Solution: NM conflict between hardcore and casual

[Yisi]

I'm sorry, but how much challenge are you looking for to aquire rank 25-35 gear? As the game goes on and the cap goes up, more items will be released and it will become harder to aquire. When you figure out how to do it and then succeed, congradulate yourself on being "hardcore". Why do people find it necessary to waste days on end for an item that in all reality wouldn't make that much of a difference? It's not like SE is going to add a freaking missle launcher drop for your days of endless camping... People need to grow up and let thier character's be measured by your actions and reputation, instead of a "shiney +1 omg I am better then everyone but really i'm a total douche".

[Peregrine]

People need to grow up and let thier character's be measured by your actions and reputation, instead of a "shiney +1 omg I am better then everyone but really i'm a total douche".

So that's the essence of the issue. A lot of these players would be out of a job if actions and reputation of the player superceded those of the barbie doll. They want their personality and actions to have as little to do with their being accepted as possible, for the obvious reason that no one would choose to associate with them if their gear and their job were more common. So many terrible people, let alone terrible players, gained acceptance through riding bad mechanics in FFXI.

You all know the black mages in 2005 who made an Asperger's kid look like Nelson Mandela. Those are the kinds of players who constantly petition for elite bottlenecks. They know they aren't accepted otherwise.

Haha my profile picture finally went eggy.