Quote Originally Posted by Volkai View Post
FFXI has always been an extremely challenging game...
FFXI has never been a challenging game. For a long time it has been a game where you need the 'right' job to accomplish a task. Jumping through hoops to beat content does not mean a game is more difficult. Case in point the early CoP days all the bosses were easy if you had the proper jobs. A Crystaline Prophesy end boss was easy with the right jobs along as with all the content on FFXI. That is not a challenge it is artificial bumps that lead to a work based grind. Despite of that I personally have found FFXI to be an enjoyable game.

P.S as for finding all of the content out ourselves. I am willing to bet 99.9% of the players wait for someone else to figure it out and just use wiki or forums to tell them how to complete missions, quests, or new systems. I've never experienced game content on here that was older than two days were people was not rushing others to skip reading and discouraging exploring.