Quote Originally Posted by OmnysValefor View Post
In Old XI, there were, for years, people at all stages of content and it was easy enough to find a group. There were also other things to do.

Now, you're either 119*, or you're nothing.
This, this is the issue. Not being able to do hard content means basically being able to do nothing except solo. And trying to solo your way to the point where you're not embarrassing on hard content is soul-crushing... and that assumes you even know how to do it. I am not as out of date as some but I still don't really understand the newer systems that I have never gotten to try.