Hardcore is not a dirty word

[Pandastirfry]

Stating that Final Fantasy 11 was not a hardcore game is much like stating Obama is not a liberal, you can pick out things that make him seam like a conservative yet he is in fact still a liberal.

are you new to the forums? cause popular belief here is FF11 was for hardcore gamers and FF14 is for casual.

And it used to be popular opinion that disease was caused by evil spirits. what's your point?

FFXI was for hardcore gamers if by hard core you mean people like I used to be, no responsibilities and plenty of time (or really procrastinating on something I should have been doing, like my school work at the time, good golly I wonder what my GPA would have been if the scales had fallen from my eyes earlier) to sit around and stare at a screen hoping, oh hoping so hard, that you would be the ones to kill a particular HNM, that spawns once a week and you've had someone sitting there babysitting that spot the whole time, the strategy for which was soooo complex, Keep tank alive, beat on it till its HP reaches 0, just like every other MMO.

Like I said, it wasn't hardcore, sure it sucked the life from your bones and gave an illusion of depth, but in reality it was a tank and spank grind fest with time sinks in masquerading as content.

[Dragonlord]

And it used to be popular opinion that disease was caused by evil spirits. what's your point?

FFXI was for hardcore gamers if by hard core you mean people like I used to be, no responsibilities and plenty of time (or really procrastinating on something I should have been doing, like my school work at the time, good golly I wonder what my GPA would have been if the scales had fallen from my eyes earlier) to sit around and stare at a screen hoping, oh hoping so hard, that you would be the ones to kill a particular HNM, that spawns once a week and you've had someone sitting there babysitting that spot the whole time, the strategy for which was soooo complex, Keep tank alive, beat on it till its HP reaches 0, just like every other MMO.

Like I said, it wasn't hardcore, sure it sucked the life from your bones and gave an illusion of depth, but in reality it was a tank and spank grind fest with time sinks in masquerading as content.

Ohh really AV was a tank+spank right? Seems u forgot that SE had to release a video for people that spend alooooot of time, trying to analyze and discete a strategy to defeat him. Also what HNM poped every 7days? None i remember. I recall it being 24-72hours. That isnt really the point here though.