Quote Originally Posted by Sephr View Post
You have no subscription. Just leave the game and come back later.
You absolutely could be 100% sure what enmity levels were in FFXI, it was calculated down to a tee by some people. Besides that, as many MMOs have gathered, enmity can be manipulated in a lot of ways to cause uncertainty, such as rapid hate shedding.

Spells causing erratic hate doesnt cause skillful play in my opinion, it just takes away from the fun. I'd prefer to have to learn to deal with the difficulities of battle such as moving out of danger etc rather than having to be concerned whether casing Fire II is going to kill me.
By subscription, i mean the account that's associates my character with my personal data and payment information which was required to make one in the first place.

And sure you could calculate it, but during a battle with an alliance? I have never seen anyone escape a wipe through calculating hate or warn someone else about hate levels. It was up to every member to determine how enmity shifted and gear that affected enmity played a role in it as well. It was the main difficulty of the combat system and you're only spouting nonsense.