Reasons Why FFXI is Declining

[detlef]

game needs a new fight format.. a new battle type. say like storming a castle or city ect. not some tiny area like dynamis bs. something where mobs attack you. like a real battle format. in a large well done area.. also a new graphic engine for sure.. ive tried playing 14 and its way too weak.. players are already leet in a
month one.. its a joke.

How about an event where you defend something from invading enemies. Maybe like a tent or something.

[Byrth]

How about an event where you defend something from invading enemies. Maybe like a tent or something.

Ooh! Yeah! But lets make the monsters weak and the supply of them weaker.

Then we'll give it rewards that surpass harder content!

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Seriously, I'd like to see some sort of explanation for why the per-battle EXP cap for level 99 players was adjusted. Are the developers unaware just how many characters are parked at 30 merit points and 9999 limit points simply because they have nothing else to spend the points on?

[Spectreman]

How about an event where you defend something from invading enemies. Maybe like a tent or something.

I have something better. Wait 8-24h doing nothing in the same area waiting a HNM to pop and then losing claim to a bot. yea, i bet you miss that, unless you were in the LS with top claim bot. Sucker.

[detlef]

I have something better. Wait 8-24h doing nothing in the same area waiting a HNM to pop and then losing claim to a bot. yea, i bet you miss that, unless you were in the LS with top claim bot. Sucker.

Outside of popping Honey Wine and Sweet Tea, I've probably spent less than 6 hours lifetime in the Aery. Personal attacks don't really help your argument (if you have one). Yorcia Skirmish sucks, try reading the responses to this thread over here:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...r-Skirmish-2.0

Being better and more rewarding than old HNMs does not make Yorcia Skirmish a successful event.

[Xantavia]

Seriously, I'd like to see some sort of explanation for why the per-battle EXP cap for level 99 players was adjusted. Are the developers unaware just how many characters are parked at 30 merit points and 9999 limit points simply because they have nothing else to spend the points on?

As some players have been hammering on about, most likely because the mobs are lower level thanks to ilvl gear. Getting the same xp from a mob whether you are 99 or ilvl117 would be like getting the same xp whether you are 50 or 68.

[Babekeke]

I solo'd the same mob 5 minutes later on my same WAR, without sushi. Using a bayld forefront POS conquest points gaxe. That is my complaint. That these trashy SoA mercenarys-knife type weaps can hit mobs, but lvl99 magians can't. My war solo's Itzpapalotl etc in Aby using magians. Theres nothing wrong with my War. Or my weaps. Or the food I use. Its that SoA mobs require the SKILL+ augmented weapons, and SE forgot to patch this magical airy-fairy lvl100+ SKILL+ nonsense onto existing RME/woepath/magians, but somehow SE managed to patch that onto some cheap nasty conquest-points weaps just because theyre from Ulbuka.

No. Abyssea made us forget what it was like to need acc. Pre-abyssea everyone geared for as much acc as they could get, especially on a mob that was many levels higher than themselves. The forefront weapons give ~80 acc, because they are effectively making you much higher level. Going back to fight the same mob after getting a forefront weapon is like going back to fight it after gaining another 10 levels, but you're surprised that it was easier!?

[Kraggy]

So, in [almost?] every other MMO an expansion comes along and obsoletes all the BiS gear around but FFXI shouldn't? Why should gear be made future-proof just because it took a bit of effort 'back in the day'?

[Xantavia]

So, in [almost?] every other MMO an expansion comes along and obsoletes all the BiS gear around but FFXI shouldn't? Why should gear be made future-proof just because it took a bit of effort 'back in the day'?

Because before the expansion, FFXI didn't obliterate old gear. If it had been a vertical progression since the beginning I don't think anybody would be complaining. But to suddenly shift gears after 10 years leaves a bad taste in some players mouths (myself included) and makes you wonder if it is even worth it to acquire the new stuff when something better is likely to come along at the next update.

[Traxus]

So, in [almost?] every other MMO an expansion comes along and obsoletes all the BiS gear around but FFXI shouldn't? Why should gear be made future-proof just because it took a bit of effort 'back in the day'?

Because FFXI expansions (especially SoA) don't have enough content to support this model.