Do people still do chocobo racing/pankration/ballista?
There's a lot of interesting minigames in FFXI. I never got into them when I used to play due to the ever present need to grind exp and gil, but with a lot of stress alleviated I figure I can get into it...
but do people still do it? Are there still many hurdles to overcome? Say with Ballista, I was walking through jugner and heard the announcement... do you still need to trudge all the way into the jungle for an event that divides you based on city allegiance?
Pankration, when I first heard of it I thought "HOLY CRAP POKEFANTASY XI!?"... but I've never, ever heard of anyone doing so. Do you have to trudge to some specific, forlorn part of Vanadiel, at a specific timer, under specific conditions, to be engaged in that too?
Chocobo racing, same as above: is it time consuming and restrictive to get involved?
The level grind has been alleviated for XI and people continually burn through the new content, it'd be cool if the entry bar (and convenience barriers) of other content could also be adjusted for today's FFXI.