Gil tycoon-ing, proliferation of ToS violations and cultural deterioration propagated by NPC gil sinks, HQ crafting prerequisites, reforge+power creep grinds and the lack of corrective adaptation has made FFXI a dismal state of existence.

This topic is very far from obsolescence.

Once more with this reply, I advocate for a "Traditionalist" server. Here's the link (10th reply to this post) https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/t...728#post624728

Once more with this reply, I advocate for interface design upgrades to reinforce the objective of FFXI Terms of Service agreement. This can be achieved through the revolution of the peer-to-peer transaction process bringing integrity and transparency to this aspect of FFXI. I outlined this in the 2019 June FFXI digest topic.

I certainly hope for the welfare of FFXI, that the "something" big the FFXI development team has been hinting at is a re-balancing of the environment at the level cap that will exterminate undesirable consequences of the above mentioned tragedies.