Regarding END GAME posts and critisism.

[Gaddes]

Er, you could, I did, your ignorance of the game is showing. Yes, forced-grouping meant that a couple of limit breaks needed a group, but soloing to 75 was possible and done by quite a few.

Soloing? ...In FFXI? Unless they added something in the expansions after Wings of the Goddess (I quit just before they lifted the 75 cap), soloing wasn't really feasible (or more accurately, efficient) by most jobs, except mostly BSTs, RDMs, and some BLUs. For most other jobs maybe you could technically kill something yourself but depending on the job it could get pretty hairy, especially if the mob was Even Match or higher. You wouldn't be able to solo at any sort of normal pace that way. Not to mention a lot of this soloability came pretty late in the game's lifecycle, when they started making things easier for the players.

[BobbinT]

Soloing? ...In FFXI? Unless they added something in the expansions after Wings of the Goddess (I quit just before they lifted the 75 cap), soloing wasn't really feasible (or more accurately, efficient) by most jobs, except mostly BSTs, RDMs, and some BLUs. For most other jobs maybe you could technically kill something yourself but depending on the job it could get pretty hairy, especially if the mob was Even Match or higher. You wouldn't be able to solo at any sort of normal pace that way. Not to mention a lot of this soloability came pretty late in the game's lifecycle, when they started making things easier for the players.

Me in Rune Fencer AF gears, totally soloing campaign in Windurst Crystal War era (Yes, this is a Wings of the Goddess content, playing on job released from the new-recent-and still unfinished Seekers of Adoulin expansion. I won btw, totally all on my own. lol ):


BTW, Tank jobs like PLD or WAR in XI can also solo easily these days.

[Darkwerk]

Me in Rune Fencer AF gears, totally soloing campaign in Windurst Crystal War era (Yes, this is a Wings of the Goddess content, playing on job released from the new-recent-and still unfinished Seekers of Adoulin expansion. I won btw, totally all on my own. lol ):


BTW, Tank jobs like PLD or WAR in XI can also solo easily these days.

Yes, and that is why hardly anyone who LOVED the launch -> TOA version of the game ,would touch it now.

[BlazeChronic]

Yes, and that is why hardly anyone who LOVED the launch -> TOA version of the game ,would touch it now.

Exactly. The game was at its peak at 75 cap, when only BST was viable solo. That screencap just proves it is now a watered down, clone of every other "MMO-But-I-Can-Do-Everything-Solo" games out there nowadays.

Yes, I know i am seeing it with rose-colored lenses, but FFXI Rise of Zilart through to WotG/ToAU was the best MMO experience I have ever been a part of, and I was hoping for FFXIV to give me the same feeling.............. Alas, other titles ruined the genre for me, and since every company wants a 'successful' game and keeps cloning WoW, I will never have another MMO to TRULY enjoy. *sadface*