Quote Originally Posted by Mireille View Post
Not really quite sure how your statement here is any less an opinion than mine. In fact I would say that my feeling that XI is entering its final years of service is supported by the dwindling player population, and the hard cap represented by the PS2 hard drive limitation. At some point in the not too distant future development will cease, although they may do mergers and leave the servers up with no support for years to come. I expect we will see a third SE MMO launched prior to XI ending its development.

As far as it being a good change that is a question of opinion. I liked camping the Kings the old way, and unlike a lot of people I didn't see bots around every corner. I'm sure some shells did bot, but they didn't always get the claim either. There was one shell on our server that was notorious for bot claims, and they even did it in abyssea on NMs that spawned every few minutes so short timers didn't exactly solve the problem.
I rather not compare opinions for an old mmo adapting to new standards, although your assumptions do have weight to them. I'd say we're both correct.

I don't speak for the majority, I think most don't enjoy camping/waiting for hours for a pop, but there must be a fair compromise.