Quote Originally Posted by Merton9999 View Post
To level a single job OF 20. I could have stated it as "to level a single job, out of 20 possible jobs, to level 75." I don't remember my RPGs for taking up time. I remember them for stories, memorable characters and ability and equipment progression, all of which can still be enjoyed in FFXI. If RPGs were based solely on the necessity to take up exorbitant amounts of time, then I'd drop them today. I'll apply patience to my career and family. I'll treat my games like I do my nights at the bar with friends. I'd leave the bar if it took 6 months to get my beer and they made me work for it. Thankfully SE made a world where I can still have the unique experience with friends and family in a FF world and treat it like a game.

I'm glad you enjoyed the old stuff for 10 years. I wish more people would just say they enjoyed it and leave it at that. But you're not. You're making statements that if people don't enjoy it anymore then they have bad work ethics, don't work for their achievements, and shouldn't be playing. It's shallow, narrow-minded and silly.
What I'm trying to get across is, this game was fashioned around a style of play that I, for one, enjoyed participating in.

I think it would be easier to accept if we had some alternative that is much more XI circa 2005 than WoW. It's like getting a basketball for your birthday because your parents know you like basketball because you play it so often, but one day you come home and the basketball's gone and been replaced with a cricket bat. You're left standing there, hands out, mouth agape, with this stunned look on your face. Cricket: The new Basketball.