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I absolutely love the mentor system in FFXIV, and I further love that the game actively encourages old players to do old content. Like, when you load into a group instance, if anyone there hasn't cleared (and it's more than one patch/4 months old), it will tell you "one or more players has yet to complete this duty" and there will be specific bonuses for helping them clear; the bonuses depend on where you are in the game, but they can include money, items that buy Fancy Gear, experience points, etc. Apparently my server (which is perpetually one of the smallest) has an uncommonly kind and helpful newbie chat, but genuinely people are there to be like hi, how can I help you? And people are both great about providing short-term answers and long-term guidance, and if someone says "I need help" a bunch of people will pony up and go run the content with them, or answer questions about how to beat the boss, or whatever. It's honestly really delightful. And the game is constantly working to help new players catch up, with buffs to experience or alternative ways to get levels or what-have-you, and I'm going to stop before I rhapsodize into infinity, but there are just so many ways in which it is brilliantly designed and built for community, and ways the community has worked to make it stronger, and I love it.
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Date: 2019-02-04 07:31 am (UTC)I absolutely love the mentor system in FFXIV, and I further love that the game actively encourages old players to do old content. Like, when you load into a group instance, if anyone there hasn't cleared (and it's more than one patch/4 months old), it will tell you "one or more players has yet to complete this duty" and there will be specific bonuses for helping them clear; the bonuses depend on where you are in the game, but they can include money, items that buy Fancy Gear, experience points, etc. Apparently my server (which is perpetually one of the smallest) has an uncommonly kind and helpful newbie chat, but genuinely people are there to be like hi, how can I help you? And people are both great about providing short-term answers and long-term guidance, and if someone says "I need help" a bunch of people will pony up and go run the content with them, or answer questions about how to beat the boss, or whatever. It's honestly really delightful. And the game is constantly working to help new players catch up, with buffs to experience or alternative ways to get levels or what-have-you, and I'm going to stop before I rhapsodize into infinity, but there are just so many ways in which it is brilliantly designed and built for community, and ways the community has worked to make it stronger, and I love it.