Red mage coming

[Fawkes]

I'm confused why people are surprised they're starting at 50.

It's for the same reason AST, DRK, and MCH started at 30, the game assumes you've played up to max level at least once so you understand the game, and there's very little reason to put you on the grind again. These comments about people being upset are just baffling to me.

I'm not surprised, I expected it.

I just think it's dumb. They might as well just remove levels and exp entirely if they are going to make them so pointless.

Leveling new jobs is fun to me. I enjoy it. And I don't get to do it in this game anymore.

[VanilleFang]

Finally the stupid "Tank RDM" bs can stop.

[Brady672]

But you do, you go from 50-70, and that'll probably be a hike. Just because it's not 1-70 or 30-70 doesn't mean it's pointless.

[Naunet]

Leveling new jobs is fun to me. I enjoy it. And I don't get to do it in this game anymore.

Agreed. Leveling is one of my favorite activities in any MMO.

But you do, you go from 50-70, and that'll probably be a hike. Just because it's not 1-70 or 30-70 doesn't mean it's pointless.

Still requires leveling on a class you may not want to actually play, just to get to the one you DO want to play. That's idiotic.

[Rhaja]

Agreed. Leveling is one of my favorite activities in any MMO.



Still requires leveling on a class you may not want to actually play, just to get to the one you DO want to play. That's idiotic.

Conveniently, Jump potion =D.

[Naunet]

Conveniently, Jump potion =D.

Yeah. Convenient. *sigh*

[NoctisShiva]

I think it would be way more fun to start at lvl 30 or even 1 , so you can level up, getting more and more skills while discovering what you can do with them while leveling, but now its just like, here , dozens of new skills, have fun with that
but can live with that since i can start sooner with the msq as RDM

Just had another thought on RDM... since its a range/melee hybrid, does it count as a range ( think RDM was introduced as one , so likely be that one), or does it count as a melee? with pvp in mind since you can only have one melee and one range

[Rhaja]

I think it would be way more fun to start at lvl 30 or even 1 , so you can level up, getting more and more skills while discovering what you can do with them while leveling, but now its just like, here , dozens of new skills, have fun with that
but can live with that since i can start sooner with the msq as RDM

Just had another thought on RDM... since its a range/melee hybrid, does it count as a range ( think RDM was introduced as one , so likely be that one), or does it count as a melee? with pvp in mind since you can only have one melee and one range

It's being listed specifically as Ranged. One that has melee abilities, but is ranged for role reasons.

[ZhaneX]

It's being listed specifically as Ranged. One that has melee abilities, but is ranged for role reasons.

"Starting Level: 50 (Tentative)"
I do hope they rethink it and pull it back to 30. Not only am I with those who really enjoy leveling up new classes, but there's another reason. If there's only 20 levels for Red Mage (And whatever other Job[s] are added) to be leveled, that means there's only 20 levels for its Questline. And while I'm sure those who don't care for stories will complain, personally I really liked a lot of the different Job Questlines. DRK 30-50 was splendid. Now true, that's still only 20 levels, so I suppose it may come down to how they break up the new Job Quest content in Stormblood. For Heavensward, some Questlines felt like genuine continuations of their previous stories, while others felt as though there was a definite split between 30-50, and 50-60, and they suffered for it.

[ShaneDawn]

It's being listed specifically as Ranged. One that has melee abilities, but is ranged for role reasons.

I would personally find the class interesting, if it has ranged comboes with cast times, but some high potency melee-range ogcds. It would enable play from ranged for casual play, but doing high DPS would require to study the fights and get up-close-and-personal with,the bosses as well.

Be as it may though, I wish we see some innovative design in 4.0 overall.