I might get hate or banned but hey w/e

[Niqote]

It's not what it used to be, that's why.

I also think people remember it with a rose tint.

One of the big drawbacks of XI was that it took you hours to do ANYTHING progressive. You were so dependant on the community.
Nothing is perfect. I remember some amazing TP burn parties, but I also remember hunting/fighting the claim bots for that 8 legged bastard for my Husbands Joyeuse.
My favourite was soloing the SMN fights. These fights seemed to make everyone heart beat increase when soloed XD

[Blackcanary]

I also think people remember it with a rose tint.

One of the big drawbacks of XI was that it took you hours to do ANYTHING progressive. You were so dependant on the community.
Nothing is perfect. I remember some amazing TP burn parties, but I also remember hunting/fighting the claim bots for that 8 legged bastard for my Husbands Joyeuse.
My favourite was soloing the SMN fights. These fights seemed to make everyone heart beat increase when soloed XD

I disagree with you about the rose colour tint glasses. I believe people just really like the game and that those problems where things that they learned to just deal with but it didn't spoil the fun they had in the game.

I do agree that something did take a long time to do, but there was so much to do and the world out side the city's was so alive. Look how long somethings take to do in FFXIV only problem is the online community complain so much that everything ends up being nurffed in the end.

[Lan_Mantear]

I also think people remember it with a rose tint.
One of the big drawbacks of XI was that it took you hours to do ANYTHING progressive. You were so dependant on the community.
Nothing is perfect. I remember some amazing TP burn parties, but I also remember hunting/fighting the claim bots for that 8 legged bastard for my Husbands Joyeuse.
My favourite was soloing the SMN fights. These fights seemed to make everyone heart beat increase when soloed XD

LOL, my wife and I camped Charybdis 1 week straight to get that damnable sword! I also remember camping Shikigami Weapon for days to get Yingyang robe. Running around Ro'maeve casting spells to make an invisible NM appear in the middle of a high level zone where mobs aggroed magic was an experience!