How about some actual challenge to FFXI?

[Runespider]

None of the fights in abyssea require much skill at all. Majority of fights can be summed up as melee kill the mob WHM spam their cure 5 and 6.

With Abyssea Square basically added a "select your difficulty" option, want incredibly easy? use a brew, want easy mode? use 3 powerful atmas and curor buffs(everybody uses these even when they complain it's all too easy), want a challenge? go try kill those NMs without any Abyssea buffs, yeah you don't really want a challenge.

All you whiners that say you want a challenge are just talking nonsense, if you actively do kill these NM's without atmas you get your wish, whats the problem? OR is the real point you don't like others having an easy mode and you want those players barred from gear? I think thats the real issue here.

If you are bored because you picked easy mode then that is honestly your fault.

[katoplepa]

With Abyssea Square basically added a "select your difficulty" option, want incredibly easy? use a brew, want easy mode? use 3 powerful atmas and curor buffs(everybody uses these even when they complain it's all too easy), want a challenge? go try kill those NMs without any Abyssea buffs, yeah you don't really want a challenge.

All you whiners that say you want a challenge are just talking nonsense, if you actively do kill these NM's without atmas you get your wish, whats the problem? OR is the real point you don't like others having an easy mode and you want those players barred from gear? I think thats the real issue here.

If you are bored because you picked easy mode then that is honestly your fault.

I'm agree with you at 100%
the problems for this type of people is ONLY the fact that now (finally) everyone have access to the best gears in the game, it's not the difficult of the fights... if someone want a challenge, go fight Rani or Shinryu without a Brew and you'll have your fun... but that's not the point... the point is: damn, that noob got Epona like me! now how can I show to the others that I'm better? what can i wear in Jeuno for my pose to hold the attention of the others?

I remember in 2004 a player in full-koenig-set always in Jeuno like a statue from morning to evening and everyone examine him, now that times are gone, and I think is correct, the 90% of the players are veterans with 7/8 years of gameplay, SE can't ask people to keep on loosing social life camping an NM with 36-72 hours window (again, after 7 years!), I understand this means that "notorius hnmLS" CAN'T NO MORE monopolyzing the unique 4/5 top-pieces of gears, but I think: you had monopolyzed for years, now it's time for a game open with that people who don't want or can't spend entire life online...