FFXI R/M/E Thoughts:

[Shaiera]

I agree; I would like them to keep upgrades available to R/M/Es – have them continue to be part of the game, definitely. You were spot-on with some only having a couple months; two in my case.

With items now having an ilvl added to them and almost all the older content being made much easier – soloing CoP just as an off the top of my head example. FFXI, to me, is starting to move over to the WoW model, which I’m hoping is more just in my head, rather than being the big plans for the future.

I’m not meaning to bash on WoW, it is a fun MMO; I’ve play from time to time. The thing I’m just not to keen on is how fast things continue to change; by the time you’re finished with a gear-set, like just having finished it. Here’s the next thing and it’s so much better than what you’ve just finished, your finished set isn’t viable anymore, if you’re lucky it has a nice graphic so you can at least use it for transmogrification (Give your new gear the graphic of your old gear).

Looking back at the level 75 cap, TOAU, WOTG, CoP, all of these offered gear options - many different ways to gear you’re character - Limbus, Dynamis, Einherjar, Sky, Salvage, Sea; all of these are great examples. The bottom-line there were many events you could do to be a well geared player at level 75. Now it feels like you must go for this one weapon and this one body-armor; which is WoW.

Really, the only thing to do is wait and see, but in truth I think WoW is better at being WoW; I’d like FFXI to be a bit more how it was, rather than where it seems to be going. There were so many options of content and things you could do, now it seems the only option to do is SoA; if you’re not doing that, you’re not remotely close on stats and gear – you’re not going to do well using weapons and armor exclusively from Abyssea for example.

Please continue having methods of upgrades Dev!

Allow upgrades to mission rewards! (Ex: Raja’s Ring, Moonshade Earring)
Bring on the AFv1+3, AFv2+3, and AFv3+3!
KEEP R/M/E!!!