Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[TheRogueX]

As for the then and now comparisons for player skill. You're wrong, simple as that. Players now are so much more skilled then they used to be. 10 years ago forums and databases didn't exist the way they do now. Sites like Wowhead, Gamerescape, and these very forums were non-existent. The sphere of plat that exists for MMO has changed radically and a lot of players in this very thread refuse to see or accept that.

LOL - The fact that you think we didn't have resources like we do today is hilarious. I was playing Earth and Beyond and Lineage II 10 years ago, and we had PLENTY of forums/databases/websites to use. Hell, Lineage II had a mod you could run in the background that tracked drop rates across players, averaged them out, and placed them in a database that could be reached via a well-designed website. Even ZAM (Allakazam) has existed for 10 years. So anyway, you were either too young to play MMOs back then or were just totally obvious.

And then the boss throws one final attack after it dies, which will kill everyone instantly if you don't do something super specific. Hope you like starting over!

This is actually a common occurrence in Final Fantasy games, lol