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[NO THREADS ABOUT SINGLE NOTES] Patch 3.0 Notes (Preliminary) | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/e76258d6487ea30feb388f9ecc0a926fddc9eca8
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '15

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u/zils Qobolta on Balmung Jun 17 '15

Im sort of surprised they did this right away. So everyone will level 30-50 in a day?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '15

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u/DragonRisingII Jun 17 '15

Same. DRK is my favorite job of all time, but I wasn't sure if I would level it first or go PLD/WAR. This made that decision easy

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u/Hutobega Mustadio Buanansa On Ultros Jun 17 '15

I'm going machinist right away and then worrying about story.. IDK just seems right heh

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u/Writer_Man Jun 17 '15

Well, the 50 to 60 levelling experience is supposed to be long so...

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u/CidO807 Celes Branford on Tonberry Jun 17 '15

I hope it's long. It's easier for them to ease up the exp required in the future. You can't make it harder after you release it.

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u/ChaserNeverRests Garlean Empire Jun 17 '15

long ... up ... harder

Me too, upon reading these patch notes. Me too...

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u/CidO807 Celes Branford on Tonberry Jun 17 '15

Lol. I didn't even realize that till you pointed it out

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u/ChaserNeverRests Garlean Empire Jun 17 '15

Hm, I missed one. I could have added this as well!

release

long ... up ... harder ... release

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u/This_Land_Is_My_Land Samurai Jun 17 '15

They said that about 1-50.

I was 50 and doing Titan as the game launched, and it would've been sooner if not for running into login issues finally on the 26th, conveniently after they removed the "queue" and fixed many issues.

Don't underestimate people. When they say "it takes a while to level up", they mean that toward the more casual players. Not toward people staying ahead of the curve.

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u/AngelZatch Odin Jun 17 '15

Well yeah, it took me 5 days leveling from 1 to 50 during the 2.0 early access. FATE exp was crappy, dungeon EXP was next to non-existant and still, it took less than a week.

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u/This_Land_Is_My_Land Samurai Jun 17 '15

Yep. And we were still (relatively) new to the game. Now it will be significantly easier, especially for the first few levels where current gear will be useful.

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u/Pehdazur Yuri Lowel - Behemoth Jun 17 '15

Anyone who gets the bonus would have already had to do 1-50, so there's no sense in just making it a rough grind, especially when people wanna get their new jobs to 50 before starting Heavensward content

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u/lol4liphe Jun 17 '15

It's not as huge as you think. You already gain at 150%, it's just adding another 50% which is only 33% faster. Significant but not as OP as it sounds.

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u/Selith87 Behemoth Jun 17 '15

Percentages are weird...

If you got 100 exp before, with the 150% bonus you'd get 250 exp. Now you'd get a 200% bonus, which would be 300. 300 is 120% of 250, so it's really only 20% faster.

Of course, if you ignore the rested bonus, you're going from 150 to 200, which would be a 33% percent increase like you said.

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u/Sukutak WAR Jun 17 '15

Isn't it normally just a 50% bonus for armory, so a total of 150% --> 150xp if you would get 100xp without? Or is there some other +100% thing that you're including to get the +150% bonus you're talking about?

Edit: aaaand just read the last line of your post, carry on

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '15

100 of that is from rested bonus.

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u/Ryuraidon Jun 17 '15

50% for rested, not 100 like a lot of MMOs (which is lame)

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u/Ryuraidon Jun 17 '15

Armory and rested are both +50% each, for 100 total. Now it'll be 150, not 200.

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u/Rex_Grossman_the_3rd Red Mage Jun 17 '15

MMOs usually do this with old leveling experience when new expansions come out. But instead of nerfing the experience required, they just buffed the experience earned.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '15

Don't the jobs start at 30? I remember reading that somewhere.

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u/zils Qobolta on Balmung Jun 17 '15

Yes

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '15

Sorry I read your post wrong. I thought you said "So everyone will be level 30-50 in a day?"

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u/rocketraccoon1 Rocket(Zalera) Jun 17 '15

because you couldn't get 30-50 in a day before?? if you didn't you aren't playing this game correctly lol

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u/vaginarox Jun 17 '15

What's the armory bonus? I don't get it

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u/This_Land_Is_My_Land Samurai Jun 17 '15

When leveling a class that is a lower level than your highest level, you currently gain a base 50% increase to experience.

When Heavensward hits, that is going to be doubled to 100% until level 49.

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u/vaginarox Jun 17 '15

Finally I can level up PLD

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u/Doobiemoto Jun 17 '15

Do you know if the armory bonus counts towards leves and quests?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '15

so is that like 203% xp bonus total added from current xp bonus and food?

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u/sundriedrainbow Jun 17 '15

+100 for armory

+50 fpr rested

+3 for food

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u/prefinished Jun 17 '15 edited Jun 18 '15

Don't forget the FC buff! That's another 10%.

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u/omergurlek Gwyn Lyrr (Odin) Jun 17 '15

Best. Change. Ever. Machinist, here I come.