[dev1021] Skill Points and EXP values are way too low.

[Allanon]

First off my numbers are completely accurate, and the data was taken the same day as my post 3/29/2011.

my character
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cicuid=1545022

When I saw how bad skill points and exp points I was getting i went to my characters lodestone page to see what I started at and compare it to what I was currently at. And started logging my experiences to make this post. So the devs can hear my story and maybe fix it. I got a lot of those find the white light leves which did not yield much SP and made me run all over the map trying to find them. Luck of the draw I suppose. If you say you never get less then 5k I can tell you now that is false seeing as I only got 1695 on 4 of them.

When you say appropriate level I thinking you are meaning higher then 1 star correct? That just isn't possible when imps which check as blue which should be easy prey hit you for 80% of your HP. 2 stars is pretty impossible solo, due to the incoming damage. I even took the advice of fellow in game players and got cure, sacrifice (regen), and second wind to help out as you can see I actually took time to level a few other classes. Even with the ability to heal myself its not really possible to do more then 1 star the amount of incoming damage is too much to heal and if i heal myself all the time the mob will not die since its not being damaged.

I have no reason to lie about what happened. I just want the game improved. It still is very lacking since I had the experience I had that day.

To get a sense of other mmos and leveling and progression rates rates take this for example:
In FFXI which I played today actually I can go from level 75 to 90 in about 4 hours when leveling various jobs. Killed several NMs in abyssea for Empyrean weapons only took a couple hours downed 10 nms got 15/50 items I needed to finish the sword I am working on.

When the FFXI and FFXIV servers were down I played my WoW account, had to play something right, my paladin on WoW is already capped and geared out so started a new character a hunter soloed took her from 1 to 85 the cap in a week all solo with quests, and geared her our for starter raids in 2 days, was doing end game raids after that.

The amount of exp you get solo in FFXIV is way worse then FFXI ever was. When FFXI came out I got to level 30 solo without a problem. Started grouping in the kazham area at that point but it was fairly easy to find groups. Was the 2nd NA player on my server to hit level 75. So I do no a thing or two about leveling fast. It is not easy find groups at all in FFXIV like it as in FFXI. Past accomplishments in games do relate to new games in that it shows a greater understanding of the MMO genre.

We even had videos for FFXI to show off the stuff we were killing before anyone else could http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NzoD6SdE9A

Not to rain on your parade, but FFXI was extremely difficult to level prior to the whining and complaining. Next not to be rude but FF is not for everyone. The games are meant to be hard and you are supposed to feel something when you accomplish something. I don't feel that now. May I suggest you find a good LS to join to get you the EXP/SP you require.

In truth I am tired of the weekend warriors whining saying the game is to hard. They added MP regen which was crazy. They upped the SP you receive to a ridiculous amount. For example a LS member took almost since the start of the game to right before they upped the SP to reach level 50. After they upped the SP that same LS member got 2 jobs to level 50 within 5 weeks. So either they just play non-stop or you are not playing the game enough and exploring enough to find what works for SP and what does not. Furthermore the LS member I am talking about did this mostly soloing.

It seems to me that everyone wants this to be easy so they can reach 50 in 2 days like WoW.....I don't want that. Right now you are not even paying for the game are you suggesting that you would pay for the game if you got all your jobs to 50 before you even have to start paying. This game is way too easy in my book and I am tired of the dev giving into all the weekend warriors whining.