At least with the books there actually -IS- progress since the start and end are clearly defined. Nobody has a problem with that part of the quest.
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yea i dont mind doing fates i hate playing a slot machine acting like its a video game though, and everything above i90 except for weathered soldiery is just a stupid slot machine.
as someone who took part in all of these, I find your accusations and put downs of them to be rather disturbing. all of those are/were about group efforts including Abyssea
if you have horror stories about these, chances are you did them horribly wrong.
HNMs were always about group efforts, if your group was good they usually weren't an issue. no botting was needed for good groups
ZNMs again about group efforts
VWNMs with the right group were really fun and could get pretty silly
Abyssea was actually the only real train wreck in XI, it made players so much lazier it wasnt even funny, it should have had a lvl cap minimum of atleast 65 but more likely 70 but that is another argument
most of your argument denotes laziness or unwillingness to work with others. which is bad in any good MMO
The books are a lot like when you first grinded for Darklight (ARR), you're always working toward a goal you know you'll achieve. Even if it's arbitrary tasks like killing x amount of mobs or completing some dungeon you've cleared a million times over, it's at least Do A Thing = Get A Thing. It could be better, it could actually give some sort of semi-"difficult" challenge (Clear T5, Clear EX Primals, etc.), but either way it's a huge step in the right direction compared to the Atma quest.
I hate fates and this looks boring to me so I won't do it.
It doesn't make me want to quit the game or have a cry on the forums about it like some people, the entitlement complex of these pple is so annoying.
and a majority of the complaints is hwo there is no earnable variant. You need rng twice to get levi weapon done. You need rng and a weekly lockout to get heavy allagan. You need rng twice and weekly lockout twice to upgrade weathered soldiery. You need rng and weekly lockout for tutn 7 weapons. There is nother higher than ex weapons or zenith that u just earn by putting in the effort. It's called 'sweat of your brow' not a hand-out. It isn't a handout to get paid for doing your job, and noone would work for a company that only paid u if u were lucky.