What SE Has Done RIGHT with the Updates

[Lotto]

your the only one digging for insults well you and acron. I just play ffxi to relax i really don't give a rats **** how you play, only if it effects me.

I don't get it, you said you started to play with a new character so how someone leeching an abyssea xp party is currenty affecting you?
Same for GoV, you don't like to play with people that are afk? Well just play solo and leave the people who are tired of EXPing (= everybody) alone. If you're playing to relax why are you spending so much time at being mad against everybody? As you said, just relax and stop your crusade against every leechers.

[Feynman]

I respect your decision to treat exping as content. But it is extreamly unrealistic to think that the majority of people think it is. For me, "this type of game" is about Killing Gods with your friends, Liberating Abyssea, popping HNMs and having to develope a strategy for success, and seeing my character grow as a reward for my efforts.
I do not get the same rush after killing my 1500th Robber Crab as I do when I kill the Legendary Wyrm God Shinryu... I mean come on

I agree with that as well. I enjoy these things also. The way I view it though, once all jobs are 99 that's all there is to do. And I'm sorry but "develop strategy" for Gods? By now I think every job iteration has been tried and can be found online. You are right that killing thousands of the same mobs itself is not the most exciting thing. No argument there. But to me, killing an Aby NM the thousandth time and getting the last item I need to upgrade equipment is only exciting for a very short time. Getting a new ability or spell that I know I've worked for, and then having the time to experiment with it, find its best uses, and learn how to use it most effectively is a much longer lasting enjoyment.

All of this is moot though because my point was that SE has turned the game into one that really only had one play style into one that you can play in many different ways. This is a good thing because people enjoy different types of play style! I know many people that quit back in the day because of the exp grind. I know many people today that have quit because we act like aby is the only way and they hate it. Can't we stop demeaning and arguing over what is the "right" or "best" way to play the game already?

[Jandel]

All of this is moot though because my point was that SE has turned the game into one that really only had one play style into one that you can play in many different ways. This is a good thing because people enjoy different types of play style! I know many people that quit back in the day because of the exp grind. I know many people today that have quit because we act like aby is the only way and they hate it. Can't we stop demeaning and arguing over what is the "right" or "best" way to play the game already?

This. I like that SE made possible to 2-3 man party to get decent exp and level job.
I like the ability to log for 1h and build a bit of exp to my job. And this, for exp content.

I like the update that fixed pup (I've started to level it pre-75 raise cap). B+ in h2h skill and magic fix helped me die less! Love the rdm pup that haste, stoneskin and the whm no loger silena me when I'm at 5% hp!