Considering FFXI till FFXIV 2.0

[MicahZerrshia]

The reason that people want a certain amount of gear or experience in pugs is because its usually needed to be successful. If you don't have temp items and atmacites for VW along with a good weapon you won't be too useful to the group.

When people make groups to get lower level VW clears for temps and Key items they usually don't have a high gear requirement to get in.

You forgot very specific jobs.

I have all the VW done, same with aby and what not, did all that when it was new. What Im talking about is anything outside the aby/vw easy endgame sphere. All these new neo's they are coming out with and even some of the old stuff you just cannot get into. And like I said, building an empy is more mind numbing now than ever due to no one really needing/wanting the bosses you need for them anymore, and if you dont have that empy you cannot get into pts for other things and even if you manage to get an empy and you have decent gear but not the top gear you cant get it because no one will take you in with them for a chance at it. Its a vicious cycle. I have played xi since 05 and had a wonderful ls for years who had static events multiple times a week and always had new players that we helped out. But since aby the whole mentality has changed and its gotten brutal

[Zumi]

You forgot very specific jobs.

I have all the VW done, same with aby and what not, did all that when it was new. What Im talking about is anything outside the aby/vw easy endgame sphere. All these new neo's they are coming out with and even some of the old stuff you just cannot get into. And like I said, building an empy is more mind numbing now than ever due to no one really needing/wanting the bosses you need for them anymore, and if you dont have that empy you cannot get into pts for other things and even if you manage to get an empy and you have decent gear but not the top gear you cant get it because no one will take you in with them for a chance at it. Its a vicious cycle. I have played xi since 05 and had a wonderful ls for years who had static events multiple times a week and always had new players that we helped out. But since aby the whole mentality has changed and its gotten brutal

The most annoying thing I find about FFXI currently is most people will pay for 2 accounts dual box a meele+whm to do empyreans. You can solo it yes but its pretty slow. Kind of annoying to see dual boxers everywhere. I mean what every happened to playing with other people? There is a kind of solo everything mentality in the game for abyssea.

[Xikeroth]

The most annoying thing I find about FFXI currently is most people will pay for 2 accounts dual box a meele+whm to do empyreans. You can solo it yes but its pretty slow. Kind of annoying to see dual boxers everywhere. I mean what every happened to playing with other people? There is a kind of solo everything mentality in the game for abyssea.

I dual box but its for different reasons, I dual boxed BEFORE abyssea came out because I found no matter what event I was doing we always lacked something So I leveled up a RDM(my old main on my main character) and it helped complete the old content. I never take my dual box to just Solo stuff. I only use it to help my friends with what they need.