I'm sorry to say but this game has become very boring and almost pointless. So many things that we had back before Abyssea are not around anymore such as a simple 6 man group when leveling up. Now all there is to do is GoV and spend tons of hours in 2 different zones until you go to Abyssea and jump up to the 90s. I have tried to level up several jobs i KNOW i would have enjoyed leveling up in a group but now i cant even experience this. A good example is leveling my Paladin, im sitting in GoV as a DD not learning how to play my class and feeling like my job is just a title and nothing more.
Ive been playing this game since release off and on and it has changed to the point that I am disappointed more than having fun and i was obsessed with this game.
Dont get me wrong Abyssea and GoV were great ideas and allow players to enjoy the later levels more but whats the point of lv10-98, nothing really. I really did enjoy both of these added features but because of them FFXI will never be the same and i will never experience that feeling i had when i started getting into this game. Unfortunately and fortunately I will be moving on the FFXIV ARR, it may be pretty different and had a bad first release but it has potential and has came a long way since it first released.
Im going to miss you Final Fantasy 11