Quote Originally Posted by Anonymoose View Post

But after reading all the douchebaggery last night, I can't help but ask myself, "Why are we letting these people dictate the terms of content?" What about ... everyone else? We ever gonna get a crack at this?
Because FFXIV is like the adoptive home of lost FF11 puppies, they came to Erozea thinking they could mold and shape the game into FF11-2 and to some extent they have done that.

Personally I am willing to put the time and effort into gearing up for Ifrit, including materia, but I do draw the line at leveling a class I have no intention of playing.

I've just leveled Lancer up to 50 and thats cool because I do enjoy that class, but screwed if im guna jump straight back into grinding to get Gladiator to 36, when does the fun start ?

Ifrit is a fun encounter but its so badly balanced the community is quickly taking any fun out of the experience by inforcing these silly rules.