Reviewing the current FFXI.

[Dreamin]

The problem is what did you do from level 30-75? thats a huge chunk of the game that used to be devoted to letting people learn how to use their jobs and skill up to be useful later. Now people just leech leech leech and end up lv 99 with a skill of a level 20. Worthless to everyone.

I'll keep disagreeing to this point that ppl 'learn' how to use their jobs from 30-75. You just dont for most of the jobs at all. i.e. I pull as BRD back then. Name 1 instances now where BRD's job is to pull? Similarly for many other jobs.

Skillup on the other hand, yes, there is some skilling on the way from 30-75. But that's also not universal for MOST jobs - melee gets it easier in this regard. However, skills such as Healing, Enhancing, Enfeebling, Songs, Nin, Summoning, etc. You just dont get enough skillup to keep it capped unless you spend extra time in between parties back then to keep skill cap per level. It just doesn't happen at all.

[Bureikun]

However, skills such as Healing, Enhancing, Enfeebling, Songs, Nin, Summoning, etc. You just dont get enough skillup to keep it capped unless you spend extra time in between parties back then to keep skill cap per level. It just doesn't happen at all.

I'll agree with you on this instance. If exp were to be increased in a party situation this would be true. But back in the pre-abyssea days I had no issue staying capped on melee and most magic skills. Healing magic and singing and summoning magic i still cant cap to this day.

But in regards to BRD.. it was about knowing where to stand to play songs, how long songs lasted, which mobs resist which types. Theres a lot more you learn than just casting elegy and lullaby. Ya know, things like understand threnody can help debuffs of the same element land. Sure you can learn that over time now, but the point is the old method gave you the knowledge of your role and then the abilities to enhance that role. NOW you get the enhancements and have to backtrack to figure out how the heck to use them. End game brd didnt do a lot of pulling either unless you were doing old school meripo. and!

side note: i.e. means thus not for example.