[Suggestion] How to reintroduce HNMLS gameplay in FFXI Lv99‏

[saevel]

But but ... it was the bestest best evar!!! People learned their job and we died so often, it was fun.

And and ... running 1 hr to get to camp was soo amazing, you could talk about all sorts of things.

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Now I need to throw up

[Suteru]

You could get a whole 5,000 exp an hour if you timed your skillchains and magic bursts right in Bibiki Bay! And you only had to pay 10k for the chocobo!

[larrymc]

I apologize if this post is out of context of the current thread discussion - but as I was re-reading this thread, from the beginning - this post provoked a visceral reaction from me.

Nowadays its more like a flat game about emotions, there is still some emotions but the magnitude is not the same at all.

FFXI loose his taste day after day, because everyday we got the items we dreamed for too easily, we even can do all in solo/shout run, i realy miss a real LS teamwork

As one of the unfortunate who went 1/someungodlynumberineverwanttoseepilagain for Toci's Harness I disagree that the current state of the game is too easy, its just different than it was before. With old HNM, the time sinks were large windows, long RL respawn timers, and long waits for your "turn" for lotting rights in your HNM linkshell. That time sync has now been replaced with /random low drop rate (talking about VW specifically).

[Rosina]

That's not oldschool, that's just plain idiotic.

thats how we rolled in ps2 launch in the dunes on garuda.

[Rosina]

You could get a whole 5,000 exp an hour if you timed your skillchains and magic bursts right in Bibiki Bay! And you only had to pay 10k for the chocobo!

10K ouch... my server only had 1K choco for BB parties.

i did those trying to get my rdm to 70 back in treasures.. when i gave up and back lined with my nq staves... (god did that made me want to punch a kitten)

[Demon6324236]

thats how we rolled in ps2 launch in the dunes on garuda.

There is a time for everything, and that time has passed.

[Rosina]

There is a time for everything, and that time has passed.

ya even i was stating how rediculous it was. :P

big story how we did it. (sorry to funny to pass up) well i met a guy in ffxi who literally paid me to lvl with him. so we lvl for a while, i take a break come back. he invite me to level with him and someone else. we head to gusgen mine, as they wanted to see lvling (they quit in 02). we go there full party, mostly leechers. so we leave and trio in the dunes. and sorta just picked up 3 more ppl and found an LS who PL us.
outside the rediculousness of it, it was pretty fun. No one worrying about anything just killing getting exp and laughing at the parties pot head.

[Hercule]

But but ... it was the bestest best evar!!! People learned their job and we died so often, it was fun.

And and ... running 1 hr to get to camp was soo amazing, you could talk about all sorts of things.

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Now I need to throw up

I completely agree with this,
Nowadays you cant find a free exp party, you pay gil and afk with RMT team this is 90% of currently exp party, this is sad.
And the 10% of free exp party, you just can come and play your job like you want, no one pay attention, there is no teamwork, its like a solo exp party but with 18 members where 50% are lv 30+ or semi-AFK.
Where is the fun?

[Arcon]

I completely agree with this,

You obviously don't get sarcasm.

Where is the fun?

In the actual gameplay, which is not EXP.

[Hercule]

You obviously don't get sarcasm.



In the actual gameplay, which is not EXP.

So, we should be able to choose which jobs we want to lv 99 in moghouse with D pad, no difference.
Or everyone should start FFXI with all jobs @ lv 99 from beginning...
If exping is now useless