Thread: All the exploiters before 2.0 build.

Im happy to report that barely partied with all my hard/easy/depends on how you look at it/ classes to 50. Its called time spent actually playing not an exploit. Also how does the way others lvl affect your game play? Check the sig I worked me arse off w/o an exploit. I must admit I only had Cul doh 50 before the crafting change but now its not as much a grind anymore.

As someone who used the PL "issue" they had last year for about 70 of my total DoW/M levels and someone who got a few mil spamming leves, I can partially agree with the OP.
I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a huge advantage, but those who played the game that way certainly have an advantage over those who didn't and if you can't at least admit that then... well... I think you might be in denial . But I certainly wouldn't exactly use the words "took advantage of" since it was a legitamate part of the game at the time and no one is wrong for doing so. If you didn't, well that's great. But what you're saying is everyone is naughty for taking a cookie out of the cookie jar when the lid was left open intentionally.

I intentionally don't level all my jobs, just so I can experience what leveling with be like in 2.0. I thought I heard the devs talking about slowing the leveling pace down after 2.0's launch. That may consume content too quickly, if it's anything at the current pace; especially with a multiclass based game.

Besides, there won't be much exp to gain via PL for normal grinding, it's going forward to leve/quest based leveling like in WoW.

Three of my friends used every exploitative way BG or some other website posted to level quickly, since release. I highly doubt they were intended forms of exp since they were fixed (obviously). And I'm not going to list them off because 1) I'm not even sure if I'm allowed to here, 2) you want to know you can do some research yourself. That being said I don't understand the "I'm just smarter because I leveled quicker" argument. I also don't understand the "everyone stabbed Cesar so I did it too" argument. Obviously something that is wrong is still wrong even if a million people decided to do it.

Where it comes into harming the experience of the game... My three friends, and a majority of the linkshell we made together all have maxed out accounts. These people rushed through whatever content was available and simply don't want to do anything but max tier stuff. Honestly I don't even feel they have a right to be grinding high tier stuff without even learning to play their characters, but that is another issue alltogether.

Part of the whole mmo experience is playing and leveling with friends, something that I can't do now because of them abusing exploits. Me playing with them these days amounts to an hour of them pretending to powerlevel me (and failing at it because they don't understand a majority of the game mechanics), them making it seem like I owe them a favor, then me just telling them to go because I'm not having any of that. I'd just go out and make some new friends to play with but that's kinda hard with such a low pop game... Most of the people I meet don't even speak english.

For those of you that played FF11 or hell, even WoW or some other MMO... You cannot tell me that you didnt have fun leveling with random people and your friends... Since I started playing again I see maybe one or two people my level range who refuse to talk/respond to me. The second I start killing in their camp hoping they notice and invite me, they switch to their 50 and kill everything in site till I leave... I just feel like there is not enough of a true low level presence in the game.

I feel pity for you
PL sucks, and too bad Yoshi allow it

btw, whats that gathering exploit you talk bout?
gonna try one or two