Get rid of abyssea

[rog]

To Rog,

It's "so easy" everywhere. Just because people don't share YOUR idea of how the game is supposed to be played doesn't make it the wrong way. People don't go camp Faffles anymore because the gear he drops is incredibly obsolete. Kirin is a thing of the past to a lesser extent because the only thing REMOTELY useful from him anymore is W Legs, and even still, that's debatable. Nyzul/Salvage/Limbus/Dynamis/Einherjar/InsertAnythingRelevantHere just doesn't have the same time in to reward out ratio that it used to have. There's just no incentive to do old school things anymore

Getting rid of Abyssea will just return this game to the boring waste of time it was during the Wings of the Goddess era. Waiting 6 months to a year before getting any sort of content update, having the OHMYGODBESTGEAREVAR without any real sense of accomplishment (not that Abyssea is much different), and a disappearing player-base.

Times have changed, either get with them, or move on to bigger and better things.

To quote a legend in the profession of Rock:

"Conform or be cast out." \m/

So you think we should just forget about the last 8 years of the game? Real ffxi cannot be played without fafnir, or kirin. They are essential parts of the game. And of course the game was meant to be played at level 75. For 8 years, it was designed around level 75. Changing that now simply is not right, and ruins the original game.

Getting the best gear is supposed to be hard. What sense of accomplishment do you have if you can get all the best gear, including empyrean weapons, etc, in a few days? We need to go back to the challenges of getting things like adaberk, ridill, etc. We shouldn't just have everything handed to us on a golden platter.

[Quetzacoatl]

game was never hard, time doesn't equal challenge, etc.

[rog]

Enlighten us please on the "right" way. Because the old exp system was a horrid waste of time.

This isn't just about exp! Yes, grinding exp for months per job was part of the real ffxi experience, but so was camping hnms for 3-48 hours, just to watch a rival shell get claim. So was wiping to the death house in windhurst, because someone decided to autorun past. So was dieing repeatedly to trains in garlaige citadel. All of these things were important to really, truly enjoying ffxi. The game simply is not the same without all of these wonderful features.

[Quetzacoatl]

If you think wasting weeks upon weeks of Ground HNM camping is real accomplishment, you have messed up priorities.

This goes for Salvage people who claim to have spent years to get their 35's too before they patched the droprates. That's just insane for something to drop. I don't mind taking a while to get something, but to spend probably more than a year for something to get is just not right.

[rog]

If you think wasting weeks upon weeks of Ground HNM camping is real accomplishment, you have messed up priorities.

This goes for Salvage people who claim to have spent years to get their 35's too. That's just insane.

What is wrong with persevering through a challenge, and finally completing it, after months/years of hard work?

[blowfin]

While we are reminiscing about the good old days, the recent discussion about the lack of low level gear on the Auction House has also made me realize the error of our ways in wanting gear to be freely available. It's clear now that the Auction House should meet the same fate as Saddam Hussein and be removed from the face of Vana'Diel like a giant scab. This will allow players to craft all their own gear, or have their friends craft it for them, the way god intended.

Also, man did not evolve from apes.

[Quetzacoatl]

What is wrong with persevering through a challenge, and finally completing it, after months/years of hard work?

Nothing, but it's just wrong in a video game.

[rog]

While we are reminiscing about the good old days, the recent discussion about the lack of low level gear on the Auction House has also made me realize the error of our ways in wanting gear to be freely available. It's clear now that the Auction House should meet the same fate as Saddam Hussein and be removed from the face of Vana'Diel like a giant scab. This will allow players to craft all their own gear, or have their friends craft it for them, the way god intended.

Also, man did not evolve from apes.

I would appreciate it if you took your trolling out of my very serious thread.

[rog]

Nothing, but it's just wrong in a video game.

I do not understand your point. You say there is nothing wrong with achieving long term success through a difficult challenge, yet you say it is wrong? You seem to be making contradictory statements.

[Cerelyn]

Salvage gear may be outdated somewhat now but with the adjustments there, myself got my Morrigan's Robe in less than a week.

Hopefully they will making them upgradble in the future to Lv99 gear or something.