[dev1000] Dyna Reborn!(This is a joke...right?....Right?)

[Masekase]

i'm what you call "old school elite" now if you want to brag about how you beat some super hard VNM abyssea mobs then by all means do so.....elsewhere. because i don't really care what abyssea is about. now if you say you've kicked Sky's (when the cap was 75) ass then ya..that's some bragging rights in my eyes or even sea for that matter. but if you brag how you "just beat the hardest mob in abyssea ever" i'll look at you and go"so?"

This is my point with current content now. If someone comes upto you and says I got a relic most people will have same reaction. Cause dosent matter how many time you go into all old events their is little skill involved. Come 99 there will be little to no skill involved. With regards to mythics I can see that going same way in an update in the near future.

[Krystal]

Since when is Odin's Chamber inside Abyssea? Sky has always been easy. I've been doing, and eventually dominating it since before Despot was changed. Sea is also easy as hell, just time consuming and the drop rates are horrendous. If being "Good" in your eyes means "Killing Kirin in under 2 hours kited" then you're not elite, or even old school elite.

clearly people base skill on "how many mobs can you kill in 10 minuets?" instead of completing missions and storyline WITHOUT a guide. so by all means call me a noob if you want...i'll look at you and go"uh-huh...sure...i'm a noob alright*goes and decides to complete the FFXI storylines again without using a guide*" if you can complete any of the mission storylines without a guide the first time around...then brag to me your "pro" but if you can't then don't even bother trying to convince me you know how to be some big ass pro. since 98% of players consult a damned guide prior to any mission they aren't doing it based on their skill...they are doing based on another's skill who posted what they did..which in other words makes their achievement when they complete the mission insignificant.

[Greatguardian]

It's like Starcade if he were an e-girl. If such things matter to you so much, I actually did complete CoP and RoZ long before I even knew Ffxiclopedia existed. You're still not elite.

[Krystal]

It's like Starcade if he were an e-girl. If such things matter to you so much, I actually did complete CoP and RoZ long before I even knew Ffxiclopedia existed. You're still not elite.

well good for you then. glad to know SOMEONE can complete a storyline without having their hand help the entire way. and you can say i'm"no elite" all you want. i know what i've done and i know what i am capable of.

[Fiarlia]

ITT: Figuring out how to do stuff like "have someone hold hate, deal damage to the boss, avoid dying, cure people who need it" and "go where the cutscenes tell you to go" without a guide makes you elite.

[Greatguardian]

well good for you then. glad to know SOMEONE can complete a storyline without having their hand help the entire way. and you can say i'm"no elite" all you want. i know what i've done and i know what i am capable of.

Kay. Let me know exactly what it is you are capable of once you finish your Sch's BLM sub.

[Krystal]

Kay. Let me know exactly what it is you are capable of once you finish your Sch's BLM sub.

o.o; the hell? how could you possibly know that? let me guess...your on Alexander aren't ya? that character is still new however and with the lack of parties it makes it a pain to level it. sure i could solo it easily..but i'm stubborn and refuse to solo in most cases.

[Greatguardian]

Cerberus.

http://www.ffxiah.com/player/Alexander/Pikachuninetail

[Luvbunny]

For the "hardcore" players who keeps complaining that the game is getting easier, more fun, and a whole lot more accessible to all kind of "new-sane-casual" players, uhm, get over it. FFXI is evolving for the better. The old ways of having things done the hard long time consuming ways are dead, forever. SE finally gives what the majority of the players, or the would be players want, which is an easier, less time consuming, more accessible game for casual players. Personally, I think they are looking for ways to bring more subscribers. Overall, FFXI now is 100 times better than when it comes out in 2003. Gone are the artificial challenges, time sink is reduced, transportation is faster, a lot of things are doable with small groups, retarded time restriction are lifted, most of the useful gears are rare/ex. Abbysea is the greatest thing that ever come to this game, beside ToAU. Both expansion really gives what the majority of the players want: accessible contents to all. I cannot wait to see what they planned on future updates.

[Alhanelem]

I cleared CoP before "The Great Nerf". It was hard and it took a long time. Do I feel bad that people have it easy now? No. Because I know a lot of people struggled with it and too many people I knew never had Sea access because no one would (or in some cases could) help them with it. So I think it's good that most of it can be done without much help now. Right now, WotG suffers from the same problem of being unable to progress because no one can (or will) help. it's not even that it's hard, you only need 2 or 3 people for most of the fights, but the nation quest system divides people in progress and makes it harder to get help.

the point- If something is frustrating for a wide portion of the playerbase, then it should probably be adjusted in some way, even if it means making it easier. You can't change anything without someone not liking it, but some changes are, in retrospect for SE, necessary.

anyway... Krystal, go low man all the HNMs, and beat pandy warden and AV. Then you have a right to call yourself "elite."
Duo glavoid. Win Shinryu without a brew. Do something that's actually hard if you want to back up your claims.