Issue with Blue Mage: Open World Farming Needs LEVEL SYNC

[Shougun]

I think it would be nice if they added more/better down syncing, and even adjust the exp formula when you're synced down (so you can get exp of value). Although probably a bit lower than the considered optimal path of your own level. So unsynced would be a bit better but not by too much so maybe if you don't like that new zone or you really want to help your friend and it's still quite helpful to yourself.

I'd like to also see sync let players keep their current skills at least in dungeons, and give tanks an enmity buff if they're not down synced too (to help out with the output of the level-synced players).

[Dhaid]

and give tanks an enmity buff if they're not down synced too (to help out with the output of the level-synced players

((PLEASE JUST DO THIS IN GENERAL BEING A LOW LEVEL TANK IS SO FRUSTRATING WHEN THE BARD/REDMAGE WANTS TO SHOW OFF))

[Seraphor]

This really should be a fundamental option in the game anyway.
Simply a tick box option in the party members page that the party leader can turn on or off.
"Party sync to lowest party members level."

[Delmontyb]

This really should be a fundamental option in the game anyway.
Simply a tick box option in the party members page that the party leader can turn on or off.
"Party sync to lowest party members level."

Thinking about this, yeah, that would be a nice simple feature... I visualize this just like the Fate System on the right side, level sync, and it will go to the lowest level player in the party.

[joshargentine]

Yes! Please; the game needs a level sync feature like that.

[Delmontyb]

Despite how fast leveling can be with this job... it's clear that Level Sync for Open world Parties would be a huge help... Yoshi-P said this wouldn't be that hard to do several years ago, can we get an update on if this is still coming?

[DevilsDontFly]

Totally agreed, even outside the whole Blue Mage topic. But I'd like to have just a level sync, without having the skills being unavailable. Kinda like how it is on WoW and Guild Wars where even if you run a dungeon that is lower level, or if you go to a lower level map, all your stats get toned down to that map but the skills you've already learned stay available to use. I always found annoying that level sync in this game completely messes up your rotation muscle memory for no reason.

[Niwashi]

Blue mage adds an additional reason for it, but I'd like to level sync at will in the open world anyway. If I'm doing a quest that's below my level and it asks me to kill some open world mobs, I'd like to level sync down to the level of the quest or the mobs to keep the quest from being trivialized. (Or maybe slightly below their level if I want a challenge.)

With BLU, it's more about wanting to slow things down enough that the mob has time to use whatever skill I'm trying to learn before I kill it. Of course, I can slow things down by limiting myself to just auto-attacks or by hitting the mob once to start the fight and then just standing there for a while, but those are both kind of boring. I'd rather level sync so I could fight it more dynamically.

[Delmontyb]

Blue mage adds an additional reason for it, but I'd like to level sync at will in the open world anyway. If I'm doing a quest that's below my level and it asks me to kill some open world mobs, I'd like to level sync down to the level of the quest or the mobs to keep the quest from being trivialized. (Or maybe slightly below their level if I want a challenge.)

With BLU, it's more about wanting to slow things down enough that the mob has time to use whatever skill I'm trying to learn before I kill it. Of course, I can slow things down by limiting myself to just auto-attacks or by hitting the mob once to start the fight and then just standing there for a while, but those are both kind of boring. I'd rather level sync so I could fight it more dynamically.

Agreed 100% and Yoshi-P even agreed with this, he said 2 years ago it would be easy to add... I just hope they still do.