Levelling in ARR

[Seraphe]

Pardon me but I can't figure out what you mean by IP. Would you mind explaining?

[stanleyyoung]

honestly for me i really don't prefer only one type of leveling to another ie: solo questing, leves, FATE system, behest, escort, dungeons, exp mob grind parties, etc etc. What im looking for is a good balance between them all because at the end of the day which ever you do "a grind is a grind" no matter how you look at it which has been said over and over from you guys in all these types of threads. If SE could have them all pretty much on par with each other rewarding almost the same exp but have some variables that can boost how much more they can get ie: ideal camp location, ideal party set up, skilled players, well geared ppl, all camp locations unlocked, etc etc. Really i personally would like it if it were balanced to the point where its either personal preference or your just tired of doing the same over and over again thus choosing which type of grind you wanna do not just doing the one that's the best. Because it doesn't matter which one SE will mainly focus on each one of them has pro's and con's for the short and long run so having a select one is not really the way to go.

What i don't want to happen in ARR is that anyone of those becomes a primary/only efficient source to leveling , because then whether you like it or not it forces you to only level that set way. yes you could level a different way but lets be honest ppl why the hell would you level in a less efficient way: for the shit and giggles or you are too stubborn to go with what is best or for some other damn reason you have. If exp mob grind party is the best why in the world would you level by quest or leves when they give less exp or vice versa when leves & quest give more exp then the mob grind does(and be honest to yourself)

my main concern for ARR is that it will be too easy/short to get max level not just necessarily the way you have to grind & progress to get their. i want the feeling back that i had in XI when you would see high level person and say: damn that person is good , then further finding out they had X amount of jobs at cap too thus making them even more badass. And before someone says you can be at a high level and still suck, i know that ppl can be at a high level and still be bad so no need to say high level always= good player. but i just would really like to have that feeling back since in 1.0 especially once we had strongholds, exp chain, food bonus, etc etc it was way too easy in my opinion to get max level.

In all honesty i would like to see at level 30 the amount of exp you need to level is vastly greater then the previous levels, which will only get bigger and bigger as you go higher so in a sense we hit that brick wall and will have a long climb ahead to get over it. Its sucks when everyone has everything at 50 DOW & DOM wise because then its really isn't an achievement when ppl go he, she, you, & me are all at 50 why are you trying to make it seem like something special and trying to show your E-Peen. Im not trying to say no one should have everything maxed out but when i look back at XI ppl mainly had jobs capped that were their main and any jobs that further enhanced it or complimented it and that had gear that was interchangeable between them etc etc.