Yokai Event

[Niwashi]

When you're synced down you have the highest possible stats from your gear (for that level) and usually leveling gear doesn't have that much.

Combine having the highest possible stats for the level with the fact that you sync to a level that's actually a few levels above the level of the content (I believe it's 5 levels above in the case of FATEs), and the result is that level-synced characters are really overpowered. (I actually wish they'd be a bit more stringent in syncing to make synced and on-level players a closer match to each other, but then people would complain that they don't get anything by leveling up / gearing up.)

[UnaLihzeh]

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Yup. Which is why the Yokai event had different leveled areas you could go to for your medals. Unfortunately because of the insane amount of grinding required, it made everyone and their mom go to the quick spawning level 15 areas for a month.

My general point was that this event wasn't just annoying for people who played it. I got my WHM weapon for glamours, and was done within the first few days since that is all I cared about. Something that big of a grind gets tiresome.