The test server is more fun than the real game.

[Olor]

yeah, I think the OP has a point to a certain extent... especially about the skill ups. Honestly I would be just as happy if you got max skills each level. Skilling up is a boring grind... and honestly, I don't play video games to be bored.

[Neisan_Quetz]

Skill ups are way easier than they used to be.

[Tamoa]

I've done all of this. CoP I did up to mission 6 pre nerf with my hume and taru. They're both on 8-5 now. Mithra has up to mission 2 done before the first capped nerf way back when. The fact is the stuff you need PT for requires willing participants who are able to do their job. When I'm in a pt, I never find enough people who are both. And when you factor in willing to let me have the items I need, the amount of qualifying players decreases even further. For the record, the only people who are saying it's too easy are mentally ill elitist scum who don't have the capacity for sympathy and want everyone to suffer as they did. I'm trying to make the world a better place. Welcome to the ignore list.

Having everything you want handed to you without working for it, is making the world a better place?

And lol, oh noes, the ignore list - how will I ever recover from such a terrible fate?

[Alpheus]

You can get quite a bit accomplished utilizing PuGs for abyssea content. I know I did before I joined an Abyssea ls i could call home and that was with my server having the reputation of being lolasura. I will grant the fact that it prob came down to dumb luck and sheer coincidence tho

[Zagen]

yeah, I think the OP has a point to a certain extent... especially about the skill ups. Honestly I would be just as happy if you got max skills each level. Skilling up is a boring grind... and honestly, I don't play video games to be bored.

Why would you play an RPG/MMORPG or any game that requires leveling up or doing X thing Y times? The whole thing about video games is grinding with some story, if you take the "grinding" out then its a movie.

[Kimara]

Having everything you want handed to you without working for it, is making the world a better place?

And lol, oh noes, the ignore list - how will I ever recover from such a terrible fate?

I lol'd hard ^

Anyways I don't have a problem with making gil or leveling jobs. Granted i've been playing for almost 7 years but there are tons of ways to make money now that were not around back in the day. Like abyssea opened up many ways to make money via NPCing the vision gear or using your dominion notes and NPCing the weapons. Which all, to me, seem a bit easier than how it was when I was still leveling. In other words I just don't see the problem you're having here :S.

[Valonquar]

TL;DR version: This game is too much work for me. Make it cater to my impatient need for instant gratification please.

[Hayward]

Having everything you want handed to you without working for it, is making the world a better place?

And lol, oh noes, the ignore list - how will I ever recover from such a terrible fate?

I've only 2 words in reply to this talking point: Pound sand.

S-E was on a good track with Visions of Abyssea, making the game accessible to everyone regardless of their job choice. Then the loudmouths at the cool kids forum started rambling on about FFXI being made too easy (i.e. killing the cronyism that was prevalent in too many endgame linkshells).

The result? An Empyrean weapon/shield/instrument system that encourages cronyism and mercenary behavior reminiscent of the Dynamis days, not to mention a new level of job discrimination.

Calling out things that are wrong in an MMO isn't wanting something handed to you.

[Huevriel]

IDK anyone with max parrying or max guard skill, let alone both. I also have trouble believeing anyone has taken a wep not native to their main job past 200. I tried for days to get past 200 with staff, club, dagger, polearm and greatsword with my PLD. The mobs are either too weak and will give no skill ups or too tough and won't give skill ups. I have sience given up.

You might just not know people who care about their job enough. There are many of us who grind to keep all stats capped. . . Well, maybe not many, but a dedicated few who really put the time and effort into skill ups. Been grinding on Parrying for a couple years now. I know people with capped guarding and capped skills/magic for their subjobs (even though they don't need some of em for their main job).

For those of you who have all capped skills, /salute. I envy you. For those of you who know me in game and are tired of hearing me complain that GoV has taken away a lot of my parry skill up camps, I'm sorry.

[Leonlionheart]

How has anyone not said the most simple response to this silly OP?

stop sucking at ffxi