Quote Originally Posted by detlef View Post
We're not talking about new players. This discussion came about when somebody accused the OP of being overly reliant on book burns for XP. It's readily apparent that the OP has at least XPed a few jobs to level cap and "the basics" you're describing probably does not apply.
I came back to FFXI last year started a brand new account, no Gil and no LS. I solod to 30 the oldschool way because I did not know about Gusgen mines and burning pages. Wasn't hard at all in fact I was overwhelmed how much easier FFXI is now compared to before Abyssea.

Did my own Subjob quest solo and then met a friend who helped me out throughout the game catch up which did kill the time by a a lot having only 1 friend.

She did not give me Gil nor did I asked for it. And I did not even own abyssea and reached level 75+ before I bought the expansion.