Now that leves will be gone from our main exp function...

[ClashBlades]

Anything that adds variety to the game will be good. Having the ability to choose between different options is the beauty of this system. You can choose something that you want to do. Adding different aspects to the game will allow for choice. No matter whether you are hardcore or casual, you can scarcely argue against choice. Currently levequests mean that you have to wait 36 hours. With this kind of system there is no waiting. You can always be on the go if you want to. You can choose to jump from one thing to another.

[kukurumei]

Unless you're going to spend a total of 10hrs a month on a ~$15 subscription fee, there's going to be grinding. It's like asking why taco bell doesn't give you 100% beef.

They have options for xp since...FF14 is a big black hole still unfilled with that aspect.
they can have it funneled through "paths" like WoW's quest system and thus the "end game" becomes the adventure
or
they can have it free roaming aka FF11, lineage, everquest style. And they did mention going back to everquest style.

Basically it's a opposite set of theories. WoW is a "SP theory" where your adventure is a straight line, and Sandbox endgame is the optional, or "Sandbox theory" where running around is the adventure, and the "quests" are the optional part.

They could add a lot of spice along the way, but it has to be distinct.

[Griss]

Is there a I don't specifically care how sp is gained as long as its fun and i have the option of having friends participate with me option yet? If there is that's got my vote.

[Gath]

Is there a I don't specifically care how sp is gained as long as its fun and i have the option of having friends participate with me option yet? If there is that's got my vote.

Lol, it would fall under any of the ways posted, whatever makes your panties fit ;O

Exactly but for some people the mere mention of FFXI puts them into a fit of blind rage ^^ There is nothing wrong with taking good things that worked well and revamping them and making them even better for FFXIV.

lol those fanbois are very scary, but that's why we have repellent for that! haha.

but yeah, using the good ideas from past MMOs that have worked is a very good idea, it opens up variety, and that's what people want, it isn't repeating the same stuff over and over, you can do something more than one thing each time.

Like, i might want to take one job to 50 with mob grinding, then, the next one I might want to do quest grinding, it spices things up, very well.

[kukurumei]

Is there a I don't specifically care how sp is gained as long as its fun and i have the option of having friends participate with me option yet? If there is that's got my vote.

Not conceptual. Such as I want a job where everyone loves me without pressure, or difficulty, and is impossible to be held accountable or can be demoted. Oh and a good paycheck would be nice too.

Even friends are people and even fun has requirements. Well unless you have imaginary friends...

Unless SE wants to hire some hotshot social psychologist...afraid we have to work within the bounds of bland-ism with a spice of creativity.

[Takedakai]

So just a thought toward implementation. It seems many of us in this thread actually enjoy mob grinding to some extent. Several of us have also expressed our desire to have some variety in how we obtain SP because it helps to keep things interesting.


So in addition to making a substantial decrease in bonus SP from leve-link I would love to see a nice increase to the bonus SP granted for simply having another party member within the correct level range. Do you think that would be a good first step toward promoting XI style grind parties?

The quest hubs may actually go a long way to making mob/grind parties more enjoyable especially if they are located in some of the more remote reaches of the maps. I personally would really like a shop npc at these hubs so it was convenient to sell off some of the trash that accumulates during grinding. I don't know about the rest of you but after a few hours of grinding raptors or efts my inventory is often completely full.

[Gath]

Keep the ideas floating! Even if it's about rewards for certain things while you exp i9t up even are welcome, I mean, I came up with he idea of a ISP based system, well, not entirely my idea, but still. I keep adding to the OP with the ideas that you all have been giving.

[Rydin]

Keep the ideas floating! Even if it's about rewards for certain things while you exp i9t up even are welcome, I mean, I came up with he idea of a ISP based system, well, not entirely my idea, but still. I keep adding to the OP with the ideas that you all have been giving.

What ever happened to hamlet defense?
Did SE give up on that

[Gath]

What ever happened to hamlet defense?
Did SE give up on that

Well, if you want to be fair, it could actually be implemented with the company based exping, perhaps the companies own the hamlets, it would be like Campaign battles in FFXI.

[Janglo]

[QUOTE=Gath;202701]Okay, as stated in the latest LftP, we will no longer use leves as a main focus of leveling or a main focus in the game at all, except for casual players (But who cares about them?)

booo just boo