Has the new content direction spoiled ffxi for anyone else?

[Eckamus]

Yeah, Omen is new and the 20 hour lockout is a bit annoying, but I'm over that now, mostly. Be nice if it was less as not everyone is able to play everyday. I'm only able to actually do Omen 3 maybe 4 times a week if I'm lucky. So I won't see a full set for 4-6 months most likely. Some of the gear is really nice for certain jobs, others not so much. A 4-6 hour recharge KI and being able to hold 4 + KI would be a much more reasonable approach to the lockout. This way a player wouldn't be locked to a static group and be free to join shouts here and there.

As for Ambuscade, it does get old fast, since it is so repetitive, get KI > kill > get KI > repeat til you achieve desired effect or lose your sanity, lol. I really think they should have doubled Regular points when they doubled Intense points. Making them both respectively 1200 Intense and 600 Regular for VD and not how they have it now 1200 Intense and 300 Regular.

There is quite a bit a disparity, between how long it takes to complete the 14500 points to get all the gear also. As a example, Intense VD at 4 runs and hour would take ~3 hours vs the same 4 runs an hour on Regular takes ~12 hours. Essentially, it comes out to less geared or more casual players are required to invest significantly more time than better geared and advanced players.