Quote Originally Posted by Mamba View Post
I liked the sneak and invis. spells/medicine in FFXI.
U know in FFXI you could also avoid sight aggro monsters by going behind them, still invisible was great when u just wanted to run through a zone (just to find out that one of them was infact a sound aggro one or a true sight... lol).
I don't think one way of going around mobs should rule another out.
I agree they were nice to have in XI. I do, however, feel that players became too reliant on them. You HAD to have them to get to certain areas, and unless you were a mage, you had to buy/craft the items, which was costly.

Speaking as a player who never had a decent amount of gil, Silent Oil/Prism Powder were a huge pain for me. To make matters worse, when I would actually have some...there would be times when the effect would immediately begin to wear off right after using it. That mechanic can go straight to hell.