Well, the reason i miss those days is because you had to actually work for your jobs... I mean look at the parties today, they are usually alliances in mass areas where the party setup is nothing like it used to be, and honestly, you dont even need a strong party if you have numbers...

Back when it was like how I mentioned above, people actually learned how to play their jobs correctly and learned them well.

Don't get me wrong, you can still work to earn your levels today and learn your jobs well, but 95% of players don't.. they take the fast track to leveling and then try to catch up their skill levels and expertise on the job and it just doesn't match up to someone who earned their right to be 99 on a particular job.

Even the producer said he wants to make it even easier to obtain level 99... They are really setting up this game to be full of idiots who don't know how to play their jobs. (Aside from those of us who already know)