lv99 bitch/speculation/etc thread

[amentis]

All people see is grinding for 24 levels and the chance their gear will become obsolete, hence the QQ. They forgot to notice the add-ons and new zones that will be added.

Look at SE's track record. Poorly implementing new gear, poorly implementing Job changes, poorly doing... well, everything pretty much.
That's why there's QQ.

[Priran]

They could take a page from Lineage II's book and just redesign abandoned low-level zones to accomodate the needs of high-levels.

[Jb1210a]

Grinding wasn't exactly a fun part of the game, nor was farming for days on end until I could afford Leet Piece of Gear I'm Gimp Without. Yeah, that's great they're gonna add new stuff but for people who (like me) were very happy with their character's progress and all of the work they'd put into it, this will rub them the wrong way.

Count me in the "Glad I Quit" club.

Oh I agree, but at the same time, it opens the game up again and gives you the chance to actually do something new. I'm more excited that it has the possibility of making FFXI fresh and new again, unlike years of previous updates where it seemed like everything was getting recycled into the same old shit.

[Seanr]

Yes, 24 levels of Colibri-packed fun!
:D :D :D

If yall bitches aregettin 30-40k an hour like you claim.... 24 more levels of colibri aint shit. Quit your bitching everyone.

[D44kpunk]

This is the problem i'm having with this "expansion"

example: blizzard announced their newest expansion, idk what? 4 months ago? it's raising the level cap by 5. FIVE. it's not due to come out for another 3 months or so. not to mention im sure blizzard has 30x the devs working WoW that SE has on ffxi

how is SE going to raise the level cap by 24 and replace all the shit people have been working on for over 6 years in such a short amount of time?

the quality of content will be complete trash imo, feel free to give me a counterpoint to this i'd like to hear it.

please no "SE HAZ BEEN PLAN THIS 4 LONG TIEM GUYZ"

[Fridell]

Look at SE's track record. Poorly implementing new gear, poorly implementing Job changes, poorly doing... well, everything pretty much.
That's why there's QQ.

Correct.
I'm not sure the community is ready to face (if ever) that there might be LV99 gear now that destroys Salvage & King gear. The new grinding itself is a good reason to stop playing completely. .....Or this is the best that happened to FFXI in years, who knows.

[amentis]

If yall bitches aregettin 30-40k an hour like you claim.... 24 more levels of colibri aint shit. Quit your bitching everyone.

Because every person in the fucking universe won't be trying to level in the same zone at the same time.
Also, they'll probably be huge EXP sinks to keep people paying for the game while they funnel the funds to designing their new MMO.

[Jb1210a]

Look at SE's track record. Poorly implementing new gear, poorly implementing Job changes, poorly doing... well, everything pretty much.
That's why there's QQ.

True, let's hope they do better with 8 years of experience backing them up.

[lolwut]

I'm looking forward to cap raise for Rdm personally. My first instinct was to QQ like a lot of people here are doing, but then I thought about it.

Yonin for tanking? Couldn't hurt. DW3 for soloing face soloing and a higher mp and cap for enhancing/enfeebling/dark magic to put farm status on Rdm solos? Bring it on.

Klimaform, hastega, refreshga, phalanxga, erasega, sleepga, stoneskinga, enspell2ga all with a B+ enhancing instead of D with reduced casting cost for lowman action? Fuck ya.

[amentis]

True, let's hope they do better with 8 years of experience backing them up.

Lol?
SE has shown a borderline MALICIOUS disdain for their player base. They hate us. They've always hated us. They don't listen to the players needs, are convinced there's only one way to play the game (their way), and any sort of innovation or change in ideas is sacrilege.

They have no 8 years of experience. They have 8 years of blindly following their own plan, and giving a huge finger to FFXI players.

FFXI players are the battered wives of the MMO world.

[Morari]

This is the problem i'm having with this "expansion"
how is SE going to raise the level cap by 24 and replace all the shit people have been working on for over 6 years in such a short amount of time?

the quality of content will be complete trash imo, feel free to give me a counterpoint to this i'd like to hear it.

please no "SE HAZ BEEN PLAN THIS 4 LONG TIEM GUYZ"

Look at the timeline. We're getting 3 level cap raises this year, with the first one in June. It's not all 24 levels all at once, but a gradual progression, just like they did when they raised the cap from 50 to 75. We're probably only going to see a cap raise to 80 in June, at the same time as the first expansion comes out with new zones and content to accommodate it.

