Is 1.18 the final straw?

[Gramul]

Yours is a world ripe with passion and resolve isn't it?

[AarosLunos]

trimmed Wall-o-Text

Some paragraphs, grammar and punctuation would be nice.

[Bled]

I can easily see why you don't get it. 1. you're a noob. No disrespect. We all start off somewhere. I have a great deal of compassion for noobs and help them whenever I can. 2. Your job wasn't affected. You didn't put months and months into a job or jobs that were affected by change(s) you find terrifically frustrating...so you feel no need to vent on boards where you hope to find like minded people who share your concerns and may help you problem solve your way through the issues. 3. My guess is you didn't play FFXI for years and have the exact same kind of BS happen to you then too...which just adds to the frustration factor now. I don't speak for all female players of the game, but a lot of us are here for the esthetics of the game. We like how it looks. We like that our characters are characters not "toons" ...and that things look like what they are...not some kind of barfed up disney on LSD nightmare world <cough> WoW <cough> ...okay? We are loyal despite the many imperfections and inconsistencies of SE. Despite the fact that they patch together old servers from a central location rather than putting up servers around the globe for a global game the way that toonish game does. We put up with a LOT of subtle and not so subtle sexism (because that IS Japanese culture and we understand we're playing a Japanese game) because of the things we DO like about the game...though I really do miss our mog houses. God those were fun to decorate! Total waste of time and gil...but a blast anyway. Anyway...I'm just saying that you would understand more and WILL understand more when it happens to you...and if you stick with FF it eventually will. You don't play an SE game and not get effed over at some point. Imagine if we'd been paying for the game when the earthguakes hit. Did they learn from that and build in some redundancy? Course not. That would cost money. SE HATES to spend money. That's why they don't exactly have the cream of the crop for developers. That's why people are shocked into spontaneous outbursts of rampant cheering when the actually get one or two things logical into a patch. For the most part we just dread them like the onset of a plague, hold our collective breath (SE is BIG on doing things collectively, whether we want to or not after all!) and hope and/or pray for the best! Sometimes we get really pissed...for quite a long time. Eventually we leave because even the most patient among of us can only take so much pain in the name of pleasure.

Paragraphs make reading easier on the eyes especially in the forums O.O its cool though your a noob on the forums (no disrespect) and I'm all for helping noobs got to start some where aye? ^^

[Solfleur]

90% of the community disagrees with you.

Your grasp of scientific method is exceeded only by your open mindedness and empathy.

[AarosLunos]

Your grasp of scientific method is exceeded only by your open mindedness and empathy.

Haha you're such a comedian!

[Solfleur]

Paragraphs make reading easier on the eyes especially in the forums O.O its cool though your a noob on the forums (no disrespect) and I'm all for helping noobs got to start some where aye? ^^

Thanks for the advice.. I take it I'm forgiven for insulting your manhood earlier. Good to know we aren't going to be snarky. ^^ I'll try to avoid those walls o' text in the future. I really was trying to be helpful believe it or not.

[Solfleur]

Haha you're such a comedian!

Isn't it nicer when we all get along? ^^

[Bled]

Thanks for the advice.. I take it I'm forgiven for insulting your manhood earlier. Good to know we aren't going to be snarky. ^^ I'll try to avoid those walls o' text in the future. I really was trying to be helpful believe it or not.

I hear you no worrys ^^ i read the whole thing, i just looked like this after words O.O

[Solfleur]

Some paragraphs, grammar and punctuation would be nice.

I used grammar and punctuation...you just couldn't see it through all the text.

[Solfleur]

Yours is a world ripe with passion and resolve isn't it?

Um... that depends upon how you mean the word ripe I'd guess? I am passionate, clearly, and definitely resolute, but I'm not such a devoted gamer that I fail to shower at least daily. ^^ Of course then again, the shampoo I use smells of ripe fruit so in that way I would suppose... (wall of text aborted here)