Quest based leveling: Future problem?

[Chardrizard]

So, you are telling me, open world is pointless? Awesome Go play Vindictus or PSO2

No, i didn't. Dungeons are just better options compare to open world grinding and lol go play vindictus? maybe you should be the one migrate to the other game because this is happening in FFXIV, its not a plan, its happening and you don't even have basis why open world grinding is better.

[Maxthunder]

thats better than open world grinding on same mobs for few levels.

At least dungeons is challenging, offers drops, and various mobs.

Im sorry I disagree, dungeons are boring its all instanced no thankyou. Why should I have to run the same damn dungeons for exp, I would prefer exp camps like there have always been. At least with the exp camps I can explore, instanced dungeons are just plain boring. So all in all the open world will become useless for a linear path to level cap, where everything is on easy mode and no competition. If you need your hand held from level 1- cap than a MMO isnt for you cause thats exactly what is going to happen. So now Final Fantasy becomes just another standard lobby game OH WOW those are so much fun (NOT), as well as boring.

[HiirNoivl]

They did not say only quests but also content driven, which means repeatable quest, which doesn't always means kill xxxx for xx times, could be for clearing dungeons so you get exp for killing stuff inside and clearing the dungeons etc.

Exactly. In the current game, you can level all your jobs to 50 without participating in any story or doing any quests. I don't think they want this to be the same in ARR. They want people to see and understand the world they're playing in.

[Maxthunder]

Exactly. In the current game, you can level all your jobs to 50 without participating in any story or doing any quests. I don't think they want this to be the same in ARR. They want people to see and understand the world they're playing in.

That is not their choice to make that is up to the player to make that choice. I pay to play and I want to play my way not the way some DEV thinks I should. Now if a player dosent want to do the story that is their choice and the DEV's have no right to tell them you have to do the story. Each player has the right to play the way they wish to play as long as it is not a violation of the user agreement.

[Valmonte]

Okay, as a person who has played a couple of different MMOs, quest based leveling worked for them mainly because it was one storyline for the one class that you chose to level. However, we have an armory system, where you level multiple classes on one character and experience all the the story on the one character.

Anyone see the problem yet?

Lets say I'm a noob, just finished leveling my warrior 1-50 or where ever our new cap may end up being through quest. What if I decided to level Dragoon, would the quest restart on their own, or will I have used all my quest up for my second job.

I like questing to gain experience, but I'd just like some comments if this will be the case.

Not to worry once you level all the Classes Jobs are insta 50, which is just retarded in its own right. all in all i wish the armory system would just burn in hell, its hampering the game more than the lag.

[AlaulaTheGreat]

Ahh, if the quest are repeatable that's a different story.
I'd just hate for it to be a case of using your higher level classes to finish the harder content on your own.
It would be neat to have quest progress tied to current class, cause I'd rather talk to a person and receive my fetch quest, not get a card to do it.

[Rannie]

Ahh, if the quest are repeatable that's a different story.
I'd just hate for it to be a case of using your higher level classes to finish the harder content on your own.
It would be neat to have quest progress tied to current class, cause I'd rather talk to a person and receive my fetch quest, not get a card to do it.

i think that's probably what may happen just like what we had with the Class quests when you hit level 20 for the story as a con or whm and so on and so forth and then you have the main story content or atleast that's what i'm kinda hoping there will be along with repeatable side quests, regular side quests and the leves if you want to do those.

[bobbygunz]

Okay, as a person who has played a couple of different MMOs, quest based leveling worked for them mainly because it was one storyline for the one class that you chose to level. However, we have an armory system, where you level multiple classes on one character and experience all the the story on the one character.

Anyone see the problem yet?

Lets say I'm a noob, just finished leveling my warrior 1-50 or where ever our new cap may end up being through quest. What if I decided to level Dragoon, would the quest restart on their own, or will I have used all my quest up for my second job.

I like questing to gain experience, but I'd just like some comments if this will be the case.

They will probably have some kind of guidleve/repeatable dungeon thing, maybe.

[Ksenia]

I kind of want to open world level. I haven't done that since SWG. I miss it. I can't count the hours I spent on Endor clobbering Marauders for skill tapes or on Dath getting hides. Even Naboo because there were recipes that you needed Naboo Wooly and the dynamic resource system meant no two weeks were the same. This week Tat leather might have 800 OQ, next week it might have 1000.

If FF14 could figure out a dynamic crafting materials system I'd be here until I was old and gray.

[Gramul]

I pray the quests won't just be the boring standard kill X of Y quests.

But they will. It's inevitable with the amount they need to make it viable.

But at least we will go to other places unlike levequests terrible system of going to the same damn place over and over again.