Updates after November.

[Stompa]

In the old game, there were whole long years when nothing changed, no updates, no new stuff, no free stuff. And yet those years were so much fun.

I wore my BST artifact and light-staff, every single day, in 2004-2005. I literally never changed my weapon or armor for two years. And those were the two happiest years of my life. I don't remember those years being packed with Content Updates, but they were great fun!

We've got used to the recent fortnightly New Content that we have had since Seekers arrived. But that wasn't the FFXI that I fell in love with in 2004. I fell in love with a game that never really had anything new, for years at a time.

We were just playing in the old areas, in our scorpion harnesses and O-hats / turbans, for so many years. I was happy then, even though there wasn't a constant bombardment of New Stuff all the time.

Two main reasons I love FFXI, and neither of them are affected by updates. Number one, I love Vana'diel, the races, the cities, the wilderness areas, the job varieties, the Lore, the history, the NPCs etc. Number two, I love the FFXI game engine, the menu systems, the combat system, the equipment grid, the macro system etc. I love the complexity and perplexity of this incredibly detailed world.

If I somehow finished all the existing content, and finished afterglow weapons etc. I would just start a new character and play the game again from scratch. I am actually considering making a character and locking her on lvl75 and just play the old areas on hard-mode with like-minded friends and some trusts. There is an endless amount of content, if we just reset our challenge perspective and simply enjoy the core FFXI game itself.

And me paying £12/month to keep playing my favourite game in the world, this money is nothing. Less than nothing. FFXI monthly subs is like less than a quality pizza and large Cola. And for that tiny price, I get to spend time with my Tarutaru and my automaton and my dear FFXI friends, and have atmospheric battles all across a vast and detailed world. I just go fishing, do my weaving, chat to my friends, pwn mobs, build weapons. I am happy to just enjoy being in Vana'diel, to me it is a wonderful place to be, with or without updates.