Low level...leveling?

[Teuciont]

A friend that's rejoined the game after a hiatus is wondering why it's now taking him forever to level from level 1? He has to rest every 2-3 mobs and finds the pace nearly intolerable compared to before.

Was this intentional or is he doing something wrong?

[OMEGA_HACK]

He needs to get Cure/Bloodbath/Rampart/Second Wind/Sacrifice then it should be okay to get into the party range, imo.

[Teuciont]

So level 1-20 are basically solo? And incredibly slow solo at that?

[Teuciont]

Party Range? Are people actually grouping though? He's seen nothing of the sort, where would he even go for a group?

[OMEGA_HACK]

Ul'dah or shout, SE said ~lv20 is where you should begin to experience the game (I assume parties and the such)

[Teuciont]

He said the low rank leves also give terrible, awful xp. And he has a tough time doing them because he's so squishy/does so little damage.

[Ruri]

Did you have them try the low rank leves? not sure how EXP is now with the new patch.

[Ruri]

Oh, I dont know then all my jobs are rank 20+ atm lol >_< Havent gotten a chance to test out the new patch but I'm sure its not balanced all right atm,

[Bartel]

Yep, I can confirm this. My level 8 pug couldn't solo r10 leves at 1 star. I couldn't even kill a single mob. I also got 3-shotted by a level 11 marmot. The biggest issue is, my HP at that level is 180. Mobs are hitting me for 20-50 a pop.Heck, even my r22 pug had issues with a 1 star r20 leve. It took me 18 mins to beat 8 mobs, died twice, and got LESS xp per mob than pre-patch. SE really dropped the ball on low levels.

[Wolfie]

Yes, ranks below 20 are kind of a crapshoot now. Mobs yield less exp, and with the redone stats you have much less HP, defense, and attack power. Expect to rest every 2-3 mobs and don't fight anything more than a level or two above you.