RE:Sad endiing to a fun game.. (cont.) <Revnwolf,Sierrawolf>

[Miiyo]

Now...lets see if i can get this right...kept hitting enter doing in-incomplete posts sorry all. As i was stating i had to leave the game bout 1 1/2yrs ago due to sever RL issues.I tried to check in on ffxiah etc. to see what was what.When i left i had about 20milg and about 250milg in gear....last i checked the AH tanked and most of my stuff worthless Why...in the world would SE take their long-time players....not start of game but close...and screw them outta all they worked so hard for,for yrs and yrs.I found it insulting and disgraceful.5-6yrs of hard farming,camping NM's,crafting etc. all gone to waste.If i came back now i would be a noob again,having to try and make 400mi+ just to get some decent items.Soooo many loooong hr's,weeks,months,yrs farming etc. obiding by the game law's...and now all my gear may as well be lvl 1.How do you treat your long time,non-cheating,hard working,alway's helping other player-type people with such disdain? a HQ stave?? were 1.5mil...now?? 20k same with all the "old" nice gear....will never be able to sell and get back into action in FFXI.Just wanted to see if i was only one who got hosed like this....can't be.If i was running this company,all my longtime player's,even one's that had to leave for extended time period,with respect and honor,I guess i'm old fashioned.The idea of this type of game is to work hard/long...to get item's others can't just buy 1-2mil gil and buy....they'd have to spend 1k rl to get enough gil to get,and then keep that nice item your good players worked so hard for @ a high lvl.If that mean's adding stats to it based on time invested in game,invested in helping others,farming,crafting etc....and allow them to upgrade their favorite gear/weapon/item with item they can easily get,but people that never help,use others,buy gil, and get non-stop PL,have to take 3-4yrs to get.That's how you keep your best player's intrested in your game,and involved even after the next mmo ffx?* game comes out....not by screwing them outta all they worked hard to get by letting market tank,and making lvling,obtaining items and upgrades hella easy. Hell maybe i'm the only person that feels this way,but i don't think so.I hope you SE developers will read this (DOUBTFUL) and see why you lost so many of your best PEOPLE,not keeping the user's and abuser's....and will see when the new FF comes out the best player's and PEOPLE will be staying away, I know i probably will. Thanks tho for letting me vent why i have permanently left the game,beside's RL conditions.If any of my old friends read this take care Siren BIA ppls> Syd,Allby,Myk,Pan,Ceau,Milk&Hubby,Albrecent,Eld,and any others i missed.Hope your lives go well and are blessed. Happy gaming and God Bless Revnwolf.

I think you should take it a bit further. They should have all jobs stay at level 1 with only 1 set of gear. That way we never have to worry about losing value of what we worked so hard for.

Sound ridiculous? As did this post...

[Zaknafein]

Here, here. Buying gil, using third party programs etc completely defeat the purpose of the "adventure" that your supposed to experience. Kudos to anyone who avoids such immature behavior.

[JovialRat]

Like others have already pointed out, today in FFXI the top gear is r/ex.... and thats how it should have been when you started. I always found it interesting that the top gear wasnt r/ex thank goodness SE fixed that problem.

[Kingofgeeks]

i took a few months off before i joined ffxi again. off before abyssea came out and started again right after the release of Heros of Abyssea. so needless to say when i came on and saw all my gear, it was all crap! the Teal Saio set beat the crap out of my gear that i worked so hard on. Having a 75blm and 75whm was no longer impressive because everyone leeched in abyssea... but you know what? its a welcome change.

getting all the noobs to level90 easier really makes FFXI a game of skill instead of a game of a game ruled by basement dwellers with too much time and gil buyers.

also, if all your gear is crap, tough luck on you. abyssea gear is pretty much free if u have friends. Gil is just not that valuable anymore. so screw off with the greed and enjoy the game, instead of focusing on virtual wealth

[Andevom]

As far as walls of text go, this isn't that bad...it's just not an interesting read.

Most of what the OP is complaining about is stuff we've heard a million times already (new content is ruining the game, all that stuff I worked for is meaningless, blah blah etc.), and I don't know why he's posting his farewell here. If you want to leave, say goodbye to your friends you play the game with and cancel your account. You don't have to publicize your departure for people who've never played with you to see.

