Can we stop destroying the solo part of this game?

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No, because people actually like playing in groups -- The only people with problems are those who want to solo an entire MMO and SE isn't allowing that.

Also, adding in XI was unnecessary, pretty much every MMO has group content and group grinding, it's only recent MMOs that pushes "Hey you don't need to play with other people to play our MMO!"

Having to group to progress through content that starts after one reaches the level cap = OK, not well, you better party otherwise its going to be so slow you'll want to stab your eyes out = fail and reeks of 2003 mentality.

Only the FF community continues to make such a big deal about the pace of leveling where other successful MMO's that have made a ton of money start at the level cap and offer fast paced content. I guess you FFXI purists want to prance around in town and say "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME, I'M LEVEL 50!!!!!!!" give me a break, stop the special snowflake crap already.

I find it so funny that people sit there and complain about how fast people level up in this game since it released where as in other games the pace of leveling is such a non-issue because the challenge begins in gearing up by fighting some tough content.

But lo' and behold, you FFXI purists sit there and think the only way people should level is by grouping up which can take hours to find a group of your leveling range then riding out to the said camp hoping its not flooded with other parties.

People should be able to level at a decent pace solo, sure it might not be those 100k+/hr parties but atleast people should feel like they're accomplishing something.