Quote Originally Posted by Teiren View Post
Desynthesis works the way it does now to play with the ever-present excess of unwanted gear at max level, but when level 50 is a mere rest stop rather than the final destination where a ton of items gather, I don't think it'd be reasonable to ask people to level a desynthesis skill through 80-110, or even 70-110 for some, at the same rate as now.
I don't think I agree with this. Desynth experience gain doesn't really drop much as you level it, it's fairly consistent all the way based on relative rlvls. With enough careful desynthesis, you can level incredibly fast. The limiting factor, of course, is the materials to level with. If the expansion includes r100 desynthable items that are relatively cheaply obtainable, anyone could level from 80 to 110 super fast. Depending on what you're using, it could take as few as 1.2 successes to level Desynth. That's kinda crazy fast, in MMO terms. It only gets hard near the end due to the lack of desynth fodder of appropriate rlvl. They don't really need to invent new catch-up mechanics, they already exist.