That said, sorry you don't have fun playing this great game anymore, and goodbye.

[Anethia]

I bought a mezraq and a thalassocrat about 2 years ago. Combined value at the time= about 1.5 mil
Combined value as of about 3 weeks ago = 20k

Live with it, get over it, move on with it. Yesterdays elite high lvl gear is today's elite "halfway there" gear.

[Miiyo]

I have a story. I was once level one. I got to level 10. I changed my gear. I got to level 24. I changed my gear. I got to level 50 and had changed my gear a few times in between that as well. I got to level 65 and spent alot of money on gear. Then I got to level 75. I spent alot on gear! I got to level 90. I bought more gear! From this pattern, I think it's safe to say that in MMO's you may have to buy gear. I think that should be a warning on the label or something. Evidently this guy didn't expect that and it's ruined the game for him. Darn SE and their tricky ways. Making people level and having to buy gear when the previous is obsolete. WOW or no other MMO makes you do that! Oh wait...

Was he planning on committing suicide when the game ends since all his "hard work" of pressing keys (using controller, whatever you play on), is deleted?

[Kuishen]

WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

All I'm seeing from OP.

[PizzaTheHut]

Since I'm bored waiting for some real life stuff, I'm gonna take a stab at editing this so I can read it then possibly reply to it.

Now, lets see if I can get this right...Kept hitting enter doing an incomplete post, sorry all.

As I was stating I had to leave the game about one and a half years ago due to severe real life issues. I tried to check in on ffxiah etc., to see what was what.

When I left I had about twenty million Gil and about two hundred fifty worth in gear...last I checked the AH tanked and most of my stuff has become worthless

Why in the world would SE take their long time players(not from the start of the game but close to it) and screw them out of all they had worked so hard for all these years?

I found it insulting and disgraceful that after approx. six years of hard farming, camping NMs, crafting etc. has all gone to waste. If I returned now I would feel as if I just begun the game again, having to try and make over four hundred million just to get some decent items.

So many long hour's, weeks, months, years farming and abiding by the game law's...my gear may as well be level one. How do you treat your long time, non-cheating, hard working, always helpful player-type people with such disdain?

A high quality stave? They were approx. two million. Now? Twenty thousand. The same can said about the once considered "best" equipment. I will never be able to sell and get back what I've earned to comfortably get back into FFXI...

Just wanted to see if I was the only one who got hosed like this...

If I was running this company, all my long time players (even the ones that had to leave for extended periods of time), would be treated with respect and honor. I guess I'm just old fashioned...

The idea of this type of game is to work hard for long periods of time. To get items others can't just buy for millions of Gil, they'd have to spend a thousand dollars in real life to get enough Gil to attain, and keep that nice item your good players worked so hard for.

Below here in bold I'm not sure what the heck you're trying to say.

If that meansadding stats to it based on time invested in game, invested in helping others, farming, crafting etc....and allow them to upgrade their favorite gear/weapon/item with item they can easily get,but people that never help,use others,buy gil, and get non-stop PL,have to take 3-4yrs to get.That's how you keep your best player's intrested in your game,and involved even after the next mmo ffx?*
game comes out....not by screwing them outta all they worked hard to get by letting market tank,and making lvling,obtaining items and upgrades hella easy.

Hell maybe I'm the only person that feels this way, but I don't think so...I hope you (developers) will read this (DOUBTFUL) and see why you've lost so many of your best players by keeping the users and abusers. When the new Final Fantasy comes out you can bet your once most loyal fans will be weary about returning, I know I'll most likely stay away.

Thanks though, for letting me vent why I have permanently left the game. Besides, I have real life conditions.

If any of my old friends read this take care Siren BIA members: Syd, Allby, Myk, Pan, Ceau, Milk & Hubby, Albrecent, Eld, and any others I forgot to mention. Hope your lives go well and are blessed.

Happy gaming and God bless.

- Revnwolf.

So translation I think is:

He's upset because everyone who's anyone can get everything he worked so hard for in little to no time at at all. All his stuff is worthless (no ones fault since it's player set prices, you didn't have to buy). Not rewarding the long time supporting players also seems to be a factor.

[Sayelle]

The OP seems a trifle mad about the fact that the game actually moved on instead of staying in the stagnate cesspool that was level 75 endgame.