Quote Originally Posted by Vladislav View Post
SNIP.
Adoulin was the first expansion with NO real locks short of farming entry items and Meebles, Legion, Assaults are STILL limited to this day. Things like Dynamis, Limbus etc. for a long time not only cost gil to enter but were only doable every 72 hours so twice a week basically. Do you know how hard it was to get into a static LS for those? And they required at least 18 people. None of the best gear in the game was obtainable easily solo until Abyssea launched and even then it wasn't until at least the second part of Abyssea that certain monsters could be easily solod/duoed. Also the lockouts/timers are designed to keep the "hardcore/no lifers" from completing all content and gearing out BiS in a few days. FFXIV is designed from the top down to cater to a more casual playerbase.