Quote Originally Posted by Preypacer View Post


I mean, if some people insist on remaining pissed off even long after doing so has become pointless... then by all means... let them remain pissed. That's their business.

I just don't get it.
I can easily see why you don't get it. 1. you're a noob. No disrespect. We all start off somewhere. I have a great deal of compassion for noobs and help them whenever I can. 2. Your job wasn't affected. You didn't put months and months into a job or jobs that were affected by change(s) you find terrifically frustrating...so you feel no need to vent on boards where you hope to find like minded people who share your concerns and may help you problem solve your way through the issues. 3. My guess is you didn't play FFXI for years and have the exact same kind of BS happen to you then too...which just adds to the frustration factor now. I don't speak for all female players of the game, but a lot of us are here for the esthetics of the game. We like how it looks. We like that our characters are characters not "toons" ...and that things look like what they are...not some kind of barfed up disney on LSD nightmare world <cough> WoW <cough> ...okay? We are loyal despite the many imperfections and inconsistencies of SE. Despite the fact that they patch together old servers from a central location rather than putting up servers around the globe for a global game the way that toonish game does. We put up with a LOT of subtle and not so subtle sexism (because that IS Japanese culture and we understand we're playing a Japanese game) because of the things we DO like about the game...though I really do miss our mog houses. God those were fun to decorate! Total waste of time and gil...but a blast anyway. Anyway...I'm just saying that you would understand more and WILL understand more when it happens to you...and if you stick with FF it eventually will. You don't play an SE game and not get effed over at some point. Imagine if we'd been paying for the game when the earthguakes hit. Did they learn from that and build in some redundancy? Course not. That would cost money. SE HATES to spend money. That's why they don't exactly have the cream of the crop for developers. That's why people are shocked into spontaneous outbursts of rampant cheering when the actually get one or two things logical into a patch. For the most part we just dread them like the onset of a plague, hold our collective breath (SE is BIG on doing things collectively, whether we want to or not after all!) and hope and/or pray for the best! Sometimes we get really pissed...for quite a long time. Eventually we leave because even the most patient among of us can only take so much pain in the name of pleasure.