Quote Originally Posted by Sephrick View Post
Only problem with XI was, with the exception of CoP which forced level caps, if you weren't 75 you weren't welcomed to come along. That was my experience anyway.

I like that they're putting the decision in the hands of the player. It's the way it should be.

Plus, this allows them to focus on end game and to cater to the folks that have been here for a year.

All in all, it seems like they have the right way of thinking. There's no reason to make the game all about some arbitrary slow grind when they can spend their time designing fun, engagig and difficult encounters.
Yup I agree and I too like the way it's headed and the fact that it's the player's decision how they wish to level, I just had a little nostalgia of my old FFXI days a long time ago. For me though I thought there was a lot of things to do up to 75, and I wasn't put aside for any rank/cop/ToAU missions when I met the rank to do it.

But that is off-topic and was not really the point of my post ^^