Imagine a game with no levels

[SydeBeheln]

Gifthorse you speak the truth.

They compromised on their original vision, short on time or imagination. I remember when there was a rumor that only underwear would affect your stats and all other gear would be just for looks. Tanaka even said you could be a mage wearing heavy armor. Alas, what happened to that game?

I dont recall any of that being said lol.
As far as "no leveling" that is not a correct translation. He meant that instead of having standard exp like we see in xi, we would have classes that equal weapons, and that we would level weapons like we do in ffxi. It's basically a system built around skill ups, hence the new community re-name "SP".
As far as some of the other things you mentioned. SE did try those options, and they sounded good on paper, but they obviously did not have lasting effects. You can't have an MMO with a system that does not have a lasting effect =/

[Zenaku]

I dont recall any of that being said lol.
As far as "no leveling" that is not a correct translation. He meant that instead of having standard exp like we see in xi, we would have classes that equal weapons, and that we would level weapons like we do in ffxi. It's basically a system built around skill ups, hence the new community re-name "SP".
As far as some of the other things you mentioned. SE did try those options, and they sounded good on paper, but they obviously did not have lasting effects. You can't have an MMO with a system that does not have a lasting effect =/

lol that what i just said but i guess ppl are blind.

[Shai]

I dont recall any of that being said lol.
As far as "no leveling" that is not a correct translation. He meant that instead of having standard exp like we see in xi, we would have classes that equal weapons, and that we would level weapons like we do in ffxi. It's basically a system built around skill ups, hence the new community re-name "SP".
As far as some of the other things you mentioned. SE did try those options, and they sounded good on paper, but they obviously did not have lasting effects. You can't have an MMO with a system that does not have a lasting effect =/

I know he meant we'd have weapon skill up parties instead of levels, but last I checked... I also have a level. So translation or not, they compromised on that idea and many, many, many others that I was excited about until I played retail. Even told myself in Beta they were waiting for launch to pull out the big punches. Sigh.

What's most amusing is how the original site still has stuff that ... will presumably never exist.

Miner being my personal favorite. I check it every now and then to see if they'll even bother to ninja edit their wrong information.

[Jibe]

I know he meant we'd have weapon skill up parties instead of levels, but last I checked... I also have a level. So translation or not, they compromised on that idea and many, many, many others that I was excited about until I played retail. Even told myself in Beta they were waiting for launch to pull out the big punches. Sigh.

What's most amusing is how the original site still has stuff that ... will presumably never exist.

Miner being my personal favorite. I check it every now and then to see if they'll even bother to ninja edit their wrong information.

OMG you are right! I checked the official site after reading your post and wow. It lists PUG as having a steal ability "based on stealth", and says miner "can use mineral compositions to debilitate enemies". It also says PUG has multiple stances, but doesn't say how to activate them. I guess this last one is technically true. Just, wow though.

[Physic]

OMG you are right! I checked the official site after reading your post and wow. It lists PUG as having a steal ability "based on stealth", and says miner "can use mineral compositions to debilitate enemies". It also says PUG has multiple stances, but doesn't say how to activate them. I guess this last one is technically true. Just, wow though.

yeah im still waitin for myshoulder tackle, im sure archer wishes they had trinity and poison arrows, and does shreiker exist/make mobs run away?

there is a lot we have yet to see that they said they would have soon after release, least the got rid of participation in the arena of ul dah, and gambling. really if they executed a lot of this stuff properly, people would have loved the game.