FINAL FANTASY XI!

(I'm going to start a fire here by alerting all the trolls to the yard just by saying that game's name.)

In XI there were challenges of extreme difficulty.

However there were almost an endless way to overcome great challenges with horizontal progression.

Some would say that patience shouldn't be rewarded the same way twitch reaction skills are rewarded but I think a lot of the content that could be cleared with patience DID REQUIRE SKILL. It took a lot of time and dedication combined with long-term planning but you could gear yourself up to make the difference with full spell set and proper items and food.


XIV in it's current form doesn't offer options this way and I think it's most harmful when it comes to crafted gear and food. They made those completely useless to the point where I wonder why do they even exist?