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[Oakrest]

They could also just fix Delve, and you know, make it something more inclusive than just those lucky few jobs (sch, sam, brd, etc) or those who already have Delve gear. Yea yea, I know - it can be done by other jobs. On average it isn't.

The chicken and egg gear problem perpetuated by the community (and catalyst by SE) is a real fail too. It's like: "oh you want a drivers license for your car? No problem! We'll just need to see your valid drivers license". Bulll#^%!. For that reason alone, I feel Delve is one of the worst events FFXI has seen. I'm not saying it's an issue exclusive to Delve, I'm just saying Delve is ripe with it.

In contrast [for example], Abyssea might have singled out a lot of jobs (blm/mages for magic procs, war or nin for ws procs, etc) but anyone could still join the fun without any impact to the difficulty (unlike Delve, Abyssea didn't get harder the more people you had in your party/zone). I think that's the problem with events/content like Delve: you shouldn't be penalized for having more help. That just seems weird for an MMO like this one - especially now that the player base is dwindling. If you manage to get lots of people together, that's an achievement within itself.

If your BST friend wanted to come along and see how Abyssea worked, or learn the mechanics of one of the many NM's within, there was no impact to difficulty. He could literally just stand on the sideline and watch. If your BST friend wants to come to Delve to get familiar, he's probably gonna be told to go watch YouTube (or level a specific job as BRD) to fit in. His presence literally makes it harder, and that means more time - something most "casuals" trying for a PUG won't be included in.

I say these things with good intentions. I'd like to see more players having a better time.

Ironically, I think Delve is actually kind of fun (in terms of the level/boss design, KI and plasma progress, etc). SE sometimes just get really bad ideas for inclusive events that are also challenging. Yea yea, I'm not offering any ideas - I'm not getting paid to either.

PS - I'm not partial to BST, I just used that as a random example.