Please make the new level cap 99 instead of 100

[BRVV]

Final Fantasy X had a level cap of 99

For sphere levels... this hardly matters

Final Fantasy XIII had weird story gate level caps. Not sure what it let you cap at by the end.

Also hardly matters. The roles have 5 levels but that is only accounted for for their passive effect if i recall correctly. The parts of the skill tree are locked by story progression.

That's why strategies for FFX and FFXIII usually say how high certain stats should be

[DamianFatale]

I know we always get 10 levels. But I'm pleading to make it 99 instead in homage to all the other FF games with a cap of 99.

This is incorrect, not all FF games end at 99. Now it’s like 120 or something like that sometimes.

[Elena_Farron]

I think they would have mentioned it if 100 was going to be the final level cap, but so far this tells me they are just going to add 10 levels on top every expansion, add/remove job actions and call it a day.
So I was hoping they would set the cap at 99 as a way of saying that this will be the final level cap. You can still add/remove skills in future expansions.

They should really stop the level-creep and add more meaningful horizontal progression to the game because it has quite literally zero. I can't imagine unironically trying to level a job from 1 to 100 manually without losing my mind in the process.

But to me it's looking like every future expansion will be as formulaic as the last.

[Nebelheim]

I think they would have mentioned it if 100 was going to be the final level cap, but so far this tells me they are just going to add 10 levels on top every expansion, add/remove job actions and call it a day.
So I was hoping they would set the cap at 99 as a way of saying that this will be the final level cap. You can still add/remove skills in future expansions.

They should really stop the level-creep and add more meaningful horizontal progression to the game because it has quite literally zero. I can't imagine unironically trying to level a job from 1 to 100 manually without losing my mind in the process.

But to me it's looking like every future expansion will be as formulaic as the last.

Yoship already mentioned stopping at 100 and already thinking of alternate progression in future expansions after dawntrail in a interview last year.

[Zaniel]

They should really stop the level-creep and add more meaningful horizontal progression to the game because it has quite literally zero. I can't imagine unironically trying to level a job from 1 to 100 manually without losing my mind in the process.

Other games did this and it actually became a massive barrier to entry. Stuff like ability points in EQ or the 37,000 systems in WoW or equipment and CP in BDO and so on. Levels are clean, minimal barriers to entry, the more complexity in your power systems the harder it is to balance and the more confusing and opaque it is to new players. It SOUNDS like a great idea to older players but experience has shown the reverse.

[AwesomeJr44]

Please make the new level cap 99 instead of 100

Why would the devs bother to change the leveling system and scaling of gear stats just for a reference so meaningless and stupid? Especially when there are other FF games that have the level cap at 100. The most that it would do is get a few people to say "oh that's neat" and then not care at all.

[ReynTime]

Final Fantasy XVI also has a cap of 100.

[Cach]

https://www.gamesradar.com/final-fan...xt-is-unclear/

Level 99 would have been a cool detail but I'm guessing whoever handles the math would have a stroke trying to balance around 9 levels instead of 10.

level/skill/number bloat is a big problem with long-living MMOs so I'm curious how exactly they're going to "fix" it. My guess would be something similar to Eureka/Bozja

[Payadopa]

And what after Dawntrail? I rather have SE stay consistent with it.

Also how you think that goes for the established gear progression? Also the levels would have to scale differently in power gain cause one less level.

Rather have them focus on actual meaningful content for the next expansion than throwing away dev time for a random homage.

Show me that mythical meaningful content. The one level has nothing to do with it. Content in XIV has like no longevity regardless.

[Saraide]

Literally who cares.