Thread: 8.0 Max Level?

Yoshi P has been going on and on since before Endwalker even that he doesn't want to go beyond 100. So I would say with the mention of a job "systems" overhaul, we should be considering that perhaps the job "system" being referred to is less gameplay and more pertains to leveling and progression? I do think we'll see a little bit of both, but I feel that denoting that its the "jobs system" that is getting overhauled implies a change to how jobs exist and function on a fundamental and universal scale; e.g. horizontal progression (which is a pipedream), rather than say... top-to-bottom overhauls of each individual job's gameplay.

I personally see a future where we're capped at 100 for 8.0 but have some sort of mastery or expertise level that we raise each expansion. Perhaps even replace the numbers with something else like stars or whatever.
There's plenty of means in which they can go about future level progression, and all inidication over the last five or so years is to expect 100 to be the last numerical level.

"Requires job level 100, mastery level 10."

"See? We capped it at level 100."

Originally Posted by Shurrikhan

"Requires job level 100, mastery level 10."

"See? We capped it at level 100."

Yeah, that's the most likely approach. We retain level 100 as numerical and get another arbitrary number to keep track of.
Personally, I think a level squish would be more ideal. That approach is highly unlikely, however.

Originally Posted by Aniya_Estlihn

Yeah, that's the most likely approach. We retain level 100 as numerical and get another arbitrary number to keep track of.
Personally, I think a level squish would be more ideal. That approach is highly unlikely, however.

An ever climbing iLVL like we get in patch content is probably the *easiest* route for the devs, but that would really screw the gear economy pretty quickly.

Should just get rid of the level cap and make it infinite and make gear auto scale to level.

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I think they'll copy WoW, let it go to about 120 then do a massive squish.


Damage, stats and levels.


If I recall - Yoshi P said there are no plans for any "stat squishes" for 8.0.