Quote Originally Posted by Ashkendor View Post
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Pretty much all of this.

Every time I see these threads almost the same things you mentioned pop into my head. My guess is that many people who feel this way are also those who are in small or dead FCs where everyone does things on their own. My FC is pretty small itself, but many of us have been playing together since FFXI launch and others have joined us on the way. This in itself is what makes playing the game fun for me even when I really have nothing to do in the game on some days. Due to work and being on the west coast on a primarily east coast server, I haven't had luck finding a static (FC is mostly EST so they start raiding while I'm still at work T.T) to dip into savage content.

I also noticed a trend in people who start threads like this, they typically dislike Savage and EX Primals yet feel the need to have tome gear. They also then continue to complain that the current expert dungeons are too easy and are lame because they drop gear that is way below tome gear. For that group of people, I really wish I could make them see that they do not need tome gear nor is it designed for them. It's there to assist players in gearing up for Savage and EX Primal runs.

My favorites though, are the people who complain that they are forced to run DREX to get tome gear and hate every alternative there is to obtaining lore and DREX itself. I think I maybe run that once or twice a week and still manage to cap lore without even trying. Also, the people who feel that the only game they are allowed to play is FFXIV and then complain about burn out because they play it 40 hours a week.