How PL'ing killed FFXIV.

[viion]

I power levelled.

I loved it.

I am often the only one to survive when a PT dies.

I am probably better than half of you.

Because I have common sense.

PLing brought me back to XIV.

Levelling by hitting the same mob over and using the same stuff over in the same area with the same tactics and same setup does not prepare you for any end-game content and I 100% guarantee you will adjust your play style from Grinding to doing the events.

[Sephrick]

I already dropped one linkshell because of PL. And I'm considering dropping another because there's constant PL requests/offers at least once an hour. I can't give a certain number, but ballpark figure, about 55-70% of parties I partake in start talking about bringing in a PL within given time. Maybe I'm just unlucky?

The thing is, I don't understand it. It is beyond my comprehension why anyone would even want to overuse PLing. To me, it nullifies the entire point of a MMO. Endgame, in any MMO I have ever played, wasn't all that important to me. What was always the best part is the progression to achieve the ability to partake in endgame.

I don't understand the hype about getting to endgame as quickly as possible. To give an analogy, the concept of that style of gameplay (In my opinion) is like trying to ride a carriage with square wheels. Bumpy and not very enjoyable.

I can concede to the fact that my frame of reference may not be indicative of the norm, but beyond that I stand by the remainder of my post and appreciate your response.

I'm in the boat of people who are adverse to being powerleveled. But as my previous post shows, I just view it as a necessary evil given XIV's circumstance.

[Ziar]

"2-3 days max to 50"

Not our fault you sit on your ass for 8+ hours a day playing a game

They should keep PL'ing to repay us for the torment of FFXI leveling

[darkstarpoet1]

I'm not saying I don't think PL'ing is ridiculous, but i also feel it is not my place to tell people how to play. Bad part is you run into people like that. Good part is it is usually a one time experience then you can write that person off. There are also people who have had a level 50 and came back to the game recently, and they are getting reacquainted with the system and adjusting to all the changes. I think it is kind of hard to say if this is a product of PL'ing or drastic changes to people who haven't played in a long time, most of them since before 1.18.

i'm not saying i think all power leveling is bad. i don't mind for example a con that needs an ability from thm to be able to get another class ranked up via power leveling to help their main class out. what i do mind is when people power level each class to get all classes to cap and put in no work for them and have no clue of what they are doing. if that person ranked up pre-1.18 they have a clue of how to play their job because at least leve parties taught you more about your class than you learn now.

[Baxter]

i'm not saying i think all power leveling is bad. i don't mind for example a con that needs an ability from thm to be able to get another class ranked up via power leveling to help their main class out. what i do mind is when people power level each class to get all classes to cap and put in no work for them and have no clue of what they are doing. if that person ranked up pre-1.18 they have a clue of how to play their job because at least leve parties taught you more about your class than you learn now.

not really, all i remember is spamming aoe healing and buffs to get a piece of the pie.

[viion]

"2-3 days max to 50"

Not our fault you sit on your ass for 8+ hours a day playing a game

They should keep PL'ing to repay us for the torment of FFXI leveling

When I first got PL'd I did 1-20 in like an hr by /follow and playing xbox, then I did 20-40 while I was asleep and went to work, and then I did 40-50 in 3hrs by standing in a PT chatting.

Dun no where u got ur 8hr from.

Now though, 4-5hrs pling to get 1-40, then next day 40-50 by in a pt for 3hrs. About 8 hrs max XD however you split it.

[Ziar]

When I first got PL'd I did 1-20 in like an hr by /follow and playing xbox, then I did 20-40 while I was asleep and went to work, and then I did 40-50 in 3hrs by standing in a PT chatting.

Dun no where u got ur 8hr from.

Now though, 4-5hrs pling to get 1-40, then next day 40-50 by in a pt for 3hrs. About 8 hrs max XD however you split it.

1-20 "in like an hour" Translation : 2-4 hours
Oh thats nice you admit to afk leveling thats cool
And you will not go from 40-50 in a pt in 3 hours

[darkstarpoet1]

not really, all i remember is spamming aoe healing and buffs to get a piece of the pie.

which is more than you do sitting on a chocobo now. if you tossed a single heal in one single leve party from 1-50 it's more than you do the entire push from 1-50 now.

now besides that. i remember leve parties and each time i got a skill i had to test it out to see what it does. that's whether it was cure, cure II, shadowsear, or anything else. you could see the ability coming because you did not go up in ranks at this break neck speed. you learned not only what skill you got, but what the skill did when leveling slower. at this point you don't look forward to any ability because you are a few levels past them before you even realize you got them.

[darkstarpoet1]

1-20 "in like an hour" Translation : 2-4 hours
Oh thats nice you admit to afk leveling thats cool
And you will not go from 40-50 in a pt in 3 hours

i can drag a char from 1-20 in less than an hour honestly. i know because i've done it multiple times. 40-50 you are looking at 2-3 hours at a max.

[Nero]

This is utterly hilarious... here is the OP's break down : http://xivpads.com/?6533245

Classes
50 glad
50 sentinel
37 con
36 pug
28 armorer
everything else 10 or 20ish

No kills on Ifrit
No kills on Batraal

12 / 40 NM slayed
3 / 42 Faction leve complete
28 / 134 quest complete




Clearly all the content in the game is complete for him, now the game is boring and nothing to do

I liked that post.

You also could say he gained 228 Achievements, which is basically a low number.

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=6533245

228 / 704 Achievements Thats hardly 33% of the current Game Content. And this DOES NOT include the multiple times you have to repeat something, i.e. Dungeons/Ifrit/Stronghold. You dont get Achievements for everything, but basically he dont even did the Maincontent and didnt explore/experienced the Game really much.

1-20 "in like an hour" Translation : 2-4 hours
Oh thats nice you admit to afk leveling thats cool
And you will not go from 40-50 in a pt in 3 hours

With the current system its not really hard to go from 40 -> 50 in around 3 Hours. Just build a 8 Man Party at 40ish and go to Strongholds.

P.S. Dont forget to create a "/p Congratulations" Macro.