Leaving FFXI…again.

[Kazemusha]

(I'm not sure I posted this in the right forum, if not feel free to move it to the correct location)

I am sad to say that I will be leaving Final Fantasy XI again. My family played FFXI back in 04-07 before moving to World of Warcrap. Then we all decided to play FFXIV together…we all know what happened there. Now we have returned to FFXI with great expectations. But now with the adjustment to the monster levels I am afraid that I will be leaving once again…for where I do not know. I may end up giving up MMORPGs all together.

Putting such high level monsters in low level areas is a terrible mistake. I do understand the game has been around for awhile and there are tons of Lv90s running around desperately looking for places to EXP, but there has to be a better option than this. Either they remove the high Lv monsters and replace them with the appropriate Lv ones, or move the quests into an area where "normal" people can actually complete them.

As an example, today I tried to complete my THF AF2 quest and was dismayed to find IT++ mobs roaming around in Dangruf Wadi. I could not even get to the room where I do the quest without Spectral Jig and the moment it came off, I got 2-shotted. This is an absolute mistake on SquareEnix's part and shows a total lack of concern for lower level players, anyone returning to FFXI or anyone that is just starting out in the game.

I'm sure there are those of you that will scoff at this post, but don't forget you were lower level too once. Hopefully you can remember how difficult it was trying to find help with your AFs. Imagine how tough it will be to get help now that the person's assisting you are actually in danger of being killed themselves…

Hopefully SquareEnix will repair the damage they have caused before it is too late, by moving the monsters, moving the quests or by giving the Lv90s some other area to exp in. Maybe they could "instance" the zone for high level players so they can run around and grind exp without lower Lv players getting pwned.

I have already canceled my content ID, but stand ready to reactivate it should SquareEnix hear my plea. If not…oh well. Sayonara!

…and no, you can't have my gil.

[ShadowHeart]

actually level 90's dont look for places to xp anymore they have their xp and you are totally correct this was an epic fail IMO
fields of valor and the crap u get from chests only boost your mp hp or ws damage etc... wow who cares really ....
who wants notes anyhow lol thanks but that is a fail... putting lvl 90+ mobs in low level af quest ares was stupid

anyone exp'ing is going to use abyssea 3-090 in a day if ur done ur limit breaks people dont want to run pages for notes etc anymore and get crap in chests... maybe i will be proven wrong and u will get some chocbo hat in these chests one day but until then i see epic fail this update.... dynamis was a bit fun currency drops are horrid had th8-9 on mobs and nothing dropped lol only 2 pieces currency in the hour we were in there cleaning house.

npc fellows was a nice addiciton but hell no land gods left now anymore without pops to fight so soon npc's be useless too again only thing i havent tried yet is the voidwatch waiting until 3 stones but sounds like abyssea meets dynamis by what i hear.... over all fail update so far by all the chatter

[Anewie]

i agree actually. WTF with adding lv90-100 mobs in low lvl areas.

SE needs to seriously stop actin retarded. This update was so retarded idk wtf. Dynamis up mechcanics were nice but the currency drop rate is absolutley redic. It's really laughable. They mde them HARDER to get, lmao. And they still still suck for the most part. Aegis got a nice buff tho! Very good job on that but why just aegis? Most empyrenas > relics in terms of damage output and usefulness. Ochain still trumps Aegis cause its easy to hit the mdt cap w.o aegis,. Aegis does go farther than that cap but still. Ochain still offers more to PLD than Aegis, which is still.. a shame. Relics deserve to be the absolute best, not even equal. They were always so much harder to get and now they will be even more so.

/laugh @ SE.

Theyre pissing a lot of people off, its kinda sad they are so oblivious to their player base.

It's kinda funny actually. They pissed off monks, relic holders, dynamis shells, low levels and when they didnt piss someone off, they just dissapointed. Looking at Voidwatch so far, the rewards seem retarded. Altho like dynamis, it seems kinda fun so ittle add for some amusement. 95% of the gear released this update was sidegrades for people without af2 and trial weapons.. And the king gear augments.. That is a shame before altana. Like relics, king gear is harder to get than lolabyssea gears, so why add augments to gear that's already much harder to get and not worth the effort, and give them some really stupid augments? Was there a point? Nobody is gonna use that trash...

Why not save memory and give us some real content? Memmory is apparently an issue right? So why waste it on pointless stuff that either makes no sense or offers no worthwhile reward? I will sat the dyna and voidwatch events look fun! Looks differents and thats awesome but thatttle last a week or two unless it starts shelling out some nicer rewards. Like all the old events of ffxi, its pointless to do an event long term or short term consistantly if the gear or rewards aren't worthy.

They need to get it through their heads the gear/mobs/events need to TRUMP abyssea to keep the XI base interested and satisfied. Wasting update space to Add gimp augments to gimp gear thats takes more effort and time to obtain than the "easy"(easier) gear is pointless.

This wasn't an update. It was a fix.

[Yarly]

i agree actually. WTF with adding lv90-100 mobs in low lvl areas.

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Theyre pissing a lot of people off, its kinda sad they are so oblivious to their player base.

Actually this was SE's answer TO the playerbase. Look at how many people complained about people leveling in abyssea bla bla bla. Their solution was to add high level mobs everywhere so people would exp outside of abyssea.

Everyone bitched about it for months. SE gives us the solution and the same people are complaining that it's still stupid.

