Quote Originally Posted by Mostfowl View Post
But getting drops from salvage and what not WAS progressing your char. And content like salvage, dyna, einherjar, etc even repeated took skill. We had a ls that ran Dyna and salvage for literally years and it was always fun. Not to mention we helped countless ppl climb nyzle isle and again it was good times. Its not like XIV's AK or WP where you can burn thru with substandard gear and pay only 20% attn. to your screen or SoA content where you only have to really do it once or if you do have to spam it, you can afk or again give only 20%.

If you like gear progression there is tons of games out there for you but what ffxi unique and fun was the "grindfests". Sure you had to do content often but it was good content. And you want to talk easy when it came to nms after claim? Really? There were many many nms that were not easy even if you got claim, some even seasoned vets still had a hard time with and could wipe easily to. And if you enjoy new content your failing to realize your content is severely limited atm. with the introduction of the new progression your basically limited to a couple events and the myriad of other systems and content in the game is now null and void. Einherjar, Limbus, Nyzul, Salvage, MMM, BCNM, Sky, Sea, ZNM, HNM, Besieged, Campaign, to name just some of the content that was available. Now what do you have? A handful at best.

Really if you look at the sheer amount of ppl who have left and the rest who are departing or on here screaming at SE to stop this madness, you my dear are in the minority on this one
What are you talking about? NNI, HNM, Salvage2.0 and Dynamis gear is still useful... And still gives you that grinding feeling. To say you have less to do is not entirely true. Infact, delve only forced alot of those more recent events to be completed. With Mnks and Brd having to complete Dynamis augments. All light melee jobs need Thaumas gear. Paladins need twilight and ochain. I mean, really, to move forward, you still need to visit the past. How is any of this new content narrowing your content view?

I'm gonna have to side with Zumi, getting new gear and progressing your character is fun! And guess what!? YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS! The new systems SE is introducing to FFxi is simply faster at getting it. Abyssea was the same. Then people complained that was too quick so they introduced VW... And gawd... did people complain how SLOW they got their gear. You see what I'm driving too? It's the same progression, different pace, yet again.

And to point out minorities, I believe most people on this forum are in it. Because the majority of players I see online at night don't give a F$#K about how they get their gear, just as long as they get it. And guess what, again?! I HAVE FUN GETTING MY GEARZ TOO!