How am I meant to level with a friend now?

[Dubont]

The exp needed per level is way less in XI than in XIV, and the amount you get per mob is comparable - higher when you count getting an extra 1-2K exp every 5-8 mobs you kill for pages.

Of course the exp needed, NOW, is lower. You should have seen Xi when the level cap was 50. Now, let's say...in XI, you need..what..40k to reach a level? Before the cap increase, that 40k was around 60k.

[LuxLex]

Of course the exp needed, NOW, is lower. You should have seen Xi when the level cap was 50. Now, let's say...in XI, you need..what..40k to reach a level? Before the cap increase, that 40k was around 60k.

Once again, I don't care what XI was like a decade ago. I play the XI of today.

[SuzakuCMX]

Once again, I don't care what XI was like a decade ago. I play the XI of today.

Back then FFXI had more subs.

I think it's more relevant.

[LuxLex]

Back then FFXI had more subs.

I think it's more relevant.

Back then there were very few mmos in the market. Sorry man, things change. And I am sorry, but if you can't understand that a decade old game will lose subs just because of fatigue, and dated graphics, not to mention people getting interested in new games, etc... well, you don't understand what rationality and logic is.

[SuzakuCMX]

Back then there were very few mmos in the market. Sorry man, things change. And I am sorry, but if you can't understand that a decade old game will lose subs just because of fatigue, and dated graphics, not to mention people getting interested in new games, etc... well, you don't understand what rationality and logic is.

I thought the argument was that Abyssea brought a bunch of players back .=. There were 500k active subscription accounts in 2008, compared to 330k active characters now-ish...

[LuxLex]

I thought the argument was that Abyssea brought a bunch of players back .=. There were 500k active subscription accounts in 2008, compared to 330k active characters now-ish...

I don't care whether or not abyssea brought back players. In my experience it has (brought me back and most of my LS back) but maybe it didn't. Who cares? It is fun. That is what I care about.

[Dubont]

I don't care whether or not abyssea brought back players. In my experience it has (brought me back and most of my LS back) but maybe it didn't. Who cares? It is fun. That is what I care about.

and FFXIV obviously isn't fun for you, but it is fun for me. So...why are you still here? Go back to the game that you find fun and leave my game alone with your flawed logic.

[SuzakuCMX]

I don't care whether or not abyssea brought back players. In my experience it has (brought me back and most of my LS back) but maybe it didn't. Who cares? It is fun. That is what I care about.

Then don't respond to my posts, because I was responding to the guy who said FFXI lost a ton of its population when WoW was released (which it didn't) until Abyssea brought a bunch of them back (which it didn't).

[Dubont]

Once again, I don't care what XI was like a decade ago. I play the XI of today.

then idc about FFXIV now, I care about the FFXIV on release day =)

[LuxLex]

then idc about FFXIV now, I care about the FFXIV on release day =)

you mean 9 months ago? Well, it sucked even more than what we have now.