why did they

[Xukiza]

Why did SE feel the need to make this game harder to get into. After coming back to this game for 2 days after being away since 2003 I have noticed that it is now impossible to fight decent challenge mobs.

I can maybe take 1 DC before needing to rest and this is at lvl 8 with decent gear. When I played before I could chain DCs for extra exp as many as 5 mobs in a row.

When and why did they jack this up?

[Caspian]

Re: why did they

What job are you playing? A few jobs have always had trouble chaining anything other than EP's. As far as monk goes, I started lvling it and could easily chain a cpl dc's and occasionally the odd EM too.

[Xukiza]

Re: why did they

I am mnk lvl 8.


Did they actually change the game though - it feels like they made it much tougher.

[Kafeen]

Re: why did they

Nah, you're just out of practice.

[Ghostraven]

Re: why did they

^^ exactly
give it some time, I came back after a few months and it took me about a day of partying and getting my macros back in order to get back in my "prime"

[InuTrunks]

Re: why did they

They infact made the game eaiser... lower exp levels past 60, and more solo exp, I can get like 70 exp on a DC I think on my 68 THF.

[fastcart]

Re: why did they

The expansion isn't even out yet and you got lvl 78??? They made EP to DC too easy... ^^

[InuTrunks]

Re: why did they

Wow, Yea, i'm am t3h ubarrrr1111!!!!

>.> lol, fixed.

[DakAttack]

Re: why did they

Pay attention to the weather and day as well. If you're fighting monsters that are relative to the current day's element they will spawn stronger in some way. They'll spawn weaker on the day of the element they're weak too, and I think a little bit stronger on the day they're strong to.

[stabby]

Re: why did they

Not having a subjob and capped weaponskill/defensive passives will also make things seem harder than they were.

[athy]

Re: why did they

join a couple friends and go on a rampage

[Xukiza]

Re: why did they

Well I changed from Hume to Evlaan and tried to start over - not sure whether I just got better or if the Elvaan is more suited to mnk and melee but I was dominating compared with the Hume. I feel much more confident going forward with my Elv than my Hum now. Any thoughts why that is?

Thx.

[AgentBrownEye]

Re: why did they

elvaan's have a naturally higher str and vit stat... more hit points too.

[Lacilie]

Re: why did they

If Tarutaru to Elvaan, I might think you would gain some advantage in melee, but hume to elvaan...

I am a mithra myself(simular stat to hume), and I happily chained myself to chain 2 before level 10, as MNK(only did it as MNK, every other job I die before chain 1).

Well, I don't know, but I wouldn't worry about the racial stat too much, that's for the elitist-wannabe to care.

[InuTrunks]

Re: why did they

I think racial stats are an amazing thing to consider.

The elvaan monk in my party (dunes) with shitty gear was doing as much damage as me with all +1 gear. It wasn't a pretty sight.