Quote Originally Posted by Nemmar View Post
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It's not as you imagined but what you imagined was never even hinted at in the first place. At no point did the developer team say they were going to add exp to this feature, that and the idea that it'd be a chance to completely wipe the slate clean were community speculation based on hype, and while I can definitely sympathize with your expectations not being fulfilled at the end of the day the development team is under no onus to meet them.

As for using other games as an example, there are games that do things almost identical to what FFXIV is trying to implement that don't give any exp either. LoTRO comes to mind where you can replay almost any story quest in a zone via a special fountain, but you're not going to get any rewards for it. It's there just so you can enjoy the story again, which given how well written that MMO's original story quests are is a boon. Not everything needs a carrot.