How is it not option to level up in any MMO? I just assume that this is a stupid part of MMO's past, present, or future that I just choose to overlook. You can probably kill a particular race of creatures *cough* froglocks from level 1 to max if you chose to do so as well. That's just one piece of fruit in the basket. Hopefully we'll see more commercial reviews that are not subject to tunnel vision.
In the beta, sure. The lead designer said that dungeon grinding would probably be the fastest way to level, though collecting bear asses is another way.
The thing about being too high level for a FATE is also misleading because the current iteration of the game doesn't have level syncing in yet. I imagine once that's in it will be similar to GW2 where you're forced down to a lower level that doesn't trivialize the content.
Leves aren't unlocked until 10. Of the 3 classes, the "hook" to go out and explore past 10 only worked one one of the three (archer).
I'm not sure in this game, but in GW2 you could come back to lower level zones and still roll over any mobs because of the way gear scaled. I would gather up 10-15 undead with my guardian and have them all down in 2 aoe cooldowns
I'm curious to see how it will be handled; poking around a bit it seems like it will only be done for the FATE system. Hopefully they'll also let us optionally sync down to party members similar to FFXI.
Like I said, Ipoked around a bitand it looks like it's only for the FATE system which I'm okay with; it'd be really annoying if a high level person could come and blow up an event mob like that.
I think quite a few of us ended up Tonberry. Servers are down for maintenance at the moment, though, so you can't create a character yet.
Tonberry was full by the end of the day yesterday, so other characters had to be created on other servers (Adamantoise).
There was some lag when I played yesterday (~11 PM EST till 2 AM EST), but combat was generally acceptable.
It didn't clear up at all. Adamantoise lag was bad but not nearly as bad as Tonberry. Every once in a while it would clear up if no one else was around and combat could actually be played cleanly. It's a little slower than what was expected (waiting for GCD for abilities, rather than queueing), but that seems to fit the play style of the game. It was a little baffling to watch people play with what appeared to be no lag while constantly seeing everyone else in the area lag. Lag for conjuror, not bad; lag for archer, even less impactful; lag for a lancer, reroll.
Expect level syncing to be based on a few specific criteria.