As someone who usually only reads through threads, i really feel the need to say something myself today.
(i havent read the whole thread, i am sry if i happen to repeat someone else)

First of all what many ppl said about advancing through content in other games and how you would be high enough lvl to fight any challenges. This is true if you only want to finish the game's story. I remind you of optional bosses like the different forms of ultima weapons in different ff games. Also a big aspect for me in other ff offline games was the grind. I simply like to get my chars to lvl100 and pwn stuff. Of course i would have loved to get to lvl100 easily, but with the small sanity i have left, i think that max lvl shouldnt be something handed to u on a plate. It is something u work hard and endure things (yes even simple repetitive works). Don't get me wrong tho, i like the idea to get to high lvl without a big grind, it will cater to many casuals and let's be honest and realistic: The community of FF14 already is far away from what the ff11 community was (maybe still is, idk). Less hardcore, more casual. But we still all share a common goal and a common interest, which is ffxiv and maybe even final fantasy overall. So i hope that we can all embrace each other at somepoint and creat a bond and not have everyone just pulling at their end. ( i want better drop rate! I want deleveling so noobs will cry! ~ no offense, just stupid examples to)
This said, there will be more content for easier leveling and it is a good thing for many people, so please dont try to take it away form them for whichever reason you feel is "right". If you think people who leveled too fast dont know their job, teach them. If you cant/dont want to teach them, leave them. There are plenty of endgame/hardcore LSs out there which will welcome any good player. (again, no ofense, just an example.)
But! and that is a big but!! I really hope that they will not kill group grinding. There are many who enjoy it. There are plenty reasons to do it. (other jobs to50, farming, SB, fun or simply learning your job, if you want to practive it like that)

I personally dont want to only grind all day like in FF11, but i also dont want to have it removed, because i do enjoy it!
The thing i would focus on here, would be the words balance and choice. Implement anything you want, but dont make one major way of leveling far supperior to another and let us choose which way to pick.

Also i think this matter may be a major concern to many users, so i hope this thread will get a DEV reply to clear things up for all of us.

Thx for your time, sry for my not so perrrfect english.


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