To: Mr Akihiko Matsui

[scaevola]

scaevola

Well before the wiki bible days. Yes this was true. Players had to learn job AS they played. There is more to the game then mindless zerging of mobs. Players had to actually work together, time their skills right or a wipe would happen.

This is not even remotely true.

For instance, did you know that Boost has a not-insubstantial threat component (we would learn years later, thanks to Kaeko, that it's 300 VE, and of course an XP mob is going to die long before anybody caps enmity), so it was much, much better for a low-level (like, pre-60ish, I'd say) tanking WAR to sub MNK than NIN?

No?

I'm not surprised, because nobody ever had to learn this or anything else to get XP! Is your healer capable of curing for more than the mob is capable of hitting for (he is)? Do you have a RDM or BRD for mp recovery? Does at least one person in the group have a rough understanding of what abilities they have that get a lot of threat? If so, congratulations! You can ride this level of knowledge to 75, when players in games like WoW need to surpass it as early as their second dungeon!

EDIT: I phrased this poorly. We were, on average, much, much worse at the game then than we are now, because we spent so much more of our playtime on content we did not have to be good to complete.

[Elexia]

You don't have to spend ten years playing every MMO under the sun to know that sitting in jeuno with your flag up for weeks on end isn't fun.

I never once sat in Jeuno with my flag up for weeks. Unlike most people who played XI, I was actually proactive, funny how you progress through a game by not sitting on your ass, no?

[Lynchilles]

Maybe over on Cerberus it's different...but honestly? There's more narrow minded people now than there ever were in this game.

I don't know if you're intentionally trying to be funny, or if you just don't realize the inherent contradiction in your statements.

[Twille]

Like every other thread Rosina posts in, this thread has become a complete waste of time.

[Logandor]

I don't think they will ever add the opposite gender for mithra or gulka. Mithra mainly dealing with the past story line some what and gulka...well I don't know their excuse on that call. Maybe a rep could clear that bit of detail up for us.

[scaevola]

Like every other thread Rosina posts in, this thread has become a complete waste of time.

To be fair, this has at least stayed vaguely on-topic.

[Mirage]

The only stupid thing about pageburning and such is how easy it is to afk leech. But then again, that's true for any alliance-size exp group that's killing easy prey mobs.

Call me old fashioned, but I really think you should have to do something in order to get exp, not just join a group, go watch TV, then come back capped out.

[FrankReynolds]

I never once sat in Jeuno with my flag up for weeks. Unlike most people who played XI, I was actually proactive, funny how you progress through a game by not sitting on your ass, no?

So you went out and soloed and did quests and crafted instead? just like you can now? Well then I guess everything is fine. No need to request a change to the exp. system that causes a negative effect on everyone else then huh? kthxbye.

[Eyeballed]

Oh, my bad. You quit the game because it was too awesome for you. Got it.

EDIT: I find it odd that you feel attacked, when you are essentially calling the entire group of people who play this game lazy.

You guys come in here and go "I think everyone who plays this game is lazy. Please force them to work harder for my amusement."

and then you feel attacked? interesting.

When you expect to get something for nothing? Well, you said it, not I.

[Demon6324236]

Your all arguing about something stupid and pointless, why not drop it? You very rarely get something for nothing, if you are, then everyone in the party is to blame.