Quote Originally Posted by RichLester View Post
True, we have always grinding on FFXI for years but aren't we meant to be rewarded for all that grinding, instead of being punished with a load more? It's just spending an hour in Sortie each day, not getting much gal, may not be worth it in the end apart from getting empy+3 gear. In the olden days, we used to get quite a lot done in a few hours, like getting to lvl 99 via WOTG campaign battle cycles (which crashed on occasions, lol).
What olden days? In 2006 you'd stand around for 3 hours hoping to get the claim on Nidhogg or Fafnir, then hoping to get some crazy rare drop. If you don't get the claim, you go home with nothing. In 2012 you'd do Voidwatch 1000 times for jack squat. In 2014 you'd slowly grind job points and maybe get 2 per hour.