A way for everyone to be happy with level cap?

[MattyWS]

I can't see hows it's retarded.. worked for FFXI for a long time and in my personal opinion, the game was ruined after the raised cap from 75+. It was a working system before, you had targets to aim for. saying they're going to increase the level cap every few years makes me think 'whats the point in bothering to get all this awesome gear the max level when it will all be redundant in a year or so'.

[Ilean]

I can't see hows it's retarded.. worked for FFXI for a long time and in my personal opinion, the game was ruined after the raised cap from 75+. It was a working system before, you had targets to aim for. saying they're going to increase the level cap every few years makes me think 'whats the point in bothering to get all this awesome gear the max level when it will all be redundant in a year or so'.

a) A MMO doesn't stagnate at a level out of clever design, but all the opposite. You were being played, they simply made the stick extra long and goaded you to believe the carrot would be the best ever.

b) Try having a life instead of "working" (working is a good word for XI though) for 6 years. I rather be PLAYING in several 1 year increments than working for 6.

c) lol

[Shipp]

a) A MMO doesn't stagnate at a level out of clever design, but all the opposite. You were being played, they simply made the stick extra long and goaded you to believe the carrot would be the best ever.

b) Try having a life instead of "working" (working is a good word for XI though) for 6 years. I rather be PLAYING in several 1 year increments than working for 6.

c) lol

This.

The whole premise goes over these diehards screaming, "NO LEVEL CAP!!! IT'LL ELIMINATE OLD CONTENT!" Guess what people, old content is just that, old. MMOs do not just stagnate at one level for years and years. That is something SE has the market on.

Staying at the same cap means side-grades. Only so many side-grades can come before you have every type of situational gear possible. When that happens you either: A) Don't have anything left to chase. B) Upgrades come.

When upgrades come, the old gear is obsolete. When old gear is obsolete, old content is obsolete.

So since the whole premise of these arguments are, "Wahhh, old content got old and outdated," try looking at why they got out-dated. Hint: It has absolutely nothing to do with the level cap increase.

Another hint: Upping the level cap doesn't mean that gear -has- to be upgraded. Look at Empress Hairpin, Leaping Boots, the MNK drop off that Yagudo NM, Moldavite Earring, etc. All gear that lasted through many levels. The thing that killed old content in XI was: 1) Players no longer wanting to run the same crap for 5+ years for minimal gains. 2) New gear becoming upgrades instead of just side-grades.