You stay classy, FFXI.

[DreaMeer]

yo, i just came back to ffxi because i played too much ffxiv arr, my crew are all like "dang~ they more i play ffxiv arr the more i want to play ffxi.." but that's us, everyone is different.

i would like to suggest you try out other MMO, refresh yourself and see which one fit you the most cuz i know im not the only one who keep coming back to play ffxi.

Honestly i feel any other mmo are way too easy compare to ffxi. combat, crafting, mission questing etc. plus most nice players are in ffxi!! (you don need to be a female toon to be able to receive help lol)

[Alhanelem]

To expect a person to go out of their way to participate in content they actively distaste, like being a Healer, or leveling Crafts, or doing H.E.L.M activities just to have "more content" is the illogical assumption to me.

Whether you like it or not, crafts and gathering is content. The point remains is that you're shooting down something you haven't even played when we aren't even 100% sure how it actually works, how fun it is what other things they havent mentioned, etc.

also, just because you are one of the minority to conquer all the content (that you're interested in) doesn't make it a bad game. I

TL;DR I don't think it's unreasonable to ask to wait-and-see and/or try it before shooting it down in a blazing ball of fire.

But thats all really besides the point as frankly none of it defends the fact once a week lockouts suck in every way and in the end hurt the "Casual" player base more then the hardcore because the further you lag behind the harder its going to be to catch up in the long run. Especially such with Item levels involved.

again, FFXI had once-per-so-often lockouts too, nobody complained the way people are complaining now about it. Also, this doesn't hurt the casual playerbase because the casual playerbase isn't even affected by the lockout (Coil is hardly casual player content)

Let me ask you what's better: totally conquering all the content in a month and having nothing to do for 2-3 until they are able to produce more content, or have them put a time / looting restriction on content to ensure it takes some time for them to conquer it, thereby meaning they have more reason to play the entire time? This is the only reason lockouts exist in any MMO- to give them time to keep developing more stuff.
It is very common in other MMOs for hardcore players to beat everything quickly, unsub, beat everything in some other MMO, and resub after another patch comes out.

Anywho I know i might as well be yelling at a wall because no one on the internet changes their mind, but its fun.

Something i fully agree with you on >.>

[Edyth]

Death Penalty nerf was announced. The massive power was a glitch.

Movement speed was increased in the update.

Bye.

[Alhanelem]

yo, i just came back to ffxi because i played too much ffxiv arr, my crew are all like "dang~ they more i play ffxiv arr the more i want to play ffxi.." but that's us, everyone is different.

i would like to suggest you try out other MMO, refresh yourself and see which one fit you the most cuz i know im not the only one who keep coming back to play ffxi.

Honestly i feel any other mmo are way too easy compare to ffxi. combat, crafting, mission questing etc. plus most nice players are in ffxi!! (you don need to be a female toon to be able to receive help lol)

FFXI is easy and has been for years, so I guess every other mmo is really, really easy then. Let me guess, you beat Twintania with a blindfold on?

Also it's character not toon, and in my personal experience the XIV community is mostly very nice (and what's this about having to be female to get help? I have never seen anything like that in either game...?)

[mattkoko]

FFXI is easy and has been for years, so I guess every other mmo is really, really easy then. Let me guess, you beat Twintania with a blindfold on?

Also it's character not toon, and in my personal experience the XIV community is mostly very nice (and what's this about having to be female to get help? I have never seen anything like that in either game...?)

Alhanelem, I made an observation that I just wanted to point out to you. You cry about people taking stabs at you, yet, you take a stab at everyone you don't agree with. If you cannot handle the fire, don't ignite the fuse.

[Alhanelem]

Alhanelem, I made an observation that I just wanted to point out to you. You cry about people taking stabs at you, yet, you take a stab at everyone you don't agree with. If you cannot handle the fire, don't ignite the fuse.

I didn't "cry" about anything- I'm not making personal attacks, like the "stabs" I was referring to. I can handle the fire just fine, thanks for your concern.

With the quote, I was trying to make a point: It's not fair criticism to call one game easy without playing its hard content, when you have in the other game you're mentioning.

[mattkoko]

I wasn't concerned. No one has made personal attacks at you either but you still consider them stabs. With your smart ass comments all over the place. Then you wonder why people fire back at you. Then you say you don't appreciate that when you did exactly the same thing. If you don't see that, reread your posts. I am not trying to start anything. Just trying to make you aware that what you accuse people of doing, you are just as guilty of.

[Karbuncle]

Whether you like it or not, crafts and gathering is content. The point remains is that you're shooting down something you haven't even played when we aren't even 100% sure how it actually works, how fun it is what other things they havent mentioned, etc.

I have goldsmithing to 50 and a second craft on its way... Here: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/3695673/

Regardless, I do like how you say "Rather you like it or not" when I already explained why thats a null point. I won't repeat it as its pretty pointless. But needless to say, I've got nothing to nice to say anymore so I won't be saying anything at all.

[Alhanelem]

Whatever, I'm being misunderstood, there's no point in continuing anyway.

[Byrth]

An inadvertent nerf to the Death Penalty was implemented. It was done without prior discussion, consultation or even presentation by either the devs or the community team.

Check out this link:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post481644

It is the official announcement of the incoming DP nerf before the update. You can read on and see the "Well, that was expected" quality of responses they got to the said announcement, because iLevel 119 Death Penalty had ridiculous DPS compared to every other ranged weapon in existence.

In summary, you played the game for years and are quitting because they fixed a very obvious mistake from the previous update (aka nerfed a weapon you don't even have yet). {That's interesting.}