Fed up

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Let's talk about Voidwatch for a moment.

>Drops the current best equipment in the game.
>Who gets what is taken out of the player's hands; i.e. there's no nepotism, DKP, hoarding, etc.
>Zero competition, zero respawn times.
>Pickup friendly. (Assuming the person in charge is smart and limits melee to those with temps, etc.)
>Rewards for every single fight; guaranteed synthesis materials, a decent chance at a gil drop, and a small chance at the best equipment available.

Now, let's talk about what used to drop the best equipment, HNM.

>Dropped the best gear at the time.
>Items go to loot pool, meaning leaders had to keep detailed spreadsheets of points and deal with all the attendant drama.
>Enormous respawn times; anywhere from 1~3 RL days, HQ kings even longer.
>Batshit insane competition over every single pop, to the point where botting was the only sure way to make any kind of steady progress for your group, which is necessary to keep said group going.
>If you haven't waited in line for months/years, even when what you want drops, it's not going to you; and you get absolutely nothing from every fight until then.

I understand that Voidwatch is a step back towards how FFXI used to be compared to the smash and grab that is Abyssea, but if you think Voidwatch compares anything but favorably to the endgame of old, you're out of your mind.

Case in point; I spent a day off this week doing nothing but Kaggen via /shouts. Out of ~30 Kaggens, I saw 5 bodies and 8 belts drop. That's at least 6 months of old endgame in 1 day, with no LS, no drama, no competition, no standing around for 3 to 6 hours and waiting to maybe get to fight the NM if we manage to claim it this time. Stop your bitching already.