To: Mr Akihiko Matsui

[FrankReynolds]

What's sensible in playing a game for years that you say you don't like? What's sensible in assuming that I'm the only one with this perspective, and there isn't a whole lot more that just aren't on these forums?

That's why most people only had a few jobs leveled back then. People would do every quest / mission / endgame event under the sun, and still only have 2 jobs leveled. Because leveling was a shitty grind that one had to do in order to partake in the portions of the game they actually enjoyed.

And again: You can still waste as much time leveling as you want. If no one wants to party with you, then nobody wants to party with you.

[detlef]

If you are level 61, your entire game is pretty much XP. So yeah, I can see how one might be very concerned over the death of the traditional XP PT.

But being at that low level, you really are just a frog in a well. Level to 99 and see the ocean.

[Vivik]

Dear SE,

As a younger man I used to cut myself. I have enjoyed my life in the last little bit but I really miss causing myself pain. Please give me my razor back.

Thanks

[Antanias]

Don't repeat the previous producer's mistakes, and we're golden

[Eyeballed]

@ Eyeballed

I find it interesting how you just bypassed all the comments which help conclude that you're 'old school' party idea was terrible and against the mentality of the general community, and how you continue to argue seemingly for no other purpose than to be argumentative.

Thank you for snowballing this thread into utter uselessness.

Create an "old school" linkshell, shout for members and leave the remainder of the FFXI player base in peace, please.

Oh, no, I fought for the old school camp every inch of the way. I find it interesting that about 3% of you have exercised reading comprehension skills, yourself not included. And, I agree that it's against the 'mentality of the general community' - those masses of you that Abyssea and the current game have attracted and kept in.

Just like I told the last guy, if you were smart about it you'd let it go so this thread doesn't stay near the top and the devs won't see this obvious threat to your community.

[Eyeballed]

That's why most people only had a few jobs leveled back then. People would do every quest / mission / endgame event under the sun, and still only have 2 jobs leveled. Because leveling was a shitty grind that one had to do in order to partake in the portions of the game they actually enjoyed.

And again: You can still waste as much time leveling as you want. If no one wants to party with you, then nobody wants to party with you.

What's the problem with only having 2 jobs leveled? Is that a sin? Or do we have to have cap level across the board in a numerical value to feel important?

[Demon6324236]

Oh, no, I fought for the old school camp every inch of the way. I find it interesting that about 3% of you have exercised reading comprehension skills, yourself not included. And, I agree that it's against the 'mentality of the general community' - those masses of you that Abyssea and the current game have attracted and kept in.

Just like I told the last guy, if you were smart about it you'd let it go so this thread doesn't stay near the top and the devs won't see this obvious threat to your community.

I don't see how 1 is a threat against 10, were on equal ground in SEs eyes I'm sure, except your idea takes more work for them, and ours takes less, so I wonder if they look at this who they would choose... Seems a little obvious.

[Demon6324236]

What's the problem with only having 2 jobs leveled? Is that a sin? Or do we have to have cap level across the board in a numerical value to feel important?

If I only leveled 2 jobs I would have only a handful of events to participate in, leaving much of the game unavailable to me due to job selection. Also it would be less enjoyable for alot of people to only play 2~3 jobs and gear them, where as currently you are free to choose any job you wish to play. I can play my RDM freely because I have a DRK, COR, BLU, and BRD, to play as when required. If I didn't have those other jobs, I would be restricted highly, and that would make the game less enjoyable due to feeling left out, and missing out on part of the game.

[Eyeballed]

If I only leveled 2 jobs I would have only a handful of events to participate in, leaving much of the game unavailable to me due to job selection. Also it would be less enjoyable for alot of people to only play 2~3 jobs and gear them, where as currently you are free to choose any job you wish to play. I can play my RDM freely because I have a DRK, COR, BLU, and BRD, to play as when required. If I didn't have those other jobs, I would be restricted highly, and that would make the game less enjoyable due to feeling left out, and missing out on part of the game.

And yet I fail to see where the previous system constrained this choice. Two jobs is a gross exaggeration.

[Demon6324236]

One guy talking sense beats a million guys that don't.

Your sense is that everyone should be forced to level the way they used to have to. This became flawed the moment you admitted that you couldn't find people on your server who were willing to do that with you. It showed that people do not agree with you as much as you may think, and even if they did, you could still level the way you choose.

You don't understand that all your doing is making yourself look like a selfish ass because you are wanting to force everyone to play your way. In the end of the day we are not forcing anyone to play our way, its an option, one that most people are more than happy to choose instead. You said you cant make a party, but truth is, parties used to always take a long time to make, if you couldn't make one you could try to solo, its not impossible, its still available. You have choices, but what you want is to take away choices from people, and make them do it your way, that is not the voice of someone making sense, rather it is of someone talking selfishly and out of spite.