Quote Originally Posted by Zumi View Post
As someone who has never quit playing XI since it came out the game has gotten way better in my opinion since abyssea came out.
Abyssea destroyed the FFXI community and end game is now full of people who have burned their jobs to 99 with 0 skill...

There is no need for real linkshells anymore since everything can be lowmanned (except Legion, PW and ADL).
If you are a casual player and you have a few friends to play the game with, great, FFXI is perfect for you now.
But if you are looking for a buzzing linkshell with events and the feeling from the olden days, then forget about it.

I am playing ff11 still and quite enjoy it as I play with my boyfriend and a few RL friends. The beginning of the game has been made more "user friendly" for noobies and quests will guide you through most of the basic things now. There are still some social linkshells but they come and go because there is no real need for socials anymore. People tend to have their own little groups they play with.
There are some event linkshells that do endgame stuff but the reguirements are quite high if you actually want to get some of the harder stuff (mention in the beginning) done.