Why does this game still cater to exploiters and cheaters?

[fusional]

takes longer to hit 50 in wow than it does in this game.

jussayin'!

but, yeah. i'm getting pretty sick of how cheating goes completely unpunished in ffxiv. the main draw of ff mmos is supposed to be the community- but a community full of lazy, entitled cheaters is a pretty shitty one. just look at our wonderful forums for evidence

[Azurymber]

takes longer to hit 50 in wow than it does in this game.

jussayin'!

I know. I was saying that either SE will leave things how they are, and people will quit prior to 50 once they find out they need 4 jobs at 50 to get anything done endgame, or SE will make it insanely easy for them to level up turning this into WoW. The main reason i make this point is because SE almost exclusively creates end-game content to cater to the current crowd (and they have to in order to prevent people from quitting). But once you get an influx of new players, you either have to make their leveling fun (and grinding the same thing 100000 times for 10 levels isn't really fun) or make it really easy to get to max level with multiple jobs. Most MMO companies have found that making it really easy to max level will please the customers the most, SE will probably take that route. Andthat might work if FFXIV was like FFXI with fun end game stuff. But its not. Endgame here is so bad that people spend hours exploiting it to avoid actually having to do it the legit or intended way. That tells you something.

[Ruisu]

takes longer to hit 50 in wow than it does in this game.

jussayin'!

but, yeah. i'm getting pretty sick of how cheating goes completely unpunished in ffxiv. the main draw of ff mmos is supposed to be the community- but a community full of lazy, entitled cheaters is a pretty shitty one. just look at our wonderful forums for evidence

You mean like how Garuda parties came to a screeching halt once they fixed the astral flow bug? Terrible, lazy communities in video games, more news at 11.

[DarthTaru]

The problem of people being power leveled in a week is more an issue with the game mechanics.
Without being able to effeciently level link anymore (I think, anyway) I would honestly feel sorry for anyone logging into game and having to grind out 50 levels for each battle class.

In XI, XP parties were a social experience. They were fun, at least for the first few hours depending on the party. You could build an incredible party and still be able to chat with people, get to know people, joke around in linkshell chat, all the while racking up XP chains and progressing through XP areas.

In this game, leveling up a job in an XP party is just mentally taxing. It's not as bad as it was before auto attack was added, but I can recall being mentally drained after only twenty minutes. I didn't enjoy myself at all.
And without voice chat, it's virtually impossible to socialize while in a party.

It's not an "experience" - it's a miserable grind, at least it was back when I had to do it in between Dunesfolk for Dinners.
If the XP system isn't changed I pity new players and can hardly blame them for wanting to be level boosted through shallow and uninteresting zones, past mobs with no character.

If you want to see an end come to the power leveler you should also (and firstly) call for a radical change to the way parties gain experience points.