Recently returned but having trouble getting into post 99 content, please advise ...

[Afania]

How many people have left Asura seeking a fresh start on a quieter server and are still around to tell the story? Conversely, how many people have left a quieter server to seek a fresh start on a larger server? Market trends and societal changes being what they are, it's no surprise FFXI has evolved into what it is today, but the numbers/testimonials on sites like FFXIAH and Reddit don't lie. Again, going back to an earlier post (the one with the Kanye meme), "You're comfortable where you are and see no reason to uproot yourself, which is fair enough, but when it comes to MMORPGs bigger is better."

All things being equal, if you go back to 2003 and see two ads for FFXI, one saying "Meet dozens of players from across the world" and another with an ad campaign saying "meet thousands of players from across the world" which one do you think would be more successful at drawing interest?

Nobody is disagreeing with your statement of "but when it comes to MMORPGs bigger is better." though. And nobody is disagreeing about the fact that more people prefers Asura than NotAsura servers. I even agree with many, many points that you've made in this discussions. Do you even read other people's opinions? Or you just keep writing your own opinions without bother to read others opinions?

We're disagreeing with you about how you present your opinions. You stated opinion as facts, and even make assumption about certain circumstances(anyone can magically accomplish everything on Asura without friends regardless of content difficulty, people misunderstood your beloved Asura and don't know better etc) just to win this internet argument.

If you don't state your opinion as facts, nobody would say a thing. But you go on, and on, and onnnnnnn with countless utterly ridiculous, unrealistic claims that's way too far from the truth just to support your opinion. And that's the issue.

Now carry on, keep trying to win this internet argument that nobody is real winner. It doesn't change the fact that many things you said in your Asura sales pitch are either flat out wrong, or just your personal opinions, or only partially correct.

You know, I 100% support your opinion that FFXI needs a server merge, and some server needs bigger population. But I am not going to make ridiculous or incorrect statement just to support my opinion. And at least I'm well aware that there's a difference between opinions and facts.