What if you could take it all back...

[ShepardG]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

SE's problem isn't abyssea, it's that they left the rest of the game alone for so fucking long, and still, most of the game has been untouched.

No new Einherjar loot, No limbus/the other side of that event loot, it took them almost what? a year after the final abyssea to "update" dynamis? Salvage still hasn't gotten an upgrade, the timers thought, while designed to slow the progression, were left in place. Zeni mobs gear was never updated, and hell 75% of the things that dropped from zeni mobs was crap @ 75.

I mean they could have made the sea torques (faith, hope, etc.) upgradable from drops that came from killing the mobs that drop the torque but hell if i could get anyone to help me kill jailor of faith. There isn't much of a reason to go back and spend time with older content... i mean... moblin maze mongers? really... could have been awesome, but PS2 limitations nerfed the amount of folks who could even be in the zone. The BCNM's from WoTGs that admitadely had great head pieces for lvl 75, were never updated so who the fuck wants to spend 3-5 hours running around killing NM's in a zone full of wack ass aggro, for gear that's mediocore compared to something you can kill in 30 minutes with 1-3 people.

they constantly are trying to balance the game, but the fact that they have kept themselves trapped under the ps2 has caused their entire "balance" to be off. it's just stupid and it's why i don't play anymore.

[Janay]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

SE's problem isn't abyssea, it's that they left the rest of the game alone for so fucking long, and still, most of the game has been untouched.

No new Einherjar loot, No limbus/the other side of that event loot, it took them almost what? a year after the final abyssea to "update" dynamis? Salvage still hasn't gotten an upgrade, the timers thought, while designed to slow the progression, were left in place. Zeni mobs gear was never updated, and hell 75% of the things that dropped from zeni mobs was crap @ 75.

I mean they could have made the sea torques (faith, hope, etc.) upgradable from drops that came from killing the mobs that drop the torque but hell if i could get anyone to help me kill jailor of faith. There isn't much of a reason to go back and spend time with older content... i mean... moblin maze mongers? really... could have been awesome, but PS2 limitations nerfed the amount of folks who could even be in the zone. The BCNM's from WoTGs that admitadely had great head pieces for lvl 75, were never updated so who the fuck wants to spend 3-5 hours running around killing NM's in a zone full of wack ass aggro, for gear that's mediocore compared to something you can kill in 30 minutes with 1-3 people.

they constantly are trying to balance the game, but the fact that they have kept themselves trapped under the ps2 has caused their entire "balance" to be off. it's just stupid and it's why i don't play anymore.

I do Limbus, ZNM, Salvage, etc for the game experience, because I like doing different things. Some of the times, I do them for the gear. I still have yet to have the joy of wearing a Homam piece, so I would do Limbus. We all have our different reasons for doing what we do.

[ShepardG]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

oh i completely agree, but if you not tri-boxing mules with auto cure bot's and TH tag bots and stuff, finding folks to help with those events is nightmarish. The problem is that most folks who enjoy good story over loot whoring.... don't play MMO's. FFXI's, IMHO, has one of the best story(s) of any of the MMO's i've played. It was amazing, and the actual experiences that came with the early leveling, chocobo license, airhsip pass, sky access, etc. helped to add to those story's in ways that I haven't experienced in other games.
Now though, playing through old content for the "change of pace" is great, but not when said content still requires you to have 3-6 other folks to help. And i'll admit you can do limbus solo, but probably not proto-omega. You can't do salvage, and the 3rd tier of zeni's can be solo'd on certain jobs, but definetly not the 4the like the cerb/hydra/khim vs.

The problem is that folks want that "leet" gear, and those event's were never updated to keep in times with the current gear. shitty thing is, it would have been so easy for SE to implemet...they just decided to pool their resources elseware....

[Raydeus]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

I agree with the old man.

The reason why I complained about many things in XI in the past was because they were for the most part easy to implement fixes to existing content. But they chose to focus somewhere else instead.

Forced grouping was enjoyable when you had people to do stuff, but if you didn't it was the worst thing that could ever happen to you in XI. Simply because you didn't have any other options to get stuff done. Either you had the people or you were completely unable to advance at all, as simple and annoying as that. And finding said people for the more annoying activities was very unlikely even in the highest population times. Not to mention grouping usually punished you for doing so even though it was required to get things done.

And it wasn't the community, but a design flaw they refused to fix. Proof of that is that when Trials were implemented, an activity that actually rewarded you for interacting and cooperating with other players rather than making it a liability, players responded and banded together in ways I'd never seen before in all my years playing XI.

And for a time, it was good.



PS > /poke Shepard

[Yygdrasil]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

Sad was the day when I walked right up to an unclaimed Jormy and said in LS chat:

/l Guys! Jormy is up! Who wants to come kill it, I bet we only need 6-8 people! Come on!

... and got a resounding "Meh" and "What does it drop again?"...

I died a little inside that day.

[Romyro]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

jormy has been like that for about 8 years...

[Yygdrasil]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

Still. That staff would make me happy.

[Mezlo]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

I never hunted HNM's, which staff did it drop?

[Yygdrasil]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

[Romyro]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

i actually missed out on my pet shells jormy run...

We went one day (75 days) with my shell. Ton of Bsts and couple Smns. We were there for over an hour and had him locked at 80% ish. Coulda held plenty longer but we decided it was a waste of jugs and pet food.

Next day my shell went with a couple extra Smns. I logged in to them with Jormy at like 14%...woulda been cool to experience the win

[Yellow Mage]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

Wait. DMG:4? Do you intend to Avesta things with Ifrit's Favor or something?

[Mezlo]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

Wait. DMG:4? Do you intend to Avesta things with Ifrit's Favor or something?

Yyg likes clubbing bunnies to tahrongi canyon...

[Yygdrasil]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

Wait. DMG:4? Do you intend to Avesta things with Ifrit's Favor or something?

It's all about skill-ups, my friend. Any 2-handed weapon is a pain in the arse to skill up without some kind of multi-attack augment.

Also: TP Return and being able to throw off Spirit Taker's more frequently when meleeing on SMN.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

It's all about skill-ups, my friend. Any 2-handed weapon is a pain in the arