Next QOL

[bswpayton]

yes, we need more reasons to disadvantage new players in content.

...this isn't QoL. it's a HUGE disadvantage to new players. it's doesnt help THEM. how does that improve THEIR quality of life?

your level 60 WAR self queues into sastasha. you have access to a tank stance. you have access to cooldowns. you have access to AoE

sproutling new guy MRD gets into random sastasha at level 15, what does he get?


this "QoL" only helps people at the top already. In fact, i would say it does more than just "not help new players". If this were to happen and be the norm, it would not surprise me if DF didn't become outright hostile to players "without the right abilities". We already get people here complaining about people not having cross-class. How would this be any different?

if you harm a significant chunk of your playerbase, then thats not QoL.

havin the leaf would make it pretty obvious that someone was new tho

[Fluffernuff]

havin the leaf would make it pretty obvious that someone was new tho

the leaf has nothing to do with what I said. Whether its obvious or not, if youre new, low level, regardless, you don't have the skills a level 60 already does. Making this a detriment to them. They get NOTHING from such a change, regardless.

now imagine a sproutling PLD that gets into... Qarn, or even Haukke.
the player in question, alt, or newbie, is level 39. they dont have shield oath yet.
People in general, even outside of DF, are very... unforgiving toward those without cross class skills as is. How do you think those people would treat those who arent high enough level to have synced abilities? especially when there are others who DO have those abilities? yeah. The issue is not fixed, instead, it is only expanded.

So in the end, new/alt players get exactly 0 benefit, and for this change, they instead are not only weaker for longer, but have to stand the potential ridicule for "not being good enough"

Also- the leaf means very little. Most people with a leaf i meet in dungeons tell me "chill, I'm an alt". Not so obvious anymore. Instead, these sprouts icons, instead of being a new player status, become a stamp of "i don't have every ability yet". it becomes a much more negative brand than it already is.