Petition against Level Sync

[Renshi]

Actually, the level 50 doesn't even need to be in the party. As long as the lower level person attacks/claims a monster, the 50 (anyone, really) can just run in and kill it. The one who had the claim gets the benefit.

True =)
It's for the safety of the party though. A L30 party taking on a group of L40 monsters could be dead at glance, so here goes the L50 trying to do the job for them.

[MistressAthena]

Ok, despite all the flaming going on, I agree with the OP. Level Syncing was the key factor of destroying FFXI and all it stood for. It took time, dedication, and the slower lvling itself allowed players to truly learn their jobs. Now what happend when lvl syncing happend? ppl lvled faster, breezed through areas in no time, and when it got to them doing instances in TOUGH fights, they didnt know which end of their weapon to hold to be usefull for the party. What happend next? Square then lowered the difficulty due make up for these new players who had no idea what they were doing anymore....

Cant find a party? simple. Deal with it. Theres alot going on, there will be even more stuff to do at a later date. Or switch jobs and start lvling a new one or switch to a job of a party that is available. Pretty simple no?

They are also merging servers, so the problem of not finding a party will be minimal. Still whining? honestly, grow up is all I can say. (thumbs up)

[Exekutor]

I dont want those heavy grind time of FFXI in FFXIV. I quit FFXI because i also have a real life with girlfriend, hobbies job etc. FFXIV is a completely different game and thats fine. I dont think leveling should be the major content of an MMO, and the lvling speed is just fine in FFXIV. I also dont see a reason why one should stop lvl-sync for FFXIV. For now i dont see a reason to implement it tho, but neither do i see one to not implement it. As i said, its a feature and no one forces you to use it.

Please consider: The maximum Level of FFXIV is 50. How long did it take to get 50 in FFXI? Not very long as i can remember. Wait until they raise the cap in a few years... then we may talk again.

[KaplanHomahru]

Why are so many people equating level sync with easy...its not about making leveling easier...its about lower level people having people to party with in a world where most people are maxed. In fact, I'd still be ok with level sync if the person being synced got reduced EXP.

[JakeRoon]

I mean I am just sayin they already say they're gonna put it in the game guys, so no sense crying over it. It's just a way for lower level players to play with their friends, also makes it easier for ppl to bring their friends into the game after they are already leveled up, they can go be noobs with their buds again.

It has very few downsides really.

[Biggs]

Does anyone else see Irony in fretting over a feature that really requires 2 things we don't have right now: 1) A bunch of people actually playing the game, and 2) a gap in levels higher than 50.

Lets work on the 90,000 other issues this game has yet to overcome before jumping the gun on an issue that is literally so far down the road, its in another time zone.

[Jinko]

Does anyone else see Irony in fretting over a feature that really requires 2 things we don't have right now: 1) A bunch of people actually playing the game, and 2) a gap in levels higher than 50.

Lets work on the 90,000 other issues this game has yet to overcome before jumping the gun on an issue that is literally so far down the road, its in another time zone.

Ahh of course, I guess all those low level players who can't get an XP party are just making it all up.

[JakeRoon]

Ahh of course, I guess all those low level players who can't get an XP party are just making it all up.

I know right, did this guy just not read ANY of this thread lol ?

[Biggs]

Ahh of course, I guess all those low level players who can't get an XP party are just making it all up.

I'm a low level player. I don't have any job at 50 yet. I have basically solo'd my only high-ish level job to 42 on my own. There aren't any parties to be had period, at any level. A lot of that is due to the fact I am on a server that never has more than 300 people on at a time, so yeah, I think I'm making a fairly valid point. If we have a situation where we had 1000's of people playing at a time that couldn't get parties, then sure, level synch the shit out of this game. But thats not really whats causing the issues right now. Parties of ANY level require people to be in them. Why would a bunch of people that have all their jobs at level 50, which is like most of the people on my server at the moment, want to party with a group thats 26? The short answer is, they wouldn't.

Is level synching something that could be implimented later on down the road (which it is from what I have read here), you bet it is. My point was, its not exactly a huge priority right now in light of all the other things the developers have going on, and the current type of population of the game.

[Jinko]

I'm a low level player. I don't have any job at 50 yet. I have basically solo'd my only high-ish level job to 42 on my own. There aren't any parties to be had period, at any level. A lot of that is due to the fact I am on a server that never has more than 300 people on at a time, so yeah, I think I'm making a fairly valid point. If we have a situation where we had 1000's of people playing at a time that couldn't get parties, then sure, level synch the shit out of this game. But thats not really whats causing the issues right now. Parties of ANY level require people to be in them. Why would a bunch of people that have all their jobs at level 50, which is like most of the people on my server at the moment, want to party with a group thats 26? The short answer is, they wouldn't.

Is level synching something that could be implimented later on down the road (which it is from what I have read here), you bet it is. My point was, its not exactly a huge priority right now in light of all the other things the developers have going on, and the current type of population of the game.

Well not every server is that devoid of players, Lindblum isn't that bad at peak hours and still I can't find a party.

I'll come back after Mondays patch and let you know if its still an issue, I suspect it will be, because if you had read my previous posts about the server merge I don't' think that's going to fix the issue either.

Don't expect 2.0 to make a huge difference to the existing worlds, as the majority of new players will probably go to a new world, and its already been established that existing players won't be allowed to transfer to new worlds.