Introduction of the FF-VIII enemy difficulty system to FF-XIV

[Rinoa]

Zenaku, I see what your meaning. What if the difficulty scaling didn't affect the points earned, so if I'm rank-30 and i kill a rank-1 rat I'll get few to none experience points while still being difficult to kill it. Thus not creating an incentive to play in low rank areas, but still making the walk from Camp Bloodshore to Limsa Lominsa enjoyable.

Does anyone think that might fix the problem of players staying in low rank areas?

[SuzakuCMX]

Zenaku, I see what your meaning. What if the difficulty scaling didn't affect the points earned, so if I'm rank-30 and i kill a rank-1 rat I'll get few to none experience points while still being difficult to kill it. Thus not creating an incentive to play in low rank areas, but still making the walk from Camp Bloodshore to Limsa Lominsa enjoyable.

Does anyone think that might fix the problem of players staying in low rank areas?

I don't think this makes walking any more interesting than it already isn't.

Especially since taking time to kill a Marmot will...take longer.

[OMEGA_HACK]

no thanks...you giving incentive for people to kill otherwise "low level" monsters for the new players which in turn hinders their gameplay, and makes them possibly quit the game due to not being able to level up effectively (something this game doesn't need atm)

[Dimo]

yeah..im with everyone on this one. monster scaling is a terrible idea. I hated it in ff8, i hated it in oblivion. The idea that a monster levels with you really makes no sense. It would kill exploration/new zones even more so and hinder new players. Not to mention there would be no sense of accomplishment of leveling up and seeing the difference in damage,etc. Not gonna lie, hitting a level 1 marmot for 1.3k+ is pretty awesome/hilarious.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

yeah..im with everyone on this one. monster scaling is a terrible idea. I hated it in ff8, i hated it in oblivion. The idea that a monster levels with you really makes no sense. It would kill exploration/new zones even more so and hinder new players. Not to mention there would be no sense of accomplishment of leveling up and seeing the difference in damage,etc. Not gonna lie, hitting a level 1 marmot for 1.3k+ is pretty awesome/hilarious.

it was different in oblivion. as you leveled different types of mobs show up in the maps so there would be a constent challenge no matter how you play or what level. Morrowwind was similar. Pretty much as you level mobs are replaced It wasn't "the same mob" only stronger. LIke doing kvhatch @ 10 meant you mostly fought those fire creatures. instead of scamps.

[AuctionGirl]

this is just a bad idea... will not work in mmorpg, perfect for single player only.

[Alaltus]

Theres plenty written about why this wont work already. Though it might work better for quests/instanced content monsters that only you/your party can fight so as to keep them challenging even if someone has max lv/rank. They already have a system like it with the leve system where you can choose the difficulty which alters the monster's levels though it has it limits. They could implement something like that with said content which improves the rewards on higher difficulty settings.

[Malakhim]

I actually like the idea of enemies leveling up with you in theory, but it seems kind of unnecessary since in any RPG, you'll be hitting different zones with stronger, diverse types of enemies.

[Rinoa]

Alaltus, you are a genius. I was thinking about that but didn't want to over post. that would allow Dimo to hit a marmot with 1.3k+ while still allowing you to have some fun in low rank levequests.

So basically they could just add a super mega hard setting for levequests. or maybe a few that will be unlocked as your rank goes up.

Does that sound more MMORPG friendly?

(If that came off as sarcastic i didn't mean it to be)

[viion]

I dont agree with this, you should have to travel further out as you get higher not be able to get rank 1-50 around beard rock and piss off a bunch of low/new players at the same time.