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one other thing to consider...
Even if there is a Legacy member that is L60, he/she will undoubtedly want to play the game and experience the new stuff. So they will be around the lowbie areas to play with...
... and not be L60. They will be knocked down to the level appropriate for that area, yes?Â
But if not, definitely if you group with them for some RPvE.
Soooo..... the level disparity is really not that big a deal either.
What it boils down for me is this:
FFXIV:ARR will be a NEW game. It won't be FFXIV 1.0. The vets will want to play it all, so no one will really have a true "leg up" on the newcomers- save in lore and history stuff. Which... I think is more cool and good than bad. Sure, some of it will be VERY familiar... but most will not.
I don't see newcomers being lonely (not only because we will be the most populous folks on the server) because I suspect all areas of the game will be busy.
What amuses me most is... worrying about folks not being around to fight with in newbie zones... when the REAL issue is on the Dev side. Instead of breaking out a new game where everyone is at L1- and thus ALL players will be coming from the newbie zones (giving them *some* time to polish off end-game for those that get a thrill out of 'beating' the game in a week or less)- SE will be dropping a game out that is expected to be AWESOME from L1 clear to L60. No buffer for SE. There WILL be Legacies that are L60 that will want to play the hard stuff immediately.
Of course they won't have the GEAR to do so... so that would give SE a bit of time... but still...
And chances are, most will not be RPers. But some might be.
So... Square Enix will undoubtedly have their game on and expect this...
Aka... every bit of FFXIV will have action.
Even if there is a Legacy member that is L60, he/she will undoubtedly want to play the game and experience the new stuff. So they will be around the lowbie areas to play with...
... and not be L60. They will be knocked down to the level appropriate for that area, yes?Â
But if not, definitely if you group with them for some RPvE.
Soooo..... the level disparity is really not that big a deal either.
What it boils down for me is this:
FFXIV:ARR will be a NEW game. It won't be FFXIV 1.0. The vets will want to play it all, so no one will really have a true "leg up" on the newcomers- save in lore and history stuff. Which... I think is more cool and good than bad. Sure, some of it will be VERY familiar... but most will not.
I don't see newcomers being lonely (not only because we will be the most populous folks on the server) because I suspect all areas of the game will be busy.
What amuses me most is... worrying about folks not being around to fight with in newbie zones... when the REAL issue is on the Dev side. Instead of breaking out a new game where everyone is at L1- and thus ALL players will be coming from the newbie zones (giving them *some* time to polish off end-game for those that get a thrill out of 'beating' the game in a week or less)- SE will be dropping a game out that is expected to be AWESOME from L1 clear to L60. No buffer for SE. There WILL be Legacies that are L60 that will want to play the hard stuff immediately.
Of course they won't have the GEAR to do so... so that would give SE a bit of time... but still...
And chances are, most will not be RPers. But some might be.
So... Square Enix will undoubtedly have their game on and expect this...
Aka... every bit of FFXIV will have action.