FFXI fixed!

[Sarick]

I agree with some of your sentiments. SE definitely saw the problem in the past and made much of the content very solo/duo/lowman friendly and implemented it as Abyssea & Neo Nyzul. They also added the trigger/atma system to these events and Voidwatch to already make these easy events even easier.

Now there is another public outcry starting up that much of this content is now too easy and that they want a return to more difficult content as well as the returned feeling of exploration and newness, hence why they stated these things in the coming expansion. Do you really want more of the same trigger systems, and artificially boosted buffs that give you the preemptive advantage? Are you happy that the actual decent content that's out right now (Legion, Neo Nyzul) is invalidated by 3rd Party Exploits and Alexander Perfect Defense spamming (respectively)?

This should be addressed in the upcoming expansion. It's design is based after the level cap was raised to 99 so the content should have that NEW effect.

The plans behind the expansion can be felt with the crafter ranks being raised to 150. They won't deny it but they also won't announce it. The Free temp items in the new areas might be replaced with crafted only stuff to jump start the economy. So Those revitalizes, brews etc. could still be a part of the system just much harder to obtain easy mode.