What's the point of ranks?

[TheVedis]

ummmmmm what? think you forgot to write more to you know clarafy what you just said.

hes saying you can do 1 quest and go from 1-50

[Airlea]

I personally just like killing things.

Cheers! Little group that we farm NMs with started meandering about looking for the toughest mobs possible to kill. There's a good amount of mobs out there that are quote a bit more challenging than the NMs (low manning at least). It's a lot of fun if you're one of these "let's kill stuff gewd," people. You get more comfortable working with each other. You test/learn various strats for the different types of mobs, often times learning something that can be applied to others. We've already had some epic fights and epic laughs.

Exploring with your friends, finding a good challenge, having tons of laughs...it's great. You don't need a dev to put up an arrow to show you the way (or exclamation mark, lolllll) to "fun." Yeah, we need content bad...but there's stuff to do.

[Zkieve]

What is the motivation of a MMORPG?
-To get stronger in any way possible(with friends , get a stronger group ,to be stronger individual ,to have more friends, to get monetary power , to be able to create better thins, to own more thins, to defeat more dangerous foes, etc etc etc)
is a lv 50 stronger than a lv 15 ?
yes.
Is there a lot of thins to do at lv 50 ?
no.
Is it really all that difficult to understand ?The question itself on op is rather silly.

Ps; Kilta_Firelotus really stop preaching , you dont play the game, stop talking like you know everything.When you have put enough time in the game ill respect your high and mighty opinion and defense force of Se Gods.,until then a bit of modesty would not hurt you one bit.

[Seif]

hes saying you can do 1 quest and go from 1-50

Sorry about that =D
To me all the leves and quests in the game look and feel and are designed like they're all the same with just different flavor text blocks and same strategy everywhere.

The missions look different but so far I haven't had to DO much in them so I don't think they offer much in the form of gameplay variety.

[darkstarpoet1]

I agree but I do just the p[[psite of you, I hold off on leveling my jobs only so i can experience things first hand and I kinda hope SE makes the missions more "involving" if you know what I mean.

well i do some battle, but only leve parties. as in leveling my classes i am referring to my crafts because quite frankly that will always be a boring grind fest. yeah, i know what you mean on being more involved i just don't ever see a craft being exciting regardless of what they do to it.

[Punxsutawney]

Viion and others are here becaused they played established MMOs in the middle of that MMOs careers and expect every MMO to start out where it ends. News flash: MMOs evolve, grow, and change. When WoW first became an MMO, it had very little to do endgame. When FF11 was a brand new MMO, it had very little to do. When LOTRO was a brand new MMO, gear that is considered trash now, was the best gear in the game. FF14 is a new MMO, stop expecting it to be a finalized and fully polished!

[viion]

Viion and others are here becaused they played established MMOs in the middle of that MMOs careers and expect every MMO to start out where it ends. News flash: MMOs evolve, grow, and change. When WoW first became an MMO, it had very little to do endgame. When FF11 was a brand new MMO, it had very little to do. When LOTRO was a brand new MMO, gear that is considered trash now, was the best gear in the game. FF14 is a new MMO, stop expecting it to be a finalized and fully polished!

All those games are old and first acomplishments.

TERA is a next gen just like FFXIV and is extremely polished with content.

You my friend are clueless

[Punxsutawney]

So you are telling me.. that TERA today is going to be the same as TERA 2 years from now.... No my friend, you are clueless

And from I have heard and read, TERA is fairly average. Can't believe everything you read, but if the majority of people say mediocre, you have to start believing something isn't quite up to par.

[Benediction]

I read a comment elsewhere on the forums that there's really nothing different to do between rank 15 and rank 50. That there's not much to the endgame. Are these things true? If so, what's the point of having a system of ranks besides an illusion of actually doing something meaningful?

This person has a point, and lol at all of you people not seeing it. There is nothing to do. There is no difference between 15 to 50. The only difference is the time you spent wasted on leveling maybe 1 or 2 more classes to 50. There's the illusion of "lolendgame" but really... those armor suck ass. The only thing that's worth it for me, from my point of view is the Dodore Doublet since I like Blacksmith. Even then, this piece of armor will be outdated by new armor when the level cap is raised.

Those of you that like to play through stories and quests might be good, but they are few and far between. A cutscene every 5 ranks and a fight about every 10 or 15? And sidequests that offer nothing interesting but a page or two of some bullshit that won't matter in the end.

As pointed out by the OP, there really is no content in this game at the moment and really, the only thing to do is level up to 50. B. O. R. I. N. G.

SE needs to step up their game if they want this MMO to be at least competitive when it enters the market, come PS3 release. It's already had bad reviews, which would only hinder its already waning existence into obscurity.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

Zkieve

Sorry but i'm not giving any high and mighty attitude. I just shared my experiences of ffxi. And just saying what I like. So far you are giving that attitude. And really what is the big difference between ffxi and ffxiv?
races are identical as are the jobs/classes. Worlds are pretty identical. Alot of mobs are the same.

How is me saying I was not into end game because of the attitude of ppl is giving an high and mighty attitude. I have ADD and a plesent perk is the smallest things can amuse me. Like I have fun playing with me 1 year old nephew cuz I personally like his toys. And they are fun and he is fun to play with.

I'm happy with simple stuff. Is that so wrong of me?

I'm not like everyone. Nor do I need to be.