Message from actual new player

[Vivik]

Believe it or not, some people liked the group play aspect in XI. This is their way of bringing that aspect back without changing it all the way.
You can still solo, you just have to be careful about it.

I'm not sure how long it's been since you leveled in XI but it is WAY easier to solo level than XIV at the moment. I can do FoV or GoV for easy solo XP.

Don't get me wrong, I love party play and leveled all of my jobs in XI in a party setting. I just find it hard to believe that Square as a company can drop the ball so much (obviously not learning from XI) and people are O.K. with it. It's almost as if SE can feed some of the people a pile of shit on this board and they will be happy about it. It perplexes me...

[Zetonegi]

I'm not sure how long it's been since you leveled in XI but it is WAY easier to solo level than XIV at the moment. I can do FoV or GoV for easy solo XP.

Don't get me wrong, I love party play and leveled all of my jobs in XI in a party setting. I just find it hard to believe that Square as a company can drop the ball so much (obviously not learning from XI) and people are O.K. with it. It's almost as if SE can feed some of the people a pile of shit on this board and they will be happy about it. It perplexes me...

It was arguably easier in XI, even before FoV, just really inefficient compared to partying.

[Gramul]

I'm not sure how long it's been since you leveled in XI but it is WAY easier to solo level than XIV at the moment. I can do FoV or GoV for easy solo XP.

I know many people who would argue those features ruined the game.
Besides, what's the rush to get to endgame? Most of the content is in the mid levels.