oh yes, I miss the times, when I could go solo somewhere with my flag up and wait for an invite. sometimes it took hours, sometimes seconds. But still, it felt less retarded than shouting for an Abyssea Party as level 30.

Still on jobs that have their skills maxed till early 70s I like to "leech" them up until I can hit crap in abyssea. There should be a limitation on entering Abyssea below level 75. Yes, your exp get gimped, which doesnt matter a lot withdom ops.
Maybe add that at least one nation at rank 10 to be able to use dom ops. it would at least ensure that ppl see something form the game before they rush to max level with near to 0 problems.

I too miss Rollanberry Markets: There you had all Bazaars at one spot, not clogging up the city, and easy to tap through. No you have to run through Lower and Port jeuno to find all the bazaars.

Before Abyssea, FFXI was a game were people also liked to help eachother. There was a dead player? You raised him. Someone was lost and asked you where to go? You helped him. Nowaday. Something kills you, the BLM95/WHM killshots your mob, checks you, and runs off, because raising someone he doesnt know would mean killing his precious abyssea time. Ppl ask for help 10 answers. 1 Actual correct answer, 9 from missinformation to outright insults.

FFXI is on the downwardspiral in terms of playerbase. Some ppl I know and cared about, quit FFXI. While in early times the douchbags were mostly those elitist that laughed at anybody not having as good gear as them. Now even ppl with gimped skills look down on you and treat you like shit because you dont have the "en vouge" gear. "Lololol y u no wear full perle, wtf even is byakkos haidate" *shakes fists of anger*