No static, No gear

[Lithera]

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.

[Vladislav]

I never did understand the term 'hardcore', and the term 'no-lifer' is used too loosely.

Just because someone has progressed through most of current content doesn't mean they spend most of their waking hours on the game. It means;

they effectively used their time in game
they're competent
they're playing with other competent players

This game isn't hard, nor is it that grindy unless you want to bring up the optional atma weapons. In a month of average playtime, a person can go from fresh character to ilvl90ed main job with all usable cross class abilities, zenith weapon, and be ready for the 2nd coil. You don't need to be a NEET. Just because someone progressed farther than you doesn't mean they have nothing else to do with themselves in life.

You totally didn't got my point...but..k . Also i use my time very effective and got progressed far as need lol.

S N I P.

You joking me right ? Everything after Abyssea came out was able to be soloed or d/boxed if you comepetent enough . Salvage 3 ppl's to get in , after in 1 player can leave and u burn , Dynamis solo farm , solo boss any area on BST , only ADL need few peeps to kill. Limbus atm...... joke . all this content was hot in back 75 Aht urghan days , but this days "Have come and Gone".

[Lithera]

SNIP

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.

Read my whole post. When that gear was still the best you could NOT solo it and it was locked out. Even Abyssea had lockouts since stones were limited and with the limited abyssites and only one atma until the second installment, NOTHING in Abyssea was easily lowmanned short of the base level NMs. Even now in FFXI the best gear requires at least a party and there's no real exception there unless you have the gil for upgrading your AF/Relic. There's just no actual lockouts on endgame now short of entry items.