Punishment for exploitation of Power Leveling

[Nabiri]

It's funny when people refuse to accept that something is an exploit because it's something they enjoy ^^; They brand the word as purely negative and want nothing to do with it.

Most of them seem to think "exploiting" = "bad person/doing something wrong"
And so since they're definitely NOT a bad person, there is no possible way that they could be exploiting anything... The whole idea is absurd!! D: lol

Exploit: "to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account"
"to make productive use of : utilize <exploiting your talents> <exploit your opponent's weakness>"

"The coal mine is no longer commercially exploitable (= can no longer be used for profit)."

"The lack of jobs in this area means that the workforce is easily exploitable (= employers can use workers unfairly for their own advantage)."


It basically means to take advantage of a situation. It doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing. Saying something isn't exploiting because you have something personally against the word won't change the definition. But people can remain ignorant if they wish.

[Munba]

A rollback, sadly, is the worst thing to do in a mmorpg. They could lose some players indeed.
In any case the PL is already a punishment itself for who uses it. It's not worth to play in a game when your growth lasted 1 day, without memories and experiences that accompanied you during leveling. And without the right knowledge to play a class. Useless imo.

[Noata]

SE added this ability for a reason, It is not just designed to get new players up but also lower lvl classes, to want to punish power lvling is to also want to punish anyone who switches from lvl 50 lancer to lvl 34 pugilist and has his friends help me do some leve's, Power lvling only works so long, It still takes the same amount of XP to lvl, I think the Original poster is being rather selfish to want punishment for people trying to catch up. I have been a casual gamer of FFXIV since Beta even got the Pre order collectors edition. I do not mind if someone else starts at zero and is able to catch up to me. There are times i wish there were more people to assist with stuff, or keep those markets full of merchandise. Like all other games this game needs new people. and the power Leveling that can go on in this game is pretty restricted. Look at teh Q and A from the producer, they are limiting it. there are downsides to any type of power lvling in this game. XP is split in parties, Chains are hard to maintain. if its not for levels after lvl 20 its gonna take hours to just lvl. if you didnt save up leves you cant do too many to power lvl either. Its all fair

[Rinsui]

Most of them seem to think "exploiting" = "bad person/doing something wrong"
And so since they're definitely NOT a bad person, there is no possible way that they could be exploiting anything... The whole idea is absurd!! D: lol

Of course it's expoiting a bug, but as you said, most offenders have a "logical" explanation (e.g. forced by the circumstances) for their actions. But rarely is the shiny apple to blame for getting stolen, hahaha!

if you didnt save up leves you cant do too many to power lvl either. Its all fair

Say, are you really sure you know what the discussion is about?

[PrettyPrincess]

no .

[viion]

no .

I was like ZOMG 10 CHAR HAX? then I saw the quote, booooooooooo haxed my eyes!

[PrettyPrincess]

I was like ZOMG 10 CHAR HAX? then I saw the quote, booooooooooo haxed my eyes!

It is hax silly ;D

[viion]

It is hax silly ;D

you exploited the forum! PUNISHMENT INC!

[PrettyPrincess]

you exploited the forum! PUNISHMENT INC!

They can't punish me! I AM A PRETTY PRINCESS

[AlexNiculaie]

Absolutely idiotic. People were told PL'ing is okay. Whether this was a bug or unforeseen complication, SE can't just turn around and punish players for something they said to go ahead and do. Stop being bitter busy bodies because someone can get their levels faster than you did. You should spend more time complaining about things that, you know, actually impact your game play.