Get rid of abyssea

[Olor]

Getting rid of level sync would show us who the real hardcore players are.

[rog]

Getting rid of level sync would show us who the real hardcore players are.

Agreed. People should have to earn their levels, not just leech in astral/chigoe burns.

[Quetzacoatl]

Of course not, don't be silly.

Because nostalgia is entire world, you know?

[rog]

Because nostalgia is entire world, you know?

It is not nostalgia, the game was really better.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

It is not nostalgia, the game was really better.

You're confusing content with player attitude it seems.

[rog]

You're confusing content with player attitude it seems.

No, i am just saying the game was a lot better before abyssea.

[Sagian]

The problem isn't Abyssea. The problem is 'the rest of the game'. There is no incentive to engage in content outside of Abyssea. Figure out some way to draw players back to the 'normal' content. I have no idea what that would entail, but the game would be fixed.

[Kagato]

Abyssea is a fantastic way for high level players to speed through their exp grinding in order to do what high levels want to do: quest and adventure for great things! No reason to remove abyssea. It's fantastic! The only thing I see wrong with it is early access at a level as low as 30 when the only reason to go into abyssea at that low of a level is to leech.

[Miiyo]

If the game would've stayed the same, I would've quit due to boredom. Grinding sucks. It's a common way for mmo's to lengthen the time of a player's subscription instead of giving them something to do. I think it's very brave of SE to try to make the game more about activity than simple grinding. I applaud them for this. I thank them for this. If you can sit still and do the same events for 8 years, then by all means, have at it. I'm one for innovation, change, having things bigger and better, and moving forward. Again, no one is making you take part in abyssea. Your "real ffxi" is still there and waiting for you and your group of "Most people don't really like abyssea as much as they liked the real ffxi."

It would've been better if you started a thread trying to find like-minded people and tried to gather together on the same server to continue playing your "real ffxi."

I haven't come across anything "hard" since I've played the game. I either roll with a group of intelligent people that know what they're doing, or I lead an intelligent group of people that know how to adapt and listen to instruction.

The three years before WoTG was when I saw the most amount of people drop like flies from the game. I guess they were sick of the "real FFXI" as well.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

No, i am just saying the game was a lot better before abyssea.

I say the same about pre-360.