Double Exp weekends in FFXIV

[Klefth]

Use to be leveling was actually a part of MMO's. Now you get enough people crying about "let me make super easy XP" and wala.. Max level in one week from now on..
I don't like it at all..

I did get my first 50 job in a week (5 days, actually; not the whole week) in this game, and within 2 weeks or so, I had already obtained my first "endgame" drop: an Ifrit's Harpoon that I couldn't even use yet. So, I took my time to level DRG to use it. Took me a week also.

In XI, it took me NINE MONTHS to get my first 75. It really felt like quite the acomplishment. I wasn't bothered at all by how long it took me to get there either, because really, the game had some content to do before hitting the level cap, and I always thought of endgame as, well, ENDgame.

It's a real shame to see all of that go. Nowadays, games start at the level cap, with "endgame" being pretty much the only thing to do, and leveling is just a mad rush to get there. It has pretty much no prerequisites either, just shoot to max level and in a matter of days, you'll be there. You may be required to complete a quest beforehand, but... I think we all remember the level 35 Ifrit, right? Or the prereqs to AV/CC?

Do people REALLY want all of this to be even faster and more simplistic? Really?

[Forgo]

I did get my first 50 job in a week (5 days, actually; not the whole week) in this game, and within 2 weeks or so, I had already obtained my first "endgame" drop: an Ifrit's Harpoon that I couldn't even use yet. So, I took my time to level DRG to use it. Took me a week also.

In XI, it took me NINE MONTHS to get my first 75. It really felt like quite the acomplishment. I wasn't bothered at all by how long it took me to get there, because really, the game had some content to do before hitting the level cap, and I always thought of endgame as, well, ENDgame.

It's a real shame to see all of that go. Nowadays, games start at the level cap, and leveling is just a mad rush to endgame. It has pretty much no prerequisites at all, just shoot to max level and in a matter of days, you'll be there.

Do people REALLY want all of this to be even faster and more simplistic? Really?

9 months for 75? it took me 3 years for lvl 55 on my first chara (of course that was back in the old grind days w/o books)
anyway no to double exp weekends...rested exp is ehough of a boost and if you take the lvling out of mmos and leave the end game, soon everyone will beat and get the best gear then there will be no reason to play at all...

[Klefth]

9 months for 75? it took me 3 years for lvl 55 on my first chara (of course that was back in the old grind days w/o books)

I got to level in Bibiki Bay and such, too. Thing is I focused mainly on a single job (and kept doing so through the almost seven years I played that game; only had 4 75s by that time, 2 of which I leveled just because), and didn't craft for a very long time. All I did was party, farm a bit to update my gear a little, and the occasional BCNM.

[Forgo]

I got to level in Bibiki Bay and such, too. Thing is I focused mainly on a single job (and kept doing so through the almost seven years I played that game; only had 4 75s by that time), and didn't craft for a very long time. All I did was party, farm a bit to update my gear a little, and the occasional BCNM.

lol you got me there i started on one and changed a few til i found the job I like best, I did a lot of other things like the first pvp thing they started on there and just roamed around looking for parties since there was no lvl sync or anything like that back then...