Quote Originally Posted by Travesty View Post
Or a level-sync-like mechanic, which is what they SHOULD do if they want higher level people to be able to play with new lower level people.
"Different for the sake of being different and ignoring nearly a decade of experience in developing and maintaining an MMO."

^ Motto of SE.

No, but seriously, this is a problem (not Pl'ing, people being able to play with lower level buddies) they faced and dealt with in FFXI years ago, and it was solved by level sync. Wasn't that Yoshi's response anyways? He wanted friends to be able to play together? On the other hand, we know from XI that they don't necessarily mind people getting to level cap in a week anymore. So much for "hardcore."