EXP Parties as an option please!

[Cutie_McSnuggles]

It does sound like one of those, "you had to be there" type of things. My current opinion is it doesn't matter one way or the other if they put it in or not. But I'm not sure I'll ever really understand it. The way most people are describing XI in this thread it sounds like a terrible game that I'd hate. But I know I'm not getting the whole picture. It would be like me trying to explain to someone why I love Dark Souls so much if all they ever hear me talk about is those times I had 500K souls and got one shot by a boss and then fell off a cliff on the way to pick them back up.

[Maikal]

It does sound like one of those, "you had to be there" type of things. My current opinion is it doesn't matter one way or the other if they put it in or not. But I'm not sure I'll ever really understand it. The way most people are describing XI in this thread it sounds like a terrible game that I'd hate. But I know I'm not getting the whole picture. It would be like me trying to explain to someone why I love Dark Souls so much if all they ever hear me talk about is those times I had 500K souls and got one shot by a boss and then fell off a cliff on the way to pick them back up.

Oh, Dark Souls, the game that had me simultaneously throwing my controller and singing it's praises.... You've pretty much nailed it with the analogy- it's a lot like that, I think.

XI and XIV 1.0 were both slow, methodical games that required a ton of patience that more modern gamers wouldn't tolerate. However, the things I loved about them had nothing to do with their slow battle systems- I love the faster pace/feel of ARR combat! Just not the hordes of faceless, mute players piled on top of every wimpy, toothless, nil-threat mob in the game.