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* ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XI]]'' had you grinding from level 1. Add the fact that it can be ''really'' hard to level (for most jobs) without other people to help past 20-25, and the fact that if you die, you lose EXP, and even sometimes level '''DOWN'''. However, many tweaks to the game's system have made leveling easier, as well as many of the additions made with the ''Wings of The Goddess'' expansion that make it possible to level reasonably well on your own past level 55. |
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XI]]'' had you grinding from level 1. Add the fact that it can be ''really'' hard to level (for most jobs) without other people to help past 20-25, and the fact that if you die, you lose EXP, and even sometimes level '''DOWN'''. However, many tweaks to the game's system have made leveling easier, as well as many of the additions made with the ''Wings of The Goddess'' expansion that make it possible to level reasonably well on your own past level 55. |
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** The advent of Abyssea has made level grinding much easier. Before, the best XP parties could make 20,000-30,000 XP per hour, average parties making 5,000 to 10,000 XP per hour. (For reference, it takes 156,000 XP to go from 79 to 75.) In Abyssea, players can earn up to 60,000 XP per hour fairly easily. To say that this has energized the player base is an understatement, people look forward to grinding now. |
** The advent of Abyssea has made level grinding much easier. Before, the best XP parties could make 20,000-30,000 XP per hour, average parties making 5,000 to 10,000 XP per hour. (For reference, it takes 156,000 XP to go from 79 to 75.) In Abyssea, players can earn up to 60,000 XP per hour fairly easily. To say that this has energized the player base is an understatement, people look forward to grinding now. |
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* A large amount of leveling in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' comes from grinding. This was parodied by ''[[South Park]]'s'' "Make love not Warcraft" episode, where the kids stay in a forest killing millions upon millions of ''boars''. As many people have since pointed out, it's actually impossible to get to a super-high level in the game by doing this (and [[ |
* A large amount of leveling in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' comes from grinding. This was parodied by ''[[South Park]]'s'' "Make love not Warcraft" episode, where the kids stay in a forest killing millions upon millions of ''boars''. As many people have since pointed out, it's actually impossible to get to a super-high level in the game by doing this (and [[WoW]] offers alternate methods to leveling, such as quests), but [[Rule of Funny|damned if actual game rules are going to get in the way of a funny show]]. |
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** As of ''Cataclysm'', this has become easier. Quests are more plentiful, easier to find, and more rewarding while professions and secondary skills (Herbalism, Mining, Archaeology) now also can grant XP. |
** As of ''Cataclysm'', this has become easier. Quests are more plentiful, easier to find, and more rewarding while professions and secondary skills (Herbalism, Mining, Archaeology) now also can grant XP. |
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*** The makers tried to avert this, but if you want to complete all the achievements you're still going to have to do a degree of grinding and low-level quests. |
*** The makers tried to avert this, but if you want to complete all the achievements you're still going to have to do a degree of grinding and low-level quests. |
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