Request: I don't want to solo the main scenario

[Majidah]

Sounds like a rather extensive case of you not giving a damn about getting rank 10. I got my Sandy Flag, Windy Flag, and Bastok Flag all hanging up in my Mog House when PUP was my only 75.

No I didn't have someone drag me through it all.
No my LS wasn't burning them.

I simply said to myself, "I want those flags." Then I got it done. I scanned /sea I looked up anyone in my current rank and I began inviting them for runs. Hardly took any real effort in the end since most of the fights were pretty easy. A few of them were more difficult and actually required the PT to be awake but I had a blast going through those missions and felt awesome afterwards.

Just another example of someone who expects things to fall into his lap instead of putting in the effort. I never really had much problems in FFXI because I didn't wait for my goals to just happen. It is a vital skill every player should be taught. Having everything casual as hell and not forcing group from an early level is going to rob players of this critical knowledge. Hell most people I invite to party aren't even flagged or in Uldahn. I just go through the list of players in range and ask them in /tell if they would like some EXP.

People need to stop equating FFXI and hard work to the boogey man. Those who give a damn about finishing something will find a way in a timely manner. You were only beating yourself. the game had nothing to do with it.

Are you my doppelganger? This is exactly my experience on XI. I was a PUP 75 with all 3 nation flags.

I'd make my own parties, as I usually do on XI. And things get done in a timely manner.

I didn't even have a LS on XI. I was a truly solo player (by this I mean I grouped with strangers when things needed to be done, but I didn't rely on a LS to do me any favors).

People who can't get a group going are just lazy tbh. I'd get groups going for anything even on XIV before the server merge. I never was unable to do something because of lack of people here or there.

But anyway, I agree 100% with this guy.

And no, it has nothing to do with luck. You get things done if you actually try. On XI you'd just copy paste the invite and send it to everyone who wasn't in a party an within level range. Also macro'd a party shout macro and run up and down through all of jeuno.

[LillithaFenimore]

Are you my doppelganger? This is exactly my experience on XI. I was a PUP 75 with all 3 nation flags.

I'd make my own parties, as I usually do on XI. And things get done in a timely manner.

I didn't even have a LS on XI. I was a truly solo player (by this I mean I grouped with strangers when things needed to be done, but I didn't rely on a LS to do me any favors).

People who can't get a group going are just lazy tbh. I'd get groups going for anything even on XIV before the server merge. I never was unable to do something because of lack of people here or there.

But anyway, I agree 100% with this guy.

And no, it has nothing to do with luck. You get things done if you actually try. On XI you'd just copy paste the invite and send it to everyone who wasn't in a party an within level range. Also macro'd a party shout macro and run up and down through all of jeuno.

I made my own exp parties too. I'll tell you how long it took. On a good day 10 minutes, on a bad day, an hour. That was just the construction of it. That did not include traveling to camps...only to find they were taken...then have to add more time by checking online for other viable camps if the one you built your party around was taken. Oh and God help you if you had to move to another camp that really required another job...then that usually meant having to tell someone "I'm sorry, but your job is no longer viable for my party since we have to go to X camp." That sucked having to say something like that to someone, especially since they may have been lfp as long as an hour.

And again, I would make my own parties too in order to get things done, but again, luck factors in. And time you were own, and the day, because I know many LS's would run end game stuff, or go farming for this that and the other for their end game. So you can't tell me that it took only a few minutes to gather man power to go to Ugly Temple to deal with friggen tonberries from hell to get pop item to pop that stoopid Pawberry then go pop Mr. Man and deal with him >.>; to get the drop. And that pop item according to wiki could take "■Temple of Uggalepih (K-8) - ??? can take 15 minutes to 2 hours to spawn. " Yeah...guess who got the long spawn time.... >.>;

Anywho again my point is...people who played XI weren't lazy >.>; and it did involve LUCK a lot of times >.>;