At this point in the game, "rushing" is not a valid argument.

[Starlord]

Yeah, the argument is kinda still there. With so many things to do in this game, if all you are focusing on is 1 character to 50 and do nothing else at all, I see it as trying to get your first 50 as fast as possible. I still don't have my first 50 and Here is my level spread:


1) Gladiator 15
2) Pugilist 20
3) Marauder 15
4) Lancer 21
5) Archer 6
6) Conjurer 26
7) Thaumaturge 25
8) Arcanist 37
9) Fisher 5

No Crafting leveled atm.

My highest is 37 Arcanist, and personally to me the leveling curve is getting a bit of a strain (for me).

I also don't wanna "rush" the storyline. So I do other things to pass the time.

This is all on a brand new Character ( Moonlight Star). I do have all 50's on a Legacy Character, but I decided it's a new game, so in turn I made a brand new character.

We are past the 1 month mark and I haven't hit 50 yet.

[Amenian]

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I'm pretty similar. I like playing everything and having a feel for how every class plays. My level spread is similar to yours.

Paladin 34
Pugilist 20
Marauder 21
Lancer 20
Archer 15
Thaumaturge 20
Arcanist 20
Conjurer 15
Weaver 22
Armorer 21
All other crafting classes at 20
Miner 27
Fisher 21
Botanist 20

[Naunet]

Yeah, the argument is kinda still there. With so many things to do in this game, if all you are focusing on is 1 character to 50 and do nothing else at all, I see it as trying to get your first 50 as fast as possible.

Not everyone wants to level all jobs on a single character. Many are content with one job and the associated support classes for needed cross-class abilities. That is not "rushing".

[Starlord]

Not everyone wants to level all jobs on a single character. Many are content with one job and the associated support classes for needed cross-class abilities. That is not "rushing".

Well, they don't and I'm not telling them to level every class. If they want to hit 50 first that fine, the problem comes in when people complain about end-game when there are other classes to level/content to do etc.

There's more to a game then just end-game.

Edit: When they get their first 50>complain about nothing to do= Rushing ( Personally that's how I feel).

I also want to put this out there I don't care if certain people rush to 50, that's not even my issue. My issue is when they get to 50 they complain there's nothing to do. ( other-words nothing to do at end-game).

Well there is end-game:

1) Titan/Ifrit/Garuda Hard mode
2) Mythology

Sure there isn't a lot now ( it is a launch after all), after a year has gone by I like to hear these responses again :P.

[Naunet]

Well, they don't and I'm not telling them to level every class. If they want to hit 50 first that fine, the problem comes in when people complain about end-game when there are other classes to level/content to do etc.

Leveling other classes amounts to running the same content back over again, and I'd argue that telling someone to level another job if they want something to do is about as useless as telling someone in any other MMO to roll an alt if they want something to do. It doesn't address the actual concern, which is variety of content.

I won't speak yet to the staying power of what end game content we have right now, as I haven't yet gotten a chance to experience all of it, but I will say that a token grind and three primal boss fights is not all that inspiring. It's less than TERA, an MMO that quite literally released with only two end game dungeons (four, if you count normal and nightmare versions as separate), but at least those dungeons had a variety of boss fights, whereas half the endgame content in XIV is beefed up versions of trials you experienced while leveling. Coil represents a significant challenge, but I do have to wonder how much of that challenge is simply an artifact of being forced to tackle it undergeared (as ARR is currently missing the tier that is supposed to bridge the gap to Coil - and why Squeenix skipped a dungeon tier is a whole 'nother bag of confusion right there).

[Quesse]

I also don't wanna "rush" the storyline. So I do other things to pass the time.

This is all on a brand new Character ( Moonlight Star). I do have all 50's on a Legacy Character, but I decided it's a new game, so in turn I made a brand new character.

We are past the 1 month mark and I haven't hit 50 yet.

I'm with you. I could have easily powered through the storyline with my Legacy 50s but decided to casually go through it while leveling ACN. So now about 1.5 months later I'm sitting at level 48 and @ westwind. Not too shabby, but people who jumped in new with one 50 are now doing coil. I don't really get it. What is the point of rushing with ONE 50 through coil -you're totally missing the point of this game. Is it that other games which tie you to one occupation have put blinders on these people? Meanwhile I've gotten 2 additional crafts to 50, done all my class quests, making gil, gathering, back to ACN sometimes and grind boring fates, back to making gil. Its been enjoyable. I spent all of last night rearranging my FC's company chest which was totally out of hand XD.