Quote Originally Posted by Akujima View Post
Actually, right now in Asura I can name 4~5 people that I just met, who are new to the game or are returning from a very long long time ago. They don't do Abyssea, and they don't plan to until they hit 75. The only people who would be complaining, are those who haven't leeched all their jobs to Lv90. One of those players also told me her boyfriend quit playing BECAUSE of Abyssea, but she still plays the other content that you consider a waste of time. So YES, people are still playing and do other things in this game, even if they don't like Abyssea.

Also, what are you afraid of? You think the LvCap will be risen? SE will not even comment on this thread, because any comment will have a negative response from the community. The sole reason I created this thread, was to show SE that there is an imbalance in the design of Abyssea and to not make the same mistake over again when creating the Lv99 endgame content.

Abyssea was most likely a test design for the Dev's to see how the players react to it. They have already said there won't be anymore Abyssea zones, but the fact that people can skyrocket all the way to Lv90 (and 99 when it comes out) makes the "normal" way to exp obsolete.

And answer this: What is the point in having those other zones, with other content such as FoV, GoV and "normal" EXP Zones/Mobs, if Abyssea is truly the only worthwhile way to LvUp? It's basically the same comparison with equipment found inside Abyssea and equipment found inside Salvage/Nyzul/Sky/Sea/Einherjar/ZNM. All that gear is useless now because of Abyssea gear and now with Lv30 Cap, all those zones designed to LvUp 30~75 are useless because of Abyssea EXP gain.

Expansions/Addons shouldn't make everything else completely useless, there should be a reason to complete all that other content still. You think the majority of people who thought it was ok to AbyLeech, will waste their time going through that other content? I think not.


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I don't know why I continue posting here...ugh...
A) 4-5 people who just started this game and said that they won't go to Abyssea until they are 75, you know why that is? It is because they can't get enough cruor to effectively key an actual alliance until they can actually participate in that said alliance. Once they get the cruor built up, they can effectively do that alliance some good. Until then, they have to either hope that one of their friends would let them leech their job to 75+ status, then work on skillups until 200~ level, then they can do some good for the exp party.

B) As for quiting because of Abyssea, that was their choice. They chose to not like abyssea, and they quit because of it. One example does not make a mob's mentality. Remember that!

C) As for what I'm afraid of, I don't care about raising the level cap, or leeches, or anything like that. You know why? Because why should I care what others do? That level 90 wiffing too much? So what? That's the leader's discretion to kick that person or let them stay. If that person is in a pickup group with me, so what? I can handle doing 75% of the damage, let them learn from me if they want to become as good as I am. Not my place to tell them how to play.

D) As for the test statement, I'm guessing that it is a success. 1 person saying no vs 1000 people saying yes sounds like a success to me.

E) To answer your question: What's stopping people from doing that? Because you limited your viewpoint to Abyssea only, doesn't mean that everyone else is the same. As for Salvage/Nyzul/Sky/Sea/Einherjar/ZNM, as yourself this: Why do people do that content? Is it because the content is fun, or is it for the gear? If people like it for the gear, then they would stop doing that content after they got their gear. If they like it because its fun, then they will continue doing so. Abyssea does not stop people from doing anything else. Stop blaming one part of the game from keeping others from playing other parts of the game.

F) Expansions and Addons don't make anything else useless. It makes the whole game fun, and the whole game isn't limited by any one content, like you have shown to believe.

G) I don't know why you continue posting here either. You are fighting a losing argument, and you assume that because people don't agree with you, they have nothing worthwhile to say and therefor not worth reading. Don't say you don't think that, because I got a couple of quote from you stating so!