It's almost impossible to level a new character now. What gives, SE?

[Xatsh]

This patch made soloing much harder then it was, you cannot kill mobs higher then you effectively anymore. I use to be able to solo mobs up to Rank 65 without much trouble... well now a rank 60 on my 50 rips me a new one on most classes.

Meaning a mob at your level is actually sorta a challenge in many situations now.. which honestly I believe is how it should be.

XP has been boosted a great deal this patch... killing a mob a few levels lower then you grants the same XP as it did prepatch on a mob that was 10levels above you.

XP in groups is bordering the absurd with upper partys breaking 1k sp per kill and around 100-200k sp/hr. Grouping is by far supperior to soloing again many fold over. Even in the 15-25 range, 40k/hr is not hard to do now.

The way leveling is done has changed in this patch, people need to figure it out... it is honestly not hard at all. You cannot kill things 5+ levels higher then you anymore for sp solo... you have to kill stuff at your level or slightly below. Once people stop pushing leves to 5 stars when they are 34ish at a 30 camp, or trying to grind 50 raptors at rank 38, they will realize the sp rate has not changed hardly at all.

[Gramul]

It would be magical if the people on Rabanaster actually spoke to one another outside of their LS's. NOBODY talks. I've tried forming PT's, I've tried asking about active LS's, I've tried just making conversation with people. I try asking if people would like to PT after a behest. People act like NPC's. I've never played an MMO where people were so reluctant to socialize. EVE Online, a game full of paranoid cruelty, where speaking in local can get you killed, is livelier and more social. This MMO feels devoid of life.

I don't really seem to have that problem on Lindblum.

I suppose you could always make your own LS and hand it out to strangers.

[Blarp]

I don't really seem to have that problem on Lindblum.

I suppose you could always make your own LS and hand it out to strangers.

Maybe it's your dashing good looks.

It was the same way at launch for the most part, but there were a lot more LS's around at the time.

[kanjitai]

I agree with the OP. I think SE has really dropped the ball. Over a year out and this game is still nowhere near where it should be. It looks like it's turning into XI where you need a party to get anything even leveling done.

[Betelgeuzah]

The game is basically handing out low level items at this point.

If the wards weren't borked I would have made a ton of cash already selling low level weapons. They cost like 1,5k to make for lvl8 and I think I can easily sell them for 5k.

And money actually has a purpose now. Low levels have never felt so good.

[Gramul]

Maybe it's your dashing good looks.

Well, there is that.
Oh hohoho~

[viion]

Love how a lot of high lvs saying suck it and figure it out, they're so clueless to how it actually is. too used to the previous stat system and having a physical level.

You cant chain low lv solo, you have to rest every mob, you probably get about 125 exp every 3 mins, so thats a nice 2500 exp an hour, this means it will take 9 hours to hit lv 10, thats retarded lol. Its not so bad when you have a 50 or couple 30+ so you can swap skills and have a heal.

Even if you got double that, at 250 exp a kill, its still 4/half hours to hit lv 10, its absolutely insane, used to take 30 mins and it should, tie in the new players, make it tougher 20+ so that it begins to force you to group up.

Levels 1-10 is only 1.5% of your levelling curve, why make it harder than your last 50 % ? (40-50) ........

[Betelgeuzah]

they're so clueless to how it actually is

this means it will take 9 hours to hit lv 10

LOL. That's funny.

[Teknoman]

Go visit the local NPC shops for lower level items.

[Bled]

Love how a lot of high lvs saying suck it and figure it out, they're so clueless to how it actually is. too used to the previous stat system and having a physical level.

You cant chain low lv solo, you have to rest every mob, you probably get about 125 exp every 3 mins, so thats a nice 2500 exp an hour, this means it will take 9 hours to hit lv 10, thats retarded lol. Its not so bad when you have a 50 or couple 30+ so you can swap skills and have a heal.

Even if you got double that, at 250 exp a kill, its still 4/half hours to hit lv 10, its absolutely insane, used to take 30 mins and it should, tie in the new players, make it tougher 20+ so that it begins to force you to group up.

Levels 1-10 is only 1.5% of your levelling curve, why make it harder than your last 50 % ? (40-50) ........

you contradict yourself being a lvl 50 and making that above statement... and if you are leveling an alt or mule, couldn't that be possible for the people that you are calling out, in your post?

Just a thought...