okay hi everyone this is like my second time posting this (first time gotten bit of error so didn't go through my forum speech maybe bit sloppy) this will be my logical rant about how has abyssea has ruined and the game and how are we going to go about fixing this problem by adding a simple clean adjustment. nothing to crazy i mean a simple adjustment that can save this final fantasy XI community.

first of all i'll explain all 3 bad parts of abyssea that has caused the 3 key points that ruined this game and its moral and then i'll add 3 good points that can be done to fix this problem.

1. Shout Party or "Leeching" has now been the norm. of todays world and normally you would have to play your job properly in order to get invited to a party or have the right qualities to be part of a group for experience points. Because of Leeching (which means dropping what ever job you have 30 and above into a random shout party or joining a leech party. until your job has reached 99) on 1 side its a good thing you don't have to waste time grinding till your at your max job level. but in the other hands its really bad thing because you've gotten your job completed without lifting a finger or taking the time to learn your job, and it will effect the people you team up with especially people that are part of a linkshell event.

2. Abyssea and shout groups have also made it quite easy to obtain Empyrean armor or weapons by simply shouting for one.On one side its good thing it shortens the time to getting the gear + weapons but other hand it makes people incredibly spoiled and selfish to making them think they should obtain all empyrean type gears just because how easy it was to getting the gear and getting lv 99s
(making it incredibly hard Ls to exist with people who don't want to stay long term. when they can do it themselfs by simply shouting)

3.Abyssea helping boost bad moral in servers.because the game is so easy to get simple objective done solo players have tendency to act on solo mentality basis and or act like a complete ass on daily basis to people who simply asked for help or a simple question, without thinking about the consequences of they'r actions. (this is due to the fact that they don't care about making enemies as long as get what they want and the game stays easy. they can always shout for members to help them get what ever item they need without fearing of ls kicking them out or a bad rep. hurting them.)

Now the good things we can do to fix this.
1. fix problem 1. by setting a Lv restriction or getting rid of the experience points gained through alliance partys.

2. to fix this problem make the monsters that drop the so-called gears and empyrean weapons a bit harder and challenging so it would take a skilled group to get your seals ,+2s and empyrean weapon items. so people can appreciate the time you put into getting your gears and helping making people to stay to 1-3 jobs most. (this also gives reason to give an link shell to exist like Dynamis)

3. by fixing problem 1 and 2 you can simply solve this by having more new content and making it bit harder than normal, and adding more areas for experience party can exist. That way people can fear about getting kicked out of linkshells or about getting bad reps because how bad they mistreat others.


well that is my take on how to fix abyssea and its problem . please thumbs up if you like this idea or post your ideas too