One Year Ago! - The thread

[Captaindownsyndrome]

it's worse than a year ago and yoshi is compounding the issue. it's bad when 2 of the 3 biggest ls's on my server are having to merge to have an active ls again. both of these ls's were over 50-75 active pre 1.18 and now are maybe combined that many if they are lucky. don't try to say all servers have increased in population because i can promise you karnak is not one.

Im trying to get into the state of mind, but i just dont think my body could withstand the amount of dope i would have to smoke.

[Drew]

It's Sooo different from when I played for those first months, its like a new game, some good, some bad.
but still very litle story and content, but that seems to be coming slowly.

[Captaindownsyndrome]

It's Sooo different from when I played for those first months, its like a new game, some good, some bad.
but still very litle story and content, but that seems to be coming slowly.

there alot more content just wait you will see it just not at your rank

[Ashaylin]

Remember the Coblyn Genocide?

A: "Hey, I'm a new player. Where can I go to level?"
B: "Just go kill coblyns."

A: "I'd like to solo for a bit. What should I kill at lvl 20?"
B: "Coblyns."

A: "Where's a good grinding mob for my party?"
B: "One word. Coblyns."

A: "I'm looking for a challenge."
B: "Go kill some coblyns. Oh wait, that's not right. You'll have mix things up a little. It's Doblyns you should kill. My bad."

And the guides?

-Coblyn
-Doblyn
-Moblyn
-Soblyn
-Boblyns?

[Jinrya-Geki]

Remember the Coblyn Genocide?

A: "Hey, I'm a new player. Where can I go to level?"
B: "Just go kill coblyns."

A: "I'd like to solo for a bit. What should I kill at lvl 20?"
B: "Coblyns."

A: "Where's a good grinding mob for my party?"
B: "One word. Coblyns."

A: "I'm looking for a challenge."
B: "Go kill some coblyns. Oh wait, that's not right. You'll have mix things up a little. It's Doblyns you should kill. My bad."

And the guides?

-Coblyn
-Doblyn
-Moblyn
-Soblyn
-Boblyns?

All I can say is, awesome sig!

[elreed]

what makes you think that Tanaka isnt involved with the game anymore, they may changed the leader but Tanaka always had a great vision, with the new course the game has i might say that he must be involved in some way.

sneak potion, prism powder...

[Zenaku]

what makes you think that Tanaka isnt involved with the game anymore, they may changed the leader but Tanaka always had a great vision, with the new course the game has i might say that he must be involved in some way.

sneak potion, prism powder...

I don't know he the producer of FFXI again? which is a full time job. Yoshi-p took over 100% now. There no reason to get tanaka idea anymore maybe the first few months to get yoshi-p up to speed with the issue but now it's pointless.

[Miraa]

Seriously doubt it, 1.18 which you hate so much brought ten times more people back to the game than anything they have done since launch day. Obviously not everyone agrees that the changes Yoshi is doing are bad.

Is that an actual figure?

This game going from "casual paradise" to "raptor grind" has already scared off two of my IRL friends who simply don't have the patience to run around Corethas for hours on end (although I know there are other methods of SPing currently) - these are the same people who I couldn't get into XI for the exact same reason. This is made worse by the fact that every class needs at least one other class leveled to be worth a damn. You can call my friends on "not being hardcore enough", but the simple fact of the matter is that these days you make casual games in this industry or you make no money. There was room in this game for a fun and dynamic ranking up process with a challenging endgame, and there still is hopefully.

The changes don't bother me personally at all, but I think that if Tanaka's original game had been given a chance to be developed properly, it would have turned out right and been a great game in it's own right. SE's marketing team must have jumped the gun and forgot that Final Fantasy titles usually require a very long development cycle. What we're playing now feels like a beta - the actual "beta" we were playing felt like a friggin' tech demo. It was rushed out WAY too early if you ask me.

[IStolzI]

If this game isn't casual enough for you then really MMOs probably arn't your thing. DDs don't even pay attention to the enmity bar and then say "Enmity still broke" when really it works fine if you let me build hate before you start stringing Buffed WS like a DRK who uses every buff he has before a guillotine in XI.

It is very easy to hit capped xp with a skilled party, but its also easier to run around gangbanging mobs only 10 levels higher and still get very good xp.

It's also easy to solo doing leves and behests. This is boring to me, it's boring to a lot of people. So we grind with other people. If your excuse for passing on raptor partys is "I don't want to run around coerthas for hours on end" Then whats the problem with 8 quests nicely rewarding SP every 36 hours?

Some people will fight everything. And btw I know my linkshell is AT LEAST 10x more people on at all times then before the patch, so I would agree with that statement. There are still people who pop in and pop out yea, but I have a feeling with every one of these giga-patches that number will dwindle and the player base will continue to rise.

[tymora]

One year ago...Shards were expensive and people farm elementals for crystals.
One year ago...You get killed by antlions while walking to Uldah from Gridania.
One year ago...You can get 0 sp from killing a mob. You can go into a party at the same rank and some people will out rank you after the party.
One year ago...I get SP AoEing mobs.