This game has been ruined...

[Bboydastyck]

I'm sorry to say but this game has become very boring and almost pointless. So many things that we had back before Abyssea are not around anymore such as a simple 6 man group when leveling up. Now all there is to do is GoV and spend tons of hours in 2 different zones until you go to Abyssea and jump up to the 90s. I have tried to level up several jobs i KNOW i would have enjoyed leveling up in a group but now i cant even experience this. A good example is leveling my Paladin, im sitting in GoV as a DD not learning how to play my class and feeling like my job is just a title and nothing more.

Ive been playing this game since release off and on and it has changed to the point that I am disappointed more than having fun and i was obsessed with this game.

Dont get me wrong Abyssea and GoV were great ideas and allow players to enjoy the later levels more but whats the point of lv10-98, nothing really. I really did enjoy both of these added features but because of them FFXI will never be the same and i will never experience that feeling i had when i started getting into this game. Unfortunately and fortunately I will be moving on the FFXIV ARR, it may be pretty different and had a bad first release but it has potential and has came a long way since it first released.

Im going to miss you Final Fantasy 11

[Eric]

This is most definitely the wrong section of the forums that you're posting in.

EDIT: This was in the Localization team forums before it was moved.

[Bboydastyck]

I spent a while tryin to figure it out but the only feedback forum besides about the site was this one. Trying to delete since it is in the wrong forums but I cant figure out how.

[Elphy]

Now all there is to do is GoV and spend tons of hours in 2 different zones until you go to Abyssea and jump up to the 90s.

Part of me misses the 6 man groups simply because I met tons of ppl and made quite a few friends through them. Now if ppl are even present they seldom talk.

The only real issue I have with GoV pts is that there are only 18 spots open for ppl in each of the 3 lvl ranges that make up the GoV pts making it increasingly difficult to get into a pt. Lvl 50+ is even more difficult due to ppl joining the GoV in Bostaunieux Oubliette who are lvl 75-99 simply for skilling up.

It is true that these pts are not always full but during peak times there usually a good 5-6 ppl sitting with their flag up, sometimes for hrs. At least back in the day when you were on one of those hard to get pts jobs you could form your own or have multiple choices of camps. Now its so limited if we ever did get an influx of new players things would get quite tight.

But I don't see SE doing anything about this anytime soon since the ppl who do have to wait are comparatively small as is the influx of new and returning players

[Ritsuka]

Part of me misses the 6 man groups simply because I met tons of ppl and made quite a few friends through them. Now if ppl are even present they seldom talk.

The only real issue I have with GoV pts is that there are only 18 spots open for ppl in each of the 3 lvl ranges that make up the GoV pts making it increasingly difficult to get into a pt. Lvl 50+ is even more difficult due to ppl joining the GoV in Bostaunieux Oubliette who are lvl 75-99 simply for skilling up.

It is true that these pts are not always full but during peak times there usually a good 5-6 ppl sitting with their flag up, sometimes for hrs. At least back in the day when you were on one of those hard to get pts jobs you could form your own or have multiple choices of camps. Now its so limited if we ever did get an influx of new players things would get quite tight.

But I don't see SE doing anything about this anytime soon since the ppl who do have to wait are comparatively small as is the influx of new and returning players

there is a very simple fix for that..... You know all those people who are not in a party sometimes its quite a few of them..... why don't you form a 6 man party because i know you can i seen the right jobs just with there flag up and form a party? But oh ya.... they rather wait to get into the "alliance" party instead. You only have yourself to blame if you want to party make one Its not hard i still do it.

[Alhanelem]

The only thing I've found boring is waiting for the chance to be able to participate in new content. When I actually do get the chance to play it, it's fun. The problem is the content requires such high end sutff that if you didn't get skirmish/wildskeeper stuff when people were still doing it, you're in a bad spot because your only chance to participate is support role jobs e.g. whm sch brd cor.

[Venat]

I'm sorry to say but this game has become very boring and almost pointless. So many things that we had back before Abyssea are not around anymore such as a simple 6 man group when leveling up. Now all there is to do is GoV and spend tons of hours in 2 different zones until you go to Abyssea and jump up to the 90s. I have tried to level up several jobs i KNOW i would have enjoyed leveling up in a group but now i cant even experience this. A good example is leveling my Paladin, im sitting in GoV as a DD not learning how to play my class and feeling like my job is just a title and nothing more.

