Reducing my level

[Lambdafish]

To people like the OP and myself, it would be less work to reduce the job level.

But far more work for the devs for a very niche (and frankly useless for the masses) feature that can easily be solved by levelling your classes.

I wonder though... If the OCD is such a problem, why weren't the jobs levelled evenly in the first place?

[Gemina]

But far more work for the devs for a very niche (and frankly useless for the masses) feature that can easily be solved by levelling your classes.

I wonder though... If the OCD is such a problem, why weren't the jobs levelled evenly in the first place?

As an example, my GLA is 24 and my MRD is 19. I got everything else to 30 except these two, but why? I had every intention to, but the main reason was the previous cross class system. MRD previously had quite a few skills that were mandatory for not only tanks, but some DPS too, and in the 19 levels I played MRD, it failed to keep me interested, and like the OP, I kind of wish I could lock it back up again as I don't plan to level it anytime in the near future. I'm guessing a similar mindset, and the OP just ended up not enjoying it, and that number is like a constant buzzing that never stops.

Of course, I am not requesting a feature like this. For me it is easy to deal/live with, but that buzzing remains a perpetual annoyance. It can be more difficult for others to find a way to shut it out.

[Lambdafish]

As an example, my GLA is 24 and my MRD is 19. I got everything else to 30 except these two, but why? I had every intention to, but the main reason was the previous cross class system.

My main issue is that you said that it would be easier for you to delevel than to level those classes, when as of 4.0 (with experience buffs) you could get both of those classes to 30 in one or two short play sessions. If delevlling is easier than spending that little amount of time getting those classes to 30 then the problem can't be that important to you.

[Paladinleeds]

Perhaps they could make a craftable item, maybe like a "Potion of Spear Based Forgetfulness" as an example to reset your Lancer level to 0 (with other classes having their own names for the potion, or maybe make it a book called "Moving on from Lancer"?). However instead of having to do the quests again, you just talk to the guildmaster and ask for a "refresher course" and they'll bring you back up to speed (either start at the level you start as for that class/job, or maybe bring you back up to the level you had before?). All abilities you had unlocked through quests will be unlocked by reaching the level for that quest. Good way to inject a niche item into crafters too.

[Canadane]

My suggestion is to get everything to 70. It'd give you a better understanding of each job, thus improving your skill as a player.

[Kelani]

I can relate to this - except my problems maybe related to autism as opposed to OCD. I had a character that used to drive me nuts because of the different levels my classes were that I had to start over on a new character and level each class equally - this was before the SB changes and now the need to level classes is a moot point! So now my classes that I play less than others are starting to bug me because they’re not the same level. Yet, I’m learning to cope with that and work my way slowly through all classes and levelling them initially to 60, eventually all to 70 more than likely though! I’ve had to learn not to look at my profile if I can help it cos it drives me mad!

[Hasrat]

For reasons different from OP, I'd enjoy something to prevent experience gains, if only so I could stall at 60 to experience some of the end-HW content without over-leveling pre-SB.

[Gemina]

For reasons different from OP, I'd enjoy something to prevent experience gains, if only so I could stall at 60 to experience some of the end-HW content without over-leveling pre-SB.

This is exactly why I haven't installed it yet ;p

[Hasrat]

This is exactly why I haven't installed it yet ;p

I failed to buy HW before it was bundled into SB, so there's no stopping til I hit 70 now.

Only bright side is getting SAM and RDM so I can keep all the jobs balanced and geared together.

[Gemina]

I failed to buy HW before it was bundled into SB, so there's no stopping til I hit 70 now.

Only bright side is getting SAM and RDM so I can keep all the jobs balanced and geared together.

Not having access to SAM or RDM is definitely a downside to keeping my exp capped, but I still haven't even unlocked the HW jobs! I came into the game with the 3.1 patch so ARR and HW were bundled. Because I wanted to experience as much of ARR as possible before going into HW, I was around level 54-55 when I finally entered Ishgard and that was after relentlessly trying to avoid exp. I never did roulettes, weeklies, FATEs, and the like unless something I was specifically after made me do it. I tried to keep up my skills by spam running trials, which gave no exp

Another downside is not really being able to participate in the most relevant threads that have to do with SB, levels 61+ and the abilities that come with it, but the debates and such are always interesting to read into.