Quote Originally Posted by Luvbunny View Post
I don't get it. You said you have more stuffs to do in FFXI? That game is 10 times worse when it comes to grinds. And what do you exactly do in FFXI?? Ding ding ding!!!! Collecting gears... and more gears... and more gears!! And farming and grinding, for xp, for money, for currency, for oh forget it, it's grinding for every single little things you want to do.
This is incorrect actually, what FFXI offered (which was far from perfect mind you) was variety in content.

Because gear progression was horizontal and equipment could be swapped in for various abilities etc during battle, content was relevant for much longer than it is here. You could arguably be doing Dynamis, CoP Dynamis, Limbus, Salvage, Einherjar, Nyzul Isle, Sky, Sea, HNMs, ZNMs, Campaign, and various small NMs for years because something there would still be usable (this was at 75 cap btw), and yes much of this content was added over YEARS of expansions (While ARR is only a little over a year old, FFXIV is going on 4+ years now)

I don't think anyone wants the horrible and lulz-worthy system that was mid battle gear swapping back, nor do i think you'll find anyone who will argue that gear from 4 years prior should be best in slot for anything (it shouldn't), what people do want however, is more variety in content maybe a branching path of gear options as opposed to a ladder that goes one way.

And yes before someone brings this point up, number-crunchers will always find the numerical BiS for any job given situation and opportunity, this however shouldn't stop the devs from adding a variety of content.