Ive been playing this game since release off and on and it has changed to the point that I am disappointed more than having fun and i was obsessed with this game.

Dont get me wrong Abyssea and GoV were great ideas and allow players to enjoy the later levels more but whats the point of lv10-98, nothing really. I really did enjoy both of these added features but because of them FFXI will never be the same and i will never experience that feeling i had when i started getting into this game. Unfortunately and fortunately I will be moving on the FFXIV ARR, it may be pretty different and had a bad first release but it has potential and has came a long way since it first released.

Im going to miss you Final Fantasy 11

You probably quit and came back. These adjustments to the game came longtime ago and your just complaining now...

Game has lost a ton of players over the years and slowly dieing. GoV & Abyssea is a way for players to find exp parties. Game has become alot more casual because of the lack of people playing the game.

XI isnt about exp parties anymore. Its all about getting equipment in endgame content. Game Lacks Skill up rates increase. Even with everyone becoming more casual with exping up very fast it ends up being 3-4 day grind toget skills to max. About 5-2 weeks of abyssea exp/level cap quests toget to 99 and adding more time grinding for skills.

Abyssea came around the time of XIV release so was highly likely XI was gonna lose a player base.

[Tickmeoff]

lol, came into the thread expecting a rant about how Delve has obsoleted 90% of the content in the game and is far too easy to complete given the quality of the rewards.

Instead, you're complaining about 3 year old content that nobody has a problem with. Bravo. You want 6 man parties? Make 5 friends and you guys can go grind IT++ mobs for a couple years to hit 99 on one job. I'm sure you'll be flooded with tells from people wanting to invite some "real pros" who really learned how to play their job well.

Being good at a job is about being willing to learn and put forth the effort it takes, not grinding exp mobs until you magically become a pro.

[Miradel]

Being good at a job is about being willing to learn and put forth the effort it takes, not grinding exp mobs until you magically become a pro.

I think that used to be the definition of being good at a job. Today, 'being good at a job' is way more dependent on what gear you have than any capacity to learn and put forth effort.

Intelligence and skill are no longer part of the game. It's more about having the exact right gear set, the correct gear swapping macros, and the most powerful weapon.

It's left a lot of us behind. People whose linkshells dissolved, or people who don't play consistently, every day, all of the time. I took a break from the game for quite a while, and when I came back I was without a linkshell and without a support system to get me through content.

Without the old time party setup, you don't have opportunities to make social connections that could land you a new linkshell. If you don't have the right gear, or macros set up, you're replaced instead of helped.

[nyheen]

I'm sorry to say but this game has become very boring and almost pointless. So many things that we had back before Abyssea are not around anymore such as a simple 6 man group when leveling up. Now all there is to do is GoV and spend tons of hours in 2 different zones until you go to Abyssea and jump up to the 90s. I have tried to level up several jobs i KNOW i would have enjoyed leveling up in a group but now i cant even experience this. A good example is leveling my Paladin, im sitting in GoV as a DD not learning how to play my class and feeling like my job is just a title and nothing more.

Ive been playing this game since release off and on and it has changed to the point that I am disappointed more than having fun and i was obsessed with this game.

Dont get me wrong Abyssea and GoV were great ideas and allow players to enjoy the later levels more but whats the point of lv10-98, nothing really. I really did enjoy both of these added features but because of them FFXI will never be the same and i will never experience that feeling i had when i started getting into this game. Unfortunately and fortunately I will be moving on the FFXIV ARR, it may be pretty different and had a bad first release but it has potential and has came a long way since it first released.

Im going to miss you Final Fantasy 11

i know how you feel, the game changed way to much now. but iam happy i got to experience all them fun times. them simple 6 man group you will never see again, rarely that happens. wont see much LFP. the whole low and mid lvl is dead. gone. just page burning on ep mobs.

guess this is the new generation of kids now and they seems to want leeching, page burning etc. and when you bring up anything pre abyssea they will rage,flame you. sadly this is how everything is now. well it time to pull out the rocking chair and tell our grand kids the story of the epic 100 chain pt or bibiki bay nightmares, or last man standing, when your pt about to wipe from a link but the 1 bad$$ comes to save the day!