[Akujima]

Everyone bitched about it for months. SE gives us the solution and the same people are complaining that it's still stupid.

You think people are going to EXP outside of Abyssea? Why would they EXP the old merit-style again when in Abyss you can make 85-90 in a few hours?

Adding crap options when there is already better choices, is pointless.

[Kraggy]

Look at how many people complained about people leveling in abyssea bla bla bla. Their solution was to add high level mobs everywhere so people would exp outside of abyssea.

Everyone bitched about it for months. SE gives us the solution and the same people are complaining that it's still stupid.

A non sequiter!

It isn't the fact that SE DID make changes as a result of some players asking for non-Aby ways to get XP, it's HOW SE did it. The Wadi case for THF AF, repeated elsewhere like the Citadel etc. is purely crass.

Look at how SE added mobs when the cap was raised from 75: they put them in places like the upper floors of the Prommies, the NON-AGGROING birds outside the Safehold, etc.

IOW, they put them where they were easily reached but didn't totally destroy 'on levels' going through those areas for their own stuff. Putting AGGROING EP-to-90 mobs anywhere near where 50s needs to go for AF, as just one example, is simply crass.

[Anewie]

Actually this was SE's answer TO the playerbase. Look at how many people complained about people leveling in abyssea bla bla bla. Their solution was to add high level mobs everywhere so people would exp outside of abyssea.

Everyone bitched about it for months. SE gives us the solution and the same people are complaining that it's still stupid.

Lol. Oh there is so much wrong with this post. I'm sorry but you're so off the mark its not even funny.

NO ONE was complaining about exp. Maybe starcade, but that speaks for itself. Nobody was complaining about experience points once DOM OP abys zones came out, ok? Now, were people asking for alternate exp ways outside of abyssea, sure! but only a very small fraction and they didn't have abyssea...

Okay so we got that so many updates ago. If you honestly think this update was a result of people demanding SO MANY MORE WAYS TO EXP, idk what to say to you other than. Get out.

And I wanna those reciepts btw. Show me the posts on any forum where people are complaining and asking for new ways to exp. I gotta see this cause Im calling BS ALERT!

EDIT: re-read it and Maybe you're not saying people were asking for new ways to exp and that they were jst asking for.. SE to make alternate ways of exping so people wont exp in abyssea? Again, pointless is pointless. The only people who wanna exp outside abyssea are people who like to solo/duo/trio or don't have abyssea and they dont make up a large enough fraction of the game to inconvienance an entire group of people: lower levels..

[Greatguardian]

Lol. Oh there is so much wrong with this post. I'm sorry but you're so off the mark its not even funny.

One, NO ONE was complaining about exp. Maybe starcade, but that speaks for itself. Nobody was complaining about experience points once DOM OP abys zones came out, ok? Now, were people asking for alternate exp ways outside of abyssea, sure but only a very small fraction and they didn't have abyssea...

Okay so we got that so many updates ago. If you honestly think this update was a result of people demanding SO MANY MORE WAYS TO EXP, idk what to say to you other than. Get out.

And I wanna those reciepts btw. Show me the posts on any forum where people are complaining and asking for new ways to exp. I gotta see this cause Im calling BS ALERT!

It was a long time before you started posting here but they definitely exist. There were a few 2,000+ post threads in General Discussion about how much Abyssea EXP was ruining the game, how it needed to be restricted to 75+, and how players needed more EXP mobs outside Abyssea so that they can "stop leeching and start learning their jobs the right way."

Give me a few and I'll look for them and edit the links into here. Keep in mind at least 1,500 posts worth of threads eventually got nuked by the GMs so there was way more than I can even link here now.

Edit: Found a couple of them. Enjoy~

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...-from-30-to-70

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...leveling-91-99

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...ssea-from-30-1

I think the rest either got nuked or locked early. I know Krystal made like 3-4 threads which were all nuked, one or two of which had a decent number of replies. It was pretty big at the time.

[Anewie]

It was a long time before you started posting here but they definitely exist. There were a few 2,000+ post threads in General Discussion about how much Abyssea EXP was ruining the game, how it needed to be restricted to 75+, and how players needed more EXP mobs outside Abyssea so that they can "stop leeching and start learning their jobs the right way."

Again, I know I prolly seem mega bitchy and I apologize, but.. What did this update solve? Adding lvl90-100 mobs in low lvl areas isnt stopping ppl from leeching, Leeching is x100 easier and more relaxing than making a party the normal way. If they leech, do you really think they gonna see this update and think "OMG! WE CAN EXP THE NORMAL WAY NOW! Totally awesome!", no.

I'm not saying you're wrong, i'm saying its completley pointless. A better fix would simply be, restrict abyssea leeching lvl to 75. Making more alternate ways of exp that resemble the old and much more incovienant way of gaining levels is not going to attract people who enjoy leeching their jobs to 90.

Honestly, who knows what SE is thinking. Their logic is just o.o! Its funny and silly as it is redic.

idkmybffjill.

[Akujima]

Why not save memory and give us some real content? Memmory is apparently an issue right? So why waste it on pointless stuff that either makes no sense or offers no worthwhile reward?

Yea like another expansion. Abyssea was a step in the totally wrong direction... Overpowered Gear that takes peanuts to obtain = All other Gear goes to the landfill.

PS. Love your posts Anewie