Quote Originally Posted by Rowyne View Post
Happens in WoW with every expansion. My bank is full of endgame armor sets that are now obsolete. I keep them for prosperity. :/

I used to really rebel against it. But to be fair, it does let an MMO grow and change, and continue to give us new goals.
I guess playing FFXI as my first MMO screwed me over. I can't wrap my mind around it, and when the raised the level cap it broke my heart. Yes, you all get to hear another sob story. There are memories attached to all that gear, the rewards that come with a challenge. I just don't get it. There isn't anything like it. The fact that rewards for missions were relatively balanced for 6-7 years made me feel like I was playing different pieces of the same game, which made me feel like I wasn't wasting my time. At least until the level cap rose and 8 years became obsolete. Now its a different game. I don't want FFXIV to be a new game every 1-2 years. If I'm going to invest that much time into it, I can't be feeling like I'm wasting that much time.