The nerf scattergun approach?

[Eri]

FFXI Was never hard. Your Nostalgia goggles are blinding you.

Hard for solo and some ppl. But It was never hard in a group of good Players. I give you that.

It was tedious, Theres a differenc. The difficulty was artificially created by low drop rates, and limited spawn timers (24hr HNMs, etc).

Tedious yes. But getting something you wished for a long time is... rewarding.
(24HNM- ToAUhnm) Been there not doing that again. That was so time consumeing....

The game was as easy then as it is now. Nothing at 75 was difficult outside of AV, and PW, and I'd go as far to say Botulus Rex is about as difficult as PW was in some ways. (Outside of you know, 2 days and vomiting)

No, its way more easy now. Where its was mildly challengeing to Solo IT mobs back then. Its a joke now.
The real challenge now is to keep hate on your tank. Thats SAD!