The Jobs: To Buy or Not To Buy?

[TheVigilant]

Do you buy job level boosts or prefer to level them instead?
Feel free to share your reasons if yes then why and if no why not

My reasons:
For me, after leveling one job from 1 to 60, I decided I don't need to do it again unless I may feel like going through the leveling experience itself instead of having the job as to me it's an extra waste of time and I prefer playing in the latest content, I also dislike the grind of PotD (considering also that I have to go through HoH later) so I just prefer to pay the price as time is money and if I take the learning of the job into consideration, I still can spend some time to learn the job after buying it from 60 to 70 and then in 70 too

So what are your reasons?

[Reinha]

I prefer to level them. If I can't tolerate playing a job long enough to hit cap, then I'm obviously not going to be playing it at cap enough to justify paying real money. Paying just for the achievements would devalue those achievements for me.

[Lambdafish]

Levelling them is better. It gives you practice in lower level dungeons and leaves you with a better understanding of the job once you reach 60

[SturmChurro]

I'm not wasting 30 dollars or whatever it is on a level up. Maybe if I ended up actually leveling an alt.

[Moomba33]

I level them. The main reason I leveled every job was to play through the job stories which the boost potion would skip.
I also couldn't have used one even if I wanted to since I already leveled everything to 60 in Heavensward before the potions were introduced.
I also enjoy leveling in and of itself.

[Aylis]

I have yet to encounter any game in which I enjoyed playing a class but felt forced to buy a level skip because the leveling process was just that arduous.If I'm enjoying that class, then buying a level skip is a waste of money to me. Granted I have used level skips before in other games that were free due to promotions for expansions or packed in with another purchase. Sure enough every character I ever had that got to max level via a level skip winds up just sitting and not getting used for any normal daily play.

[Cyreil]

I level them up because I want to get a feel for how the job plays and it gives me insight into how to play with others who are on those jobs. I also want to see the stories tied to the jobs, despite whether people consider them to be good or bad. And no, I don't want to go to an inn room to watch it.

[TheVigilant]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, very much appreciated

To me, the reason is very much due to the fact I felt a vast difference between a job at low level and high level to the point that it was unplayable to me from how boring it was
Take for example when I bought the MCH at 60 even, I did not enjoy it until I finally could launch the rockets and appreciated my patience through those few levels

It also made me wonder, what if people who try the game until 35 are not really tasting the fun and then incorrectly judging the game or the job when it's a lot more fun with the latest content skills?

.. I also want to see the stories tied to the jobs, despite whether people consider them to be good or bad. And no, I don't want to go to an inn room to watch it.

That's actually the only part I love about leveling, experiencing the story while in the gameplay

[Gemina]

To me, the reason is very much due to the fact I felt a vast difference between a job at low level and high level to the point that it was unplayable to me from how boring it was

I don't think it's the job at a low level that you don't have a lot of enjoyment in, it's the low level content in general. My RL buddy was the same way before leaving the game, and absolutely hated having to go back to level new jobs. Once she got one job to max level and got into endgame content, everything else was fodder.

It also made me wonder, what if people who try the game until 35 are not really tasting the fun and then incorrectly judging the game or the job when it's a lot more fun with the latest content skills?

For the 2.5 years I've been around, I've literally played the game the entire time always being 3-4 patches behind everyone else. Of course, I am not saying that everyone should play like me, but what I am saying is that you should also not incorrectly judge how a player has fun in this game. As you can see from the previous responses, there are players who do enjoy the leveling process. These players wouldn't take the skip potions even if they were free because they take away from the experiences they seek.

The same can perhaps be said for you: That spending time in the lower level stuff takes away from the enjoyment that you are paying your good money for. It makes economical sense for players such as yourself to buy the potions, and that is what they are there for. Don't feel like you have to justify anything to the community for taking them. However, I do have to wonder how long your interest in the game can be sustained when it isn't interested in 80% of the game's content.

That's actually the only part I love about leveling, experiencing the story while in the gameplay

If this is true, why're buying the potions?? ;p

[TheVigilant]

I don't think it's the job at a low level that you don't have a lot of enjoyment in, it's the low level content in general. My RL buddy was the same way before leaving the game, and absolutely hated having to go back to level new jobs. Once she got one job to max level and got into endgame content, everything else was fodder.


For the 2.5 years I've been around, I've literally played the game the entire time always being 3-4 patches behind everyone else. Of course, I am not saying that everyone should play like me, but what I am saying is that you should also not incorrectly judge how a player has fun in this game. As you can see from the previous responses, there are players who do enjoy the leveling process. These players wouldn't take the skip potions even if they were free because they take away from the experiences they seek.

The same can perhaps be said for you: That spending time in the lower level stuff takes away from the enjoyment that you are paying your good money for. It makes economical sense for players such as yourself to buy the potions, and that is what they are there for. Don't feel like you have to justify anything to the community for taking them. However, I do have to wonder how long your interest in the game can be sustained when it isn't interested in 80% of the game's content.


If this is true, why're buying the potions?? ;p

I understand what you're saying, I just meant that for those who would only find the newer content enjoyable, they don't have an option to try the game like the ones who would find 1-35 enjoyable but the reasons are understandable why since it is in the end a sub game and not all should be able to try it in its core content regardless of who it may be but it would be nice though if a trial of certain jobs in the latest content is available for a try for certain individuals, like how about this?
You level the character until 35, if you still find the game boring or not worth your monthly subscription then with this account after your 35th level, have a one time try of a single job at 70 in let's say a room where you can hit a dummy or kill 5 mobs so you can get a feel of what your job actually is at 70, which is the real content since it's where you end up being in forever, just a thought

And as for 80% of the content, I don't understand what you mean
What is 80% of the content for you, dear?
If you mean only the leveling experience from 1-60, I did say that I leveled 1-60 and saw most of the quests which is the reason for why I no longer want to be in there anymore unless I want to experience some of it again, which I also can by creating another new character but to me is a bad idea in this game and the game is huge and that's definitely not 80% of it

The buying of potions is cause:
I can't do the MSQ again or I don't want to do it in the future, I can't do the side story quests again cause they are completed once, I don't want to spam dungeons I've already seen many times before and I don't want to spam the same dungeon PotD over and over again
I said story is the only part I enjoy in leveling and I did mention that in my first post, that the only reason I would go through it again is cause I want to experience it again but if I don't feel like it then I won't go through it ^^