Quote Originally Posted by Sebazy View Post
Agreed, it just pains me because my past history of MMOs was never a problem with being a 1 trick. In Everquest my Shaman was an absolute monster, if I could slow it and it didn't DT, I could solo it. If I couldn't slow it, I still had a chance if it didn't just rampage me into the floor within a few seconds. FFXI? It took me a long long time to kill anything but again, if I could sleep it, I could kill it, and one beauty of being one of maybe 2 active high end non JP BRD mains on my server was that people weren't too inclined to MPK me to steal whatever I was killing For WoW and Warhammer online, my Shaman and WP were both a pleasure to solo and grind PvE when needed.

Meanwhile in FFXIV, it's pretty much as you say. I'm hitting the point now where I'm clawing at the Dancer button the second I'm not in Extreme or Savage content for the sake of my will to continue playing.

It's a sad state of affairs IMHO.
Oh yeah, my nostalgia goes way back as well. I mained RDM in XI, and experienced it when it turned from a debuffing monster to a refresh/cure bot. The days where you were told to put your main weapon down because your damage was laughable, and took a knee to regain mana during combat. As uphill as times were back then, I miss them too. FFXIV is too aged now and well past those days. I wouldn't call it a sad state. Just a different one. When you've been playing the game for a really long time, you just have to go out there and find things you enjoy doing.

It is in the very nature of mmos to change. Certain things you once enjoyed will be lost, and other things will come around that you pick up. It's just how those virtual worlds spin, and players have to adapt if they are to continue finding enjoyment in the same mmo.