Congratulations on your level??

[Yinnyth]

So this will probably sound like a whiny complaint to some, but I'd like your thoughts/ opinions about the current state of the game. So that you know where I am coming from (or maybe not- for new players) I first began playing FFXI on it's very first day of release. The town of San' Doria- where I started- was filled with adventurers running around with level 1 RSE (Race specific equipment) and questions marks over their heads (not to mention the question marks literally in their heads at home). West Ronfaure was teaming with people playing alone and together alike. Eventually you would discover the horrors of Ghelsba Outpost, learning to skillfully pull without aggro or dying repeatedly if you failed. Then it was off to Valkurm Dunes for your first party. And don't even get me started about the excitement of finally making it to prestigious Jeuno!
I understand completely that those days are gone. There is nothing like them anymore. Now it's hurry up and get to 99, get the best gear and go stand somewhere bragging about your false accomplishments and bagging on anyone who is not wearing what 99% of the players are wearing. Is this what the game has come down to- XP and gear? Before you say that's what it has always been about, I dare you to say you remember exploring new areas with large groups of friends just for fun. Ballista... BCNM... partying for 1 or 2 hours just to get another level, actually earning a <Congratulations!> Fighting over Notorious Monsters... Actual fun-adventure. Maybe I am wrong- but my thoughts of this game after coming back from a break is WTF is this??

Prepare to be nitpicked to death.
1. San d'Oria, not San'Doria.
2. Day 1 did not have question mark icons, those were released much later. Same update they released mentors, I believe. A dark day for us all.
3. It might be because you play on a different server, but starter gear was never called RSE on Fenrir. RSE was wonder clomps and what-not. Later on, those things you got from BCNMs, but even those rarely got called RSE.



4. The game has always been a race to the top. I can't say this enough. Jeuno was prestigious because many players still hadn't made it that far. Just like how Borealis is prestigious because many people still don't have it. The race to the top still exists. Your interactions with players still exist. Grinding exp or grinding gear, it's the same. Nostalgia has a way of distorting things.

[Candi]

Prepare to be nitpicked to death.
1. San d'Oria, not San'Doria.
2. Day 1 did not have question mark icons, those were released much later. Same update they released mentors, I believe. A dark day for us all.
3. It might be because you play on a different server, but starter gear was never called RSE on Fenrir. RSE was wonder clomps and what-not. Later on, those things you got from BCNMs, but even those rarely got called RSE.



4. The game has always been a race to the top. I can't say this enough. Jeuno was prestigious because many players still hadn't made it that far. Just like how Borealis is prestigious because many people still don't have it. The race to the top still exists. Your interactions with players still exist. Grinding exp or grinding gear, it's the same. Nostalgia has a way of distorting things.

Thank you English teacher.. Your ability to prove that I misspelled justifies your "nitpicking", lol~ And I'm guessing from your attempt to further make me look stupid, you must have started on the PC version which was released before the PS2 version on which I started where question marks and mentors were immediate. So you have a few months on me... That doesn't change the fact, though, that when you start the game you have on level 1 Race Specific Equipment- otherwise known as RSE (on server Quetzalcoatl as least)

This game has never been a race to the top- for me. I alwasy try to avoid that. Sorry it is for you. And since the obvious insult in this thread has been accusing nostalgia as my problem, well so be it. Standing in an XP party is still ridiculous to me and no matter how many times I'm referred to as "old" "nostalgic" or any other insult you can think of to discredit my FFXI knowledge- its still ridiculous to ME. That is my opinion and I think I am allowed to have one but I guess the verdict is still out on that.

If you actually read what I have written- I am not complaining about not having anything to do and I do not disagree that the game is more fun at 99- because it is. What I said, again, is that there is no sense of accomplishment in standing in an XP party... SE should have just given everyone level 99 on everything or make every mob "too weak" so that you can finally have real fun, right?

I'm done now because even I feel like I'm complaining just because and that wasn't the intent... Don't even know why I posted it at all. Anyway- happy Easter and fun adventures in the new expansion!