Game Balance and User Frustration

[Mhurron]

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As a newish player I can attest to what the TC said on gear. It is way overpriced in the AH, and aside from the mission gear, the only way for us soloing or with little help to get better weapons. I know I've amassed 20-30k then run to the AH to see what one piece I wanted to upgrade at my level. Should get better once I hit 50-60 and solo more missions. Right now at 38 I don't think I could solo The Emissary.

Over-priced and expensive are not the same thing.

[Murphie]

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As a newish player I can attest to what the TC said on gear. It is way overpriced in the AH, and aside from the mission gear, the only way for us soloing or with little help to get better weapons. I know I've amassed 20-30k then run to the AH to see what one piece I wanted to upgrade at my level. Should get better once I hit 50-60 and solo more missions. Right now at 38 I don't think I could solo The Emissary.

Unless you are a WHM or a BRD you can solo it most likely. But even if you couldn't, you could duo it with someone at your level or have one person a bit higher than you help you with it. Hell, it was able to be beaten in a duo at 25 before the cap was removed, so seriously, you'd be fine.

Yes, a lot of gear on the AH is priced high. But you don't actually NEED to buy it. You can subsist on a combination of Vendor Gear and Conquest Gear until you raise the funds for better armor/weapons. And you can always take time away from EXP in order to raise some gil in order to buy better gear.

Don't' assume that you need to have the absolute best. That was true at one time, but most people don't really care all that much. Plus, hell, there isn't that much mid-level gear on the AH these days anyway.

[Squiggs]

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I'm pretty sure you can solo it. If not, hit me up. I just did that one recently for Windy, and am going to be doing it for Sandy later this week.

[KoLAddict]

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As a newish player I can attest to what the TC said on gear. It is way overpriced in the AH, and aside from the mission gear, the only way for us soloing or with little help to get better weapons. I know I've amassed 20-30k then run to the AH to see what one piece I wanted to upgrade at my level. Should get better once I hit 50-60 and solo more missions. Right now at 38 I don't think I could solo The Emissary.

[Murphie]

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You should be ashamed of yourself!

I really should. I mean it says it right there! EASY prey.

Y U NO EASY, EASY PREY!?

[Malacite]

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[Grizzlebeard]

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I'm level 90 and I die to EP all the time.

You should be ashamed of yourself!

[Squiggs]

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They're doing it wrong then

Agreed.

[Murphie]

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They're doing it wrong then. Getting to 90 is just a means of accessing content. EXP is easy, and I see little point in making it take longer. But again, I've leveled to the cap many times in the past, so I've done all of that enough to not need to draw it out again.

For a new player I wouldn't recommend racing. One, you'd be hard pressed to, and two, you would be missing out on a lot of exploration and learning in the process.

[Squiggs]

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I was a brand new player, and I'm fine with how long it took. I got to see every part of Vana'diel while I was at it, and learned the how's and how not's of the game. I've seen a lot of new or returning players come through my shell. They level up real fast and then burn themselves out, quitting shortly thereafter.

[Murphie]

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It took me about a month and a half. It would have been faster, but I was leveling BLU, and also taking the time to do Missions and level my fame and such. That said, I had the benefit of years of experience behind me.

Of course, GoV didn't appear until I was already 60. If that had existed sooner...

[Squiggs]

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9 days

/em looks away in shame that it took me 18 months.

[Murphie]

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A guy in our LS got there in 9 days. But yes, you'd need to have the proper resources and some prior knowledge or a lot of guidance. And be leveling something that required minimal effort.

[Squiggs]

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A returning player with the proper resources could probably get 90 in a week. A true new player, however, would take significantly longer unless they stumbled into a good (bad?) situation.

[LeonstrifeLEV]

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If you want gear, you either have to look it up because they dont care how easy it is for you to get gear, or spend 3,000Gil+ on it from the AH when the average mob drops 9-30gil, try farming for just a pair of pants

Dood is straight up trolling.