ffxi should not be this easy

[rog]

Recently a friend of mine started playing ffxi. He just started a new character. It took him less than one day to reach level 90. It took him another day to beat all the missions. The next day he beat shinryu, and got all the good atmas, and abyssites. About one more day later, he had full af3+2. On his fifth day back, he finally finished his empyrean weapon. On his sixth day back, he realized he had beat the game, and had nothing left to do, except watch the credits.

This game should not be that easy. What ever happened to ffxi being "challenging"? What made ffxi so great in the past was that it was challenging. It was not a game where you had everything handed to you on a golden platter. And with each drop, came a sense of accomplishment. But now there is no sense of accomplishment, because it is impossible to overcome any challenges, since after all, no challenges remain in the game.

Please SE, make ffxi challenging again.

[CrystalWeapon]

On the 7th day he rested.

[Moonuu]

On the 7th day he rested.

I lol'd hard

[Octaviane]

Recently a friend of mine started playing ffxi. He just started a new character. It took him less than one day to reach level 90. It took him another day to beat all the missions. The next day he beat shinryu, and got all the good atmas, and abyssites. About one more day later, he had full af3+2. On his fifth day back, he finally finished his empyrean weapon. On his sixth day back, he realized he had beat the game, and had nothing left to do, except watch the credits.

This game should not be that easy. What ever happened to ffxi being "challenging"? What made ffxi so great in the past was that it was challenging. It was not a game where you had everything handed to you on a golden platter. And with each drop, came a sense of accomplishment. But now there is no sense of accomplishment, because it is impossible to overcome any challenges, since after all, no challenges remain in the game.

Please SE, make ffxi challenging again.

/cries because you are so right in every respect. I have heard a rumor, mentioned more than once over the last several months, that FFXI will become like endgame again and that to reach level 99, you will have to know how to play FFXI as it was originally created, complete either a series of quests/missions requiring "old school" knowledge, and maybe even fight Maat and his brother Degenhard as the ultimate test. Make it so SE.

[JackDaniels]

Ok, well if this game was still "old school" then it would take a newcomer approximately 2-3 years to reach 90 and finish every mission. I'm having the time of my life leveling without stressing over a lack of a party, at the same time I'm making a point of challenging myself (not going overkill) with missions and sometimes just soloing random EvenMatches that I find along the way for the fun of it, such as malboro as a 27 thf/war.

Sorry if you don't like the fact that I don't have to work as hard as you did, ie: wasting time lfg. What do you care anyways if you've already completed the content, this thread is purely trolling SE's move to make this game more enjoyable, either that or to make new people feel like they aren't accomplishing as much as you did.

[rog]

Ok, well if this game was still "old school" then it would take a newcomer approximately 2-3 years to reach 90 and finish every mission. I'm having the time of my life leveling without stressing over a lack of a party, at the same time I'm making a point of challenging myself (not going overkill) with missions and sometimes just soloing random EvenMatches that I find along the way for the fun of it, such as malboro as a 27 thf/war.

Sorry if you don't like the fact that I don't have to work as hard as you did, ie: wasting time lfg. What do you care anyways if you've already completed the content, this thread is purely trolling SE's move to make this game more enjoyable, either that or to make new people feel like they aren't accomplishing as much as you did.

I am not saying we should go back to the way things used to be. That is not what i want either. I just want a compromise between what we have now (everything being given away with no effort or challenge) and what we used to have (stupidly excessive time wasting impossible content).

The closest things we have any more to challenges are shinryu and rani, and everyone just uses brews on those because they are "too hard".

[Akujima]

I am not saying we should go back to the way things used to be. That is not what i want either. I just want a compromise between what we have now (everything being given away with no effort or challenge) and what we used to have (stupidly excessive time wasting impossible content).

The closest things we have any more to challenges are shinryu and rani, and everyone just uses brews on those because they are "too hard".

So, if this whole thread is actually not a troll and you're being serious... Then I'll agree with you.

FFXI went from one extreme to the other.

[rog]

So, if this whole thread is actually not a troll and you're being serious... Then I'll agree with you.

FFXI went from one extreme to the other.

Of course i am serious.

Exactly. Each extreme has its advantages, but if we could find some place in the middle, the game would be much better off.

[Octaviane]

Ok, well if this game was still "old school" then it would take a newcomer approximately 2-3 years to reach 90 and finish every mission. I'm having the time of my life leveling without stressing over a lack of a party, at the same time I'm making a point of challenging myself (not going overkill) with missions and sometimes just soloing random EvenMatches that I find along the way for the fun of it, such as malboro as a 27 thf/war.

Sorry if you don't like the fact that I don't have to work as hard as you did, ie: wasting time lfg. What do you care anyways if you've already completed the content, this thread is purely trolling SE's move to make this game more enjoyable, either that or to make new people feel like they aren't accomplishing as much as you did.

And when you get all your jobs to 99 in just a few months and having nothing left to do except stand watching the red sky in Abyssea, assuming you can surmount the final trial or whatever it is SE pulls out of their back pockets, you will be posting in these and/or other forums complaining that there is nothing to do..................

No-one is asking that things return to the way they were, just to find a compromise.

[Akujima]

Funny how this is a sarcastic troll, yet it won't be deleted.