Quote Originally Posted by Zkieve View Post
just for the info, i never said i want ffxi system , or that ffxi was the awesome sauce.
I said it was a lot more difficult than ffxiv.1 grind party in ffxi(SC MB party) took more coordination than a NM in FFxiv.
FFXIV ITS THE EASIEST MMO I HAVE EVER PLAYED.
I dont care if they make it casual or whatever.But the fact is a super easy game, trying to say otherwise is just being hypocrite.
defense force of SE is more annoying everyday.I wasnt even in favor of making the game "hardcore".
Anyways boo bye , gonna be late.
Grinding in FFXI wasn't AT ALL difficult. It was long. That's all.
Skillchains/magic burst took a little coordination, but that's minimal, considering that they are an entirely routinary activity.
Considering that grind mobs in FFXIV are actually more active thanin FFXI ones (IE: in most cases have actually varied skills, that need a minimum level of awareness to be avoided), I would say that the skill involved is pretty much equivalent.

Hell, even just running around during a raptor party takes more awareness than throwing in a weapon skill for a skillchain in FFXI.

FFXIV also has stamina management on top of timing, which requires more awareness to fight with any decent degree of efficence. Aggro is more volatile too, and tanking is quite a lot more challenging in FFXIV grinding than it was in FFXI (tanking in FFXI was one of the easiest I found in a MMO).