaling

Rmoving 90% of a piece of equipment's functionality when level synched is not gear scaling.

I vote no on level capped content. I vote yes on level synch to make partying easier.

[Keyln]

Rmoving 90% of a piece of equipment's functionality when level synched is not gear scaling.

I vote no on level capped content. I vote yes on level synch to make partying easier.

Too bad this isn't a democracy, and more like a benevolent dictatorship.