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

[Molly_Millions]

I'm on an entirely new server, so straight up new everything. Even new character model and names, and I'm rockin' the solo just fine. Right now I just moved up to dodos and puks and those are going pretty good.

Welcome to Fabul

[Mevrid]

Definitely not that way with a lot of FF mmo players. but definitely is that way with most of wow players. If you pick a random 10 from FFXI -or- FFXIV and compared them with a random 10 from any other mmo, I'm willing to bet you'd have a more "respectable" or even more "hygenic" human on the FF side.

ridiculous blanket statement... FFXI is indeed a much more hardcore game and much harder to obtain the best items (at least it was during the HNM camping days) and it brought the worst out of players IE: griefing, bad manners, etc.


Anyways back on topic.. the fact of the matter is i leveled my conjurer from 25-27 solo in the same time it took me to go from 10-11 lancers. Something is obviously wrong with either

a) the state allocation of low level players
b) stat allocation of low level monsters.

One of the other needs to be fixed. Some 1 star solo leves (solo *laugh*) are impossible to do if there are groups of 3 monster packs unless you have supreme patience at dying then resing to finish them off.

[Malakhim]

Welcome to Fabul

...Fuck I forgot to change my character. I'm on Mysidia now. I actually WAS on Fabul.

I've actually seen you around in Limsa and was going to stalk you around just to be a douche for awhile.

[Isanien]

You don't get any decent gear while leveling until ~20. Using high level gear penalizes you too much.

Your stats are terrible until ~20, so you have to rest every 1-3 mobs. It's also nearly impossible to fight any monster more than 2 levels above you.

You cannot complete any leve that isn't below your level. The linking mobs will destroy you. Leves now occasionally fail if you die.

The money rewards from leves, chesta, and quests at low levels makes it impossible to purchase any items via MW, unless you take up a gathering/crafting class and try your hand at marketing.

Have you done any thorough testing on your patch, SE?

The patch has caused issues for me as well. I tried partying with some friends last night and it was impossible, and it's not like we were trying to take on mobs that were too high level or anything. Hopefully there will be some adjustments coming soon.

[RedAffinity]

Ideally, an MMO is enjoyed at every level. There's content, armor, dungeons and activities geared for level 1 - 50. I think they've slowed down low leveling as well, there just happens to be little to no content to appreciate it at those ranks. I'm sure in coming patches they'll introduce more for lower levels so you won't feel the need to race to 50 to feel like you're going to enjoy anything.

[Pyrix]

Truth! Do you remember FFXI solo on new chars? Rest every mob, if you didn't die from a Decent Challenge! :P

This isn't FFXI-2, FFXI's way of making you level was shit, and you disgust me for thinking that's the way this game should be. Slow and completely funless.

[nasomi]

...Fuck I forgot to change my character. I'm on Mysidia now. I actually WAS on Fabul.

I've actually seen you around in Limsa and was going to stalk you around just to be a douche for awhile.

Welcome to Mysidea! Hit me up if you're shopping for an active social shell.

[nasomi]

This isn't FFXI-2, FFXI's way of making you level was shit, and you disgust me for thinking that's the way this game should be. Slow and completely funless.

I loved ffxi's leveling. I enjoyed 1-10 even. If I had nothing else going on, i'd go unlock a new job and level it to 10 in south gustaberg. Both of my mules even had all the basic jobs to 10, one i did blm to 60 then unlocked smn, brd, nin, pld, pup, and dnc, just to get to 10. Maybe it's not for everyone, but some of us love the grind, don't make us that enjoy it lose it because you don't like it.

[Haibel]

Welcome to Mysidea! Hit me up if you're shopping for an active social shell.

HAHAHA... I saw you running around the other night and about died laughing at your character name..

[nasomi]

HAHAHA... I saw you running around the other night and about died laughing at your character name..

You should see my mule ^.~ she's usually right behind me.