[Suggestion] Final Fantasy XI - EXP System

[Sukiichan]

Hey everyone! Before i start off i just want to say, Sorry if this has been suggested before, and if this is the wrong place to post this...

The one thing i loved to death about FFXI was the fact that it was challenging, but with Abby's Expansion (DLC) The game got waaaay to easy.. So i was thinking... Would it be possible for a patch that adds a Option to the config window, Like under gameplay it could say like "Would you like to play FFXI with Pre-Abby or FFXI's Current State"
EX: Pre-Abby is FFXI before Abby's arrival -Short Terms: Decreased EXP-
EX: FFXI's Current State -Short Terms: Increased EXP-
(There could also be a time limit between switch's like an Hour)

Also, they could add a party option depending on the leaders Settings.
There could be a notice when someone invites you saying
"Attention: This Parties leader is using the Pre-Abby settings"
And if their using current FFXI:
"Attention: This Parties leader is using "Abby Settings"

But thats all i thought of.... What do you think?

[Draylo]

Stupid idea

[Sukiichan]

Stupid idea

Hows it stupid? Many people have complained that Abby Ruined XI.

[Yinnyth]

Hows it stupid? Many people have complained that Abby Ruined XI.

Unfortunately though, the damage has been done. A "turn off abyssea" option would do even less than the mentor flag does. Think it through- how would it be used?

[SpankWustler]

I can not understand anyone whose FFXI experience was contingent upon killing 500,000 Robber Crabs or crabs of other varieties. That was never a major element of the game for me even though it, regrettably perhaps, took large amounts of my time.

[Arcon]

Many people have complained that Abby Ruined XI.

Including me. There's a big list of what was wrong with Abyssea, but EXP is not on that list. EXP is not challenging nor was it ever, it was long, tedious, cumbersome and incredibly boring. I would totally understand if people would want a pre-Abyssea server for its old content, but for EXP? I only had three jobs at 75 despite playing for years before Abyssea, because I could never get myself to level other things just because it was so boring.

EXP has always been the least interesting and least important aspect to FFXI, at least to me. Even back at 75 the game didn't start before, well, 75. Now it starts at 90+. Anything that gets us there faster is perfectly ok with me. I'm still dreading to get RNG, DRK and BST to 30 so I can start leeching them in Abyssea. It's been on my To-Do list for almost two years, and even though EXP is so easy even outside of Abyssea, I still just can't bring myself to do it.

I understand that there's some people who enjoyed it, but they were rarely people who actively participated in endgame. They were people who thought that leveling was what the game was about, which, to almost everyone else, is an absurd idea.

As to your particular idea, why would that even matter? If people wanna do oldschool EXP, they still can. If it should indeed be a voluntary process, as you suggested, what's stopping you from finding five more people who feel the same way and go to East Ronfaure [S] and beat on Colibris? The only thing I could think of would be that there's no five people left who actually enjoyed that kind of EXP.

[Brolic]

Hows it stupid? Many people have complained that Abby Ruined XI.

those people are stupid too

[Meyi]

Stupid idea

This. 1234

[Ravenmore]

If you thought old grinding xp was a challange then lolol. The only hard part about the old system was finding a healer and in merit parties finding a Rdm and brd that would party with what ever group of bandwagon jobs you could find. Hell with out Xp being made so easy how many people would have capped out the gear for thier few jobs and left.

[Sukiichan]

If you thought old grinding xp was a challange then lolol. The only hard part about the old system was finding a healer and in merit parties finding a Rdm and brd that would party with what ever group of bandwagon jobs you could find. Hell with out Xp being made so easy how many people would have capped out the gear for thier few jobs and left.

It was more challenging than what xi currently is. <.<

With the current system you can hit 99 in less than a Week.