leveling enjoyable at what level?Follow

25 RDM: Levelling in qufim is actually gettign to be fun now... though back when i was 21-23, it sucked like a hoover. >_<;;

12 WHM: Gotta love dunes... even if it's just to laugh at the absurdity of some things... Like how you're the only on in your party besides the 11 DRK who has "Acceptable Gear" (Meaning it's less than 3 lvls away from your actual level.) I was in a pt where the other WHM (10), the BLM (11), the WAR (11), and the PLD (12) all had gear that was excessively low. the BLM and WHM were still wearing lv 1 gear!!! and they had their subjobs too!! the WAR was in leather gear, with an onion sword... >_< and the PLD had leather gear, except for the bronze harness. he had a bee spatha, so that made up for it. but still... it was funny.

8 WAR: No partys yet... still get to have fun killing things on my own. better yet, it's still fun when people give me hell about using a polearm. (i was gonna do DRG eventually)

Level 40, I personally find it really fun. Since now I'm playing with the big boys, and tanking crawlers is oh so fun ^_^

Oh yes, I am looking forward to getting into the 50's....the exp needed increases by like 10k doesn't it -_-

I'm actually having fun at lev52 smn, but not in pts. I find that even though we die often, and struggle in some places like Fei'Yen, my most enjoyable time online is leveling with Meara as a bst and smn duo.

Leveling @ 75 with LS mates is the best time I've had xping ever. Everyone knows their jobs so we just fool around and make loads of xp while we're at it. Watching 2x geared-up monks hammer bones to a pulp in the Tomb is also fun, I haven't seen mobs go down that fast since.. uhm ever.

XP'ing can be a laugh at any level as long as you're with people you know or trust, because it's so relaxing when everything runs smoothly and you can afford to be a bit careless. I've had great fun anywhere from dunes to qufim and elshimo, though it gets better as you level up since players generally become more seasoned and you don't have to worry about staying alive...

I can remember being a bit fed up in the 60's though. Boyahda is messy, and a few dodgy pts made it even more stressful.. Having to wait hours and days for an invite didn't make it any better. Eventually it started to pick up again though, after taking a break from WHM and leveling THF, MNK, PLD and WAR for a while.

As far as I remember I started getting 'good' parties on a regular basis around level 40.

Edited, Thu Nov 4 02:17:14 2004 by Ske

Level 34 Bst. Looking really forward to getting the last 3000 I need for Release.

As for enjoying it, it has it's moments. There are times its great running around East Altepa Desert sending spiders against spiders or against the odd Beetle/Antican knowing you're taking on things most people dont want to fight unless higher level or in a party.

And then theres the days where I mess up or just have bad luck and die a lot. Sometimes they can be frustrating.

Whats really fun is when a beetle has killed my pet and I'm running around playing hide&seek with other beetles/anticans knowing if I get too close nothings going to save me.

Edited, Thu Nov 4 15:07:03 2004 by NuclearMayhem

Hmmm, Do your chances of getting a good party go up after 40?. Well what is your job?, do you form your own parties?, do you ask who is in a party before you accept the invite?. In regards to some jobs you can wait hours for a party and will be happy just to be in on and not worry how fast the exp is coming in. For instance, with my DRK I would wait a couple hours for a party between 40-49, then from 50-53, sometimes I wouldnt get an invite all day. I would form my own parties and when I did, they were usually the best ones. On the other hand 41+ with my RDM almost every party has been good because I can handle a few different role in a party and invites come very frequently, but I also as RDM still form alot of my own parties. All in all I would have to say lvl 51+ is when you start getting good parties frequently. That is past the stage of LB1 and most of the bad players never get past LB1, for the same reason they are no good in parties, they are not smart enough to figure out a way to accomplish it. Then some still get through, the ones that sneak into an alliance from someone shouting in jeuno and end up getting good lots.

I knwo what you mean Ellesar, I'm not much for party talk either (Unless it's a pty with people i've been friends with for long time), and i get a fair amount of peopel telling me what to do and hwo to do it... Liek the ones that scream at me to be healer when we have a WHM that's doing a perfecyly fine job< even though he lets the tank get about 1/2 life before healing back to full with a cure and a cure 2.

The worst ones are the ones that don't listen to you when you try and explain WHY you do something... In Qufim, i always start every fight out with Paralyze, Dia, Poison, Bind, Gravity, in that order. paralyze is of course to make the tank's job a bit easier. Dia is where the problem comes in... Dia reduces defnese and slowly eats HP, right? Well, EVERY time there's a BLM or another RDM in my party. they always cast Bio... >_< Bio cuts attack and eats hp, while overriding Dia. so instead of the mob sying faster (Meaning less downtime, and more XP) the mob just doesn't hit as hard. I try to explain this to everyone in the pty that i'm in where bio gets cast befor eor after my Dia, but nobody seems to get that Dia is better than bio, since the mob should only be attacking hte tank, who can handle an extra 3-10 points of attack on the Mob's side. Then i go for poison (Usually have to fire that off twice, which i get griped at for not saving MP for healing (Again, there's a WHM there for healing), Bind is to keep the mob from being able to attack the WHM or BLM if they gain too much hate, and Gravity helps the Tanks (main and backup) be able to voke the mob befor eit can hit the mages, if the hate goes to them.

I don't do anythign without good reason, and if your reason for me to not do it beats the reason i did it, then yes, i'll concede the point, and try it your way. But don't tell me to not melee 'cause i'm supposed to be healer when 4/6 of the pty has WHM subbed >_< (Even the PLD)

well all i can say is, Good party good xp = fun
Fun party, not so good xp = fun
Stinky party , bad xp = not fun
stinky party, bad XP + death = i donno, i normally wont stay long enough to find out XD

I guess it applies to all lvls LOL

Talisia:

Unfortunatly SMN (im assuming) is a tough role to play. You have massive MP in comparrison, and also the ability to be an effective melee. It sounds like the party you were talking about has some issues in itself, that if they are a static you should address (like the PLD subbing WHM). I wont dog anyone or tell you what to do, but thats just a suggestion.

Anyways back to the topic.

I have found lvling at all different lvls to be quite fun. A lot of it depends on the party. I will stay with a fun party getting decent exp over a dull "pull fatser" "do this" "do that" NOW NOW NOW party anyday. And anyone that cant wait a little bit to get the party setup and going drives me nuts.

It seems partys are generally better after lvl 40 or so, but it also seems like the wait to get a party is a whole lot longer. And even starting your own party is a chore, as if there arent any healers, getting 4 melee together is a waste. People dont want to wait an hour in a party for a healer, but wil wait 2-3 hours for a party that already has a healer? So to start your own party you need to have at least one healer already in it, or willing to come.

I also think the game is as much fun as you make it. You can take the approach of "i dont have time to wait around to party" or "we need to get this partyu going so i can lvl". Or you can have the approach of "hey im here, having a good time" or "it doesnt matter what happens i just enjoy playing". Thats the way i always TRY to look at it. It is a game made to be enjoyable, and i do my best to make the most of it.

Trying to rush to lvl 75 is IMO the worst thing you can do in this game. It makes the lvling a lot less fun, and makes you have to stress that much more about new equipment ect....

I say take the road of enjoyment. Treat every new party as an experience, and treat it as a game, and not a chore to get to lvl 75 as fast as possible.