Level Sync needed ASAP!

[Rhomagus]

I'm for level sync and I've seen the disadvantages from not having it in XIV.

Right now there is a great disparity in levels and people lfg (this includes Besaid). The only thing a new player can hope for is coming during a large influx of new players or on the coattails of new class releases. If a new player enters during a time when the majority of the playerbase is outside of the level range (now until 2.0) it doesn't matter the server population. 10 people who are outside your level range is the same as 10,000 people outside your level range. You can't play with any of them.

I'd much rather have level sync rather than the current PL system. My roommate just started the game and there is no one his level on Besaid during his playtime he can feasibly party with. He really just wants to play with me but he has to level at least 30 levels before he can. The only alternative I can find is to level a whole new character with him, show him how the game works, and then switch over to my main. Fortunately for him I'm willing to do that. Unfortunately for every other new player they will only be able to enjoy low level party play when 2.0 is released and that's not even really a guarantee. I honestly don't think 2.0 is going to be XIV's rapture as much as we think it will be. Level sync doesn't require 2.0 to be a gaming/advertising miracle for two players at different walks on their path to enjoy each others company and reap a mutual benefit from each other.

Other new players I know are only concerned with getting a class to level 50 and I don't blame them. With the PL system the way it is, it negates the "not trained" criticism that level sync would "supposedly" bring. Level sync, at the very least, would still encourage the presence of the gamer to control their avatar. I don't think anyone really wants to "play" a game they can just walk away from.

I'm for an XI style level sync system as the criticisms against it in XIV's context do not apply.