Two Complaints from lower level players

[KIka93]

I have some complaints to share about the low levels being ignored in this game financially.

1.) The loot sells for 1 gil each? Yeah combat RMT, but you're screwing low level players who don't have retainers yet. Most people don't /shout for items in Ul'dah/Gridania or Limsa, they just check the market boards. Can there be a reasonable exchange rate for loot/gil? You're not combatting RMT, you're just screwing over the honest player.

(Ok it went over 2, my fault.)

[KIka93]

2.) The Forum. I had to level up over lvl 25 to just be able to post this message. I have a huge problem with how the low level community cannot submit their own feedback. We have opinions too, and some of these opinions pertain to the fact that you're pretty much broke with no actual income (Questing does not generate an income that can compete with the price gougers that are crafters at times.) That is absurd. I think FFXIV's feedback should be readily available for submission by the community, not just players who are over lvl 25-ish. That's not a good image you're painting, as I've been trying in vain to post this for the longest time.

3.) A 1000 character limit on forum posts? That's just...wow...

[NyarukoW]

You can edit your post to go over the 1000 char limit.

As for items going for 1 gil. They are really worth 1 gil. And if they sit there on the MB and people are not buying them, you think they are really worth more than 1 gil? Level 20 unlocks retainers. It doesn't take long to get there.

[KIka93]

You can edit your post to go over the 1000 char limit.

As for items going for 1 gil. They are really worth 1 gil. And if they sit there on the MB and people are not buying them, you think they are really worth more than 1 gil? Level 20 unlocks retainers. It doesn't take long to get there.

Say that after the fact you find yourself with a ton of animal hides and sinew and after killing monsters constantly you have nothing to use them on, not even crafting because those don't generate anything worth selling. I think at least selling an item NPC-wise could generate like 3 gil per item, instead of getting a mere 99 gil, you could make like 297 gil per stack. I think that's fair for the low level things.

[Noxifer]

Level 20 unlocks retainers. It doesn't take long to get there.

Well, not exactly. A level 20 main-story quest unlocks retainers. That doesn't mean you'll necessarily be there by the time your character hits level 20, not if you like to explore content or (for example) try out other classes (especially gathering/crafting classes) as you go along. Me personally, I dislike being 'railroaded' from A to B to C, which means I try to seek out any other things I can do before heading on to the next step/area, wanting to see how much the game will let me get away with before grabbing their cattle prods to get me back on track. On my first character (now sadly relegated to being an alt), I hit 50 well before doing the level 35 story-line quests. Sad? Probably. But that doesn't mean I'm the only one. One of the people I now and then play with on my current main character has hit lvl 50, but is still on the delivery quests to Costa.

It's true, if you focus on the main storyline it doesn't take too long to unlock retainers (and shortly thereafter getting your own chocobo to ride). The only thing I really objected to was the misleading "level 20 unlocks it" bit ^^

[Zantitrach]

3.) A 1000 character limit on forum posts? That's just...wow...

Edit a post and you can go over the thousand char limit. Its just the initial post that's actually limited to the thousand char.

[KIka93]

4.) The connection issues. I'm hooked up to a University's network currently, and I keep getting the same 90000 error code when I disconnect. I get disconnected constantly while at home, my aunt's home, and finally at my job. I don't think it's my internet that is the problem, and I'm really irked that the Japanese playerbase has 3 data servers when the NA has only 2 despite being larger population-wise, and EU? Only 1?

[Sho86]

The game should support you just fine with allagan bronze/silver pieces to trade to NPCs from your quests (not to mention gil rewards from quests themselves) till 20-21, which when you get your retainer in the storyline.

The forums I agree with but it hasn't changed for a long time so I doubt they will by now, and if you go back and edit your post, you can go past the 1000 character limit

[Hivernica]

You can edit your first post to by pass the character limit. Agreed it's annoying but that's how it is I guess.

[ispano]

You can edit your post to get past the character limit.

The forums I agree with but it hasn't changed for a long time so I doubt they will by now, and if you go back and edit your post, you can go past the 1000 character limit

Actually the limit is new with ARR, didn't exist in 1.0.