Quote Originally Posted by davidbowie View Post
wow so everybody plays mmo's now to finish them fast af should be immediate not gained over time ok hey sqaure enix just give these guys everything now so they will stop complaining hell lets make game easier.
FFXI af could take months to years to get but those were the days when people were willing to work for it and suffer.


mmo's are dead thanks to the I want it now generation of gamers who are impatient.
FFXI actually took THAT LONG to accomplish things though. There was always something you could do to better yourself or obtain due to gear swapping. Gear swapping was the greatest creation ever. It to this day makes every facet of endgame relevant for a 10+ year old game.
FFXI took months to get your first 75, not 2 days of Abyssea... I mean FATE grinding.

The issue is that with FFXIV you are not in control of how fast you go. It feels like a f2p system attached to a p2p game... "Best gear in the game: limited dungeon run 1-time a week, myth caps @300". Please do not compare old school FFXI to this. There was content to do in NA release of XI (RoZ), the only barrier was how much you were willing to put in.