Is 1-20 Too fast?

[AlexiaKidd]

To me 1-20 is to fast and 40-50 is to long, 20-40 is juuuuust right.

Hit the nail on the head right there. I think one major problem is there are no milestones as you level really. In FFXI you were constantly working towards that next milestone that was never that far away and you were moving around to level in different zones. 1-10 solo then off to party in the dunes, at 18 unlock sub job, 20 off to Jeuno and also get Chocobo licence, then of to Qufim, at 24 do your airship pass mission and off to Kahzam and into the jungles, at 30 unlock advanced jobs. Also you had your story missions to do in between and getting your full airship pass. Throw onto that getting that next rank so you can wear that armour or equip that weapon and there was always something to work towards.

For me FFXIV has none of that and there is very little to work towards apart from hit R50 and do it all over again, I just don't get that sense of achievement like I have earnt it.

[Chardrizard]

I agree its kinda fast to level but i also believe grinding should never be part of content, it should be fast and enjoyable

[zombie]

Leveling up at lower ranks should be much much slower but at the same time there needs to be plenty of things for people to do at those ranks. Put in more low rank quests to do, NM to fight, and weapons and armor to collect which i'll be able to use for more than a 2 hours before it becomes obsolete due to me having ranked up so fast.

[Victor]

I strongly dislike how quick leveling is from 1-20. It upsets me just thinking about it. I really hope that one day it is adjusted, but for now I do agree there is no point in changing things with the dismal amount of content.

[DeadRiser]

I been playing since CE... when the game first came out, it took a couple of hours to get to r10. It also took a long time to get to r16 because at that time, not many people had shell and protect. I'm with the other guy, Zombie, that there needs to be content for the lower levels if they are going to slow it down again. I mean, ONE BEHEST, solo or with others, can get you to r9 or r10 right now. It's like the start of the real ranking system is at r20.

[Peregrine]

Took me about 5 hours to get pug to 20 just now.
Seems about right, that was all solo.
I can get to 20 quickly solo.
30 quickly duo. The problem with R30 is that the mobs cap out their SP before you hit the sweetspot of difficulty*rate of kill in a group of 4+. I'd love to do 6-men parties at R30 out in the field...there's just no point.

THEN it gets annoying, have to resort to levequesting monotony or the slow grind.

[SuzakuCMX]

I guess I did something wrong 'cuz it took me a week to solo to R20 D:

[Peregrine]

There's a big learning curve, and the game is young so all the quick paths are not laid out for you in any guides. Physical level helps tremendously. I'm sure it took me a week to solo to R20 with your profile.

[darkstarpoet1]

the ranking to 20 is horribly fast now. i remember quite a few people in my old ls left the game after the sp increase was implemented after they DID spend hours to get to 20 or 30 on the first class and then people could get there in just an hour or so. that was actually the reason my original ls split apart was because quite a few of the leaders left the game even way back then.

edit: i will also say that to me 45-50 is a little too slow and feel they should be more even time spent per level. i just don't feel as though killing one or 2 mobs should get you multiple levels.

[Starlord]

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