Quote Originally Posted by Zarchery View Post
I've been playing since 2004. I never got anything more complicated than levelling done without referencing a guide or asking someone else for help.
Lets say you started playing today, you saw the game on steam and thought "looks fun!"

You log on after making your character, you know nothing and there is literally nobody around at all to talk to...since that is the reality of FFXI now.

How do you know how to get the Eminence system activated since you don't even know wiki etc exists, how do you know how to get trust npc or even FoV? Try leveling without those 3 things solo to 99, see how long before you give up.

The point is to retain players that return to or try out FFXI.