Quote Originally Posted by Jynx View Post
I like presumptious posts like this, they think that people supporting the system are always the people who went 5/5 for a materia. Hell I played XI for years, I still love the NM hunting in the game I had my good streaks and my bad streaks.

What was my worst?

In my total XI career until they changed the drop of the Theifs knife NM I went 0/89 for that knife that is only counting the times I claimed that bastard. Yet still despite being that guy who got the poo end of the stick I didn't complain because everyone had the exact same chance as me to get the item.

Everyone has the exact same chance to get a 5/5 slotted item as I do, I can increase my odds by investing more time. It gives me something to do in a game where long lasting content is non-existent outside this system.

Love it or Hate it, you can't deny it provides a massive time-sink that this game desperatly needed.
lol...0/89 for that queer tonberry, and you think you know what it's like to be on the "poo" end of the stick?? I don't even remember what his pop time was, but try going 0/40ish on Argus -ya, the NM that you could know the pop time for and still end up waiting 12 hours for him to pop. That was one of my friends. I was lucky enough to go like....2/7 or so. And you know the funny thing about it? I actually enjoyed it. And the reason, why, is simple...camping NMs is "a completely different animal" as some hicks like to say. At least w/ NMs you can't "lose" everything you worked for after already putting in a tremendous amount of effort. I don't mind making ppl sink time into something as long as it's always "productive." What's absurd, is that SE has made it where you could spend days, even months, farming enough materia or stuff to make gil, get all the mats you need to make your godly gear, BUST on every single one, and then start from scratch. You lose TIME (like w/ nms); you lose GIL (not like w/ nms): and you lose something you already WORKED your A#$ off for (not like w/ nms). SE needs to find a more innovative way to "take up our time" than simply hitting the "repeat button" for everything.