Entrance requirements for old and outdated content.

[Calipso]

Please note, for the purpose of this post, I'm referring to mostly zones like Einherjar, Assault, and Salvage.

TLR; make old content more accessible to everyone by removing the 3-6 player requirements off them!

Progression of content is a big part of most MMOs. New zones, battlefields, gear, etc is released, conquered, and grows old. Rinse and repeat. Unfortunately, a good majority of the old (and extremely old as in 7 years or older) content in FFXI is still relevant and needed in many ways, and has a set 3-6 person requirement for entrance. This can be addressed by lessening requirements, or making the battlefield overall more easy. For one reason or another, you need to get these things done, but it can often prove troublesome and sometimes near impossible to gather like-minded people to satisfy the requirements.

I'm posting in hopes that all entrance requirements from old content is removed.

Yes, I realize FFXI is an MMO, and the whole point is to play together. That's where new/er content like delve and skirmish come in, (or older but still somewhat difficult content like Legion and Voidwatch). However, for new players to the game, or old players wishing to take on older content for whatever reason, they shouldn't be penalized or straight out unable to go because there isn't enough interest to get a group together.

As an example, for someone who's made a mythic and is in the process of making another, getting groups together for Einherjar can be very, very troublesome, which is frustrating because myself and my friend could very easily duo any T3 zone (but of course we can't). If I didn't have 4 characters of my own, I'd likely be shouting for an hour or more every day to fill up my groups.

Another example which I see on a nearly daily basis, are people wanting to do Salvage, but are unable because they can't get 3 - not even offering an incentive of 200,000G to help enter and warp away. (I've watched people shout on Odin for 40min and longer trying to pay someone to help them enter salvage).

Getting people together for assaults can be just as troublesome, as ToAU came out in 2006 and most players have long since been finished there.

Just as a comparison, there are many many battlefields that have a limit of 18-36, and in the case of original Dyna, 64 people, but you can enter with only 1 (even if you won't be all that successful). Some of these are (but not limited to) Legion, Dynamis, Voidwatch, and Delve (which is one of the newest tiers of content). Having entrance requirements on some, but not others, doesn't entirely make sense.