Quote Originally Posted by Rowyne View Post
I agree with the OP.

This PLing business is complete garbage. I can't tell you how much gil I turned down in FFXI from people who desperately begged my WHM to PL them. I will have no hand in creating high level noobs who don't know how to play their class. And people who insisted on bringing their high level PL friends to parties because it became the new standard, it infuriated me. It was insulting. If they didn't leave, I did.

I don't want to see this become a repeat of FFXI. If we can't have the good things from that game, I certainly don't want the bad points.

Yoshi-P, if you're really doing this to help people play with their friends, why don't you implement FFXI's level sync? IMO, PLing is just a form of cheating and it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth that the people creating this game advocate it.

At this point, it feels like the game devs are at a loss of how to implement meaningful content and are just trying to expedite the leveling process to make it go by in a forgetful blur. It's become more empty than ever. I'm afraid this game is taking two steps forward, one step back.
This.

I've read way too many pages to respond any more thoroughly....