Quote Originally Posted by Runespider View Post
Is that supposed to be a bad thing, you know how many people pay blizzard to play WoW?

I like the idea OP suggested but ultimately you have to keep in mind any additions have to keep to the lore of the game, opening a "Gym" into FFXI won't work. They will never do that, maybe something similar reworked to keep with the world but they won't add a gym.

Not saying it's not a good idea, just that if you suggest something it has to be keeping with the "world". Can't have a gym anymore than you can have a cinema or fast food restaurant in FFXI.
Actually, if you remember your mercenary ranks in ToAU they do have training and drills, we just somehow managed to bypass it. Windhurst has mages in school and casting on crash test dummies. Campaign references the need for weapons and supplies in their Ops. The CS for Balista even discuss the need to implement it for adventurers to hone their skills. Combat training clearly does exist, we simply manage to bypass it.