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    Quote Originally Posted by Fondle View Post
    pretty sure thats the point.. keep them 'busy' keep them paying for as long as possible?
    Seems to be paying off since the population is but a shadow of its former self by now. You'll even notice my Karbuncle is gone. Luckily for me, Darkmessneger still seems to be active. So i can bug you guys more

    That said, Their gameplan seems to be the death of them. They seem to think pumping out events with 0.1% Drop rates will lengthen how long we stay, betting on the gambler mindset, But in reality, Its just turning people away. Even they should be seeing now that more people are quitting daily due to their terrible plan to drive FFXI back into the dark ages.

    You don't want to hand players everything, or the game becomes stale, but you also don't want to make said items so hard to get people lose their minds and motivation going for them. Its not hard to create a balance, But SE is devoted to Bottle-necking over fun or enjoyment or progression.

    Legion was an honest attempt at middleground, But i don't know what the NPCs there offer. I think its all that situational "Legion: Buff" gear no one will bother purchasing because its situational to only legion and those armors are never worth keeping because of Inventory issues (See: Salvage/Assault/Beseiged Only gear). But I'll look up that list...

    Edit: looked up the list. The +5 Stat rings with enhancements, and the Legion:Only Accessories. So... Pretty much all junk. 1-2 Situational pieces but again... Situational.
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    Last edited by Karbuncle; 04-16-2012 at 06:07 AM.