[Suggestion] Make Open World PVE EXP Chains a thing again

[Crankysorc]

What makes you think that camped EXP parties wouldn't be at least as botted as FATE parties? Probably even more so, since it's a much less engaged and complex method of gaining EXP than FATEs.

You can already see bots farming mobs in packs of like 20 BLMs in C Than.

[Felis]

You can already leve link.

Yes, but they don't give increased exp for the link, just normal exp as if there is no link. During 1.0 the links gave bonus exp to the enemy exp, up until 4 links.

[Kaedan]

Why can't you have mob grinding be equivalent to FATEs and Dungeons? Because then they would have to take away the bonuses of FATEs and Dungeons.

If mobs gave a significant amount of XP, then FATE XP and Dungeon completion XP would have to be reduced significantly or removed altogether. So you would be destroying other people's playstyle for your own... an incredibly selfish request.

Whereas in the system we have now, FATEs essentially are mob grinding, just with specific targets you're supposed to go after. So your argument isn't really all that valid.

[Kaedan]

and here I'd just be happy if new content fates where more worthwhile exp wise than old content. People are literally grinding old content in the form of fates rather than experiencing new content because heavensward fates aren't rewarding in the least by comparison. That's a problem, if for no other reason than it's a poor design choice.

So please do something to ease the leveling curve for alt jobs.

Actually, they increased XP for FATEs in Ishgard. They give a metric ****-ton of XP now. In Western Coerthas, you make 32-35k per FATE. And there's always at least one group of people going around doing them. It's actually much better than N.Thanalan now. I leveled my MCH from 53-54 in less than an hour on nothing but FATEs in Western Coerthas.

[MageBlack]

You mean FATE's? Like Dark Devices? or is this just another "Let me find a corner of the map so I can ignore ALL THE CONTENT IN THE GAME and kill snipps for hours on end to level up" thread?

EDIT:

Nevermind, it was the latter... At least I can now ignore this thread cause it will be going nowhere just like all the other ones like it. I still don't understand why people would do this intentionally... Its the most boring, mindless way to level and a huge reason I quit FFXI. But hey, if you are a Bot you will love this!

[Aethaeryn]

Actually, they increased XP for FATEs in Ishgard. They give a metric ****-ton of XP now. In Western Coerthas, you make 32-35k per FATE. And there's always at least one group of people going around doing them. It's actually much better than N.Thanalan now. I leveled my MCH from 53-54 in less than an hour on nothing but FATEs in Western Coerthas.

Go to Churning Mists. D: Maybe your server isn't doing the fates there, but they are soooo much faster than Coerthas. I did them from 54-60 on black mage because Hinterlands fates were taking too long to complete (and people kept splitting up).

But back on topic, I actually really hope they don't bring back exp chain parties. FATEs are a pretty big improvement on that, and it's all just a grind regardless. FATEs are so fast for levels right now, and there's no way they could make mobs give comparable experience without adding new maps with mobs that take more than a few seconds to kill in a party (and also ones that aren't daily hunt targets so that you don't ruin someone else's fun).