[Byrthnoth]

I noted there would be new zones. But after 80 those will be the only areas you can xp in because of the way Experience Points work. Level 75 Syncs will only last for 44k xp.

You're looking at 1000 people trying to simultaneously level up in (optimistically) 4 new zones? Even assuming everything in there is a killable chainable xp mob, shit will be wiped clean for a month. And if you doubt me about 1k people, keep in mind that almost everyone has a 75 and we're merging servers.

If you're interested in getting to cap asap, your best bet is going to be to blitz it right at the cap update and keep grabbing new 75 Syncs until you're 80, etc.

Also, idk about anyone else but Odin's 2-hour instantly killing all mobs in an area kinda sounds a little too good to be true as far as Astral Flowing goes. It's either going to not give xp or I'd bet they start banning for that.

[Ohemgee]

I never really make this comment.

But my God does my sig make more sense than this bullshit.

[D44kpunk]

Look at the timeline. We're getting 3 level cap raises this year, with the first one in June. It's not all 24 levels all at once, but a gradual progression, just like they did when they raised the cap from 50 to 75. We're probably only going to see a cap raise to 80 in June, at the same time as the first expansion comes out with new zones and content to accommodate it.

i realize that, i dont think a year is enough time for SE to pull this off well

[Lahan]

Because every person in the fucking universe won't be trying to level in the same zone at the same time.
Also, they'll probably be huge EXP sinks to keep people paying for the game while they funnel the funds to designing their new MMO.

well its 44k to 76, was 42k to 75 if they just up it by 2k for ever that's ummmm
(go go maths)
52k for 79 - 80
72k for 89 - 90


that's a rude amount of exp lol

I hope they let you keep getting good exp in campaign at the higher levels...
Thats not as good as a super merit pt but it will do I guess..

[Seanr]

All I know is.... I gotta start working on my PUP Haste build.
and 2. I can't wait for the new Gimps/Confused XXV: Lol Still wearing Slavage gears.

[Snick]

Nobody mentioned the idea of LB6(And 7, 8, 9, etc)

[Drakath]

I noted there would be new zones. But after 80 those will be the only areas you can xp in because of the way Experience Points work. Level 75 Syncs will only last for 44k xp.

You're looking at 1000 people trying to simultaneously level up in (optimistically) 4 new zones? Even assuming everything in there is a killable chainable xp mob, shit will be wiped clean for a month. And if you doubt me about 1k people, keep in mind that almost everyone has a 75 and we're merging servers.

If you're interested in getting to cap asap, your best bet is going to be to blitz it right at the cap update and keep grabbing new 75 Syncs until you're 80, etc.

Also, idk about anyone else but Odin's 2-hour instantly killing all mobs in an area kinda sounds a little too good to be true as far as Astral Flowing goes. It's either going to not give xp or I'd bet they start banning for that.

Think it'll be more than 1000... Asura already has 1.5k people on at all times (I was flabberghasted to see it was being merged with another server). Another 1k addition to people online at all times is like 2.5k on during NA weekdays at every hour... That is an abhorrent amount of people, the game is currently not designed to handle that, in my opinion. Not when people have the expectations from the current best EXP camps, etc. How on earth can you possibly hope to EXP in Bhaflau or Wajaom on a job like THF (or at all) when 50-100 other people in your level range are LFP?

[Khajit]

Think it'll be more than 1000... Asura already has 1.5k people on at all times (I was flabberghasted to see it was being merged with another server). Another 1k addition to people online at all times is like 2.5k on during NA weekdays at every hour... That is an abhorrent amount of people, the game is currently not designed to handle that, in my opinion. Not when people have the expectations from the current best EXP camps, etc. How on earth can you possibly hope to EXP in Bhaflau or Wajaom on a job like THF (or at all) when 50-100 other people in your level range are LFP?

It's called going to the OTHER open camps at that lv range. It's this weird thing that people used to do until recently.

[Therin]

Wonder if Apathy will be able to take down AV at level 80.