Quote Originally Posted by ChiefCurrahee View Post
<Jonnie> "Hey LS"
<random LS guy> "Yo Jonnie"
<Jonnie> "man, can't seem to find members to join a grind PT"
<jonnie> " Been trying for 3 days, solo'd my last 4 levels"
<random LS guy> "lol, what level are you grinding?"
<jonnie> "currently lv 29"
<random LS guy> "oh.... I can PL you if you want!?"
<jonnie> "YEAH! OK!"

And thats the story of how Jonnie learned to play XIV.

Wouldn't it have been better if "Random LS guy" was able to match "Jonnie's" level and play a normal style of exp grind rather than PL him? Isn't that working for your level? Isn't grouping and actively taking part in killing mobs more fun than goign AFK while a PL does all the work for you?

Where does Level Sync not fit in with "being able to grp to work for your level?"

How often do you see people in your LS ask "Looking for members for exp lv (anywhere from) 1-35" ?
And how often is their request answered with "sorry nothing in that range." "I've only lv 50's" "my lowest is lv 40 sorry"
Each and every single one of those replies is a lost oppertunity for those people to help out another person seeking to level.

In reality people looking for a grp lv 1-35ish and askign for members in LS chat doesn;t happen very often just for the fact that those levels are easy to PL and are often just PL'd.
So all you crying about "you'll never learn your class" where is your retort of that? AT least with level sync those people would have a chance to play the game instead of sit back and rake in free exp.
Jonnie: "Hey anyone want to party with me? You can level sync if you're higher! Or I'll level sync if you're lower!!!"
Random LS: "Don't bother level sync'ing it will be 10x faster to get a PL then just party from 40-50.."
Jonnie: "Oh, is it that much faster to PL!? I'd like to learn to play my class"
Random LS: "It is a lot faster to PL, and even if you get some people to join you'll need a full party 8/8 to get the fastest exp, else you might as well solo / do leves"
Random LS 2: "Yeah also, if you can read.. you can figure out how to play your class... or if you've ever played any MMO before. This game is incredibly easy and might need an hour of killing things at max level to figure out the class completely."
Jonnie: "Oh... well I'm 3/8 now for a party... anyone want to join?"
Random LS: "(Thanks for the offer but I'll have to pass.) But let me know if you want a PL"


I can create examples with made up text too!

Bottom line.. level sync is coming.. but will it be used that often? Why bother doing level sync when PL would be much faster. "Learn to play the class"... I have to laugh at that response / argument or whatever you want to call it. This game is really, really, really, really, really easy. If you can read and understand whatever language the game is in, you can figure out how to play any class in less than an hour.

The saving grace would be a lot more players online, which won't happen until 2.0 - we hope. Once 2.0 rolls around and more players are online, new classes are released there will be more people leveling up. That's probably why Yoshi said it's coming for 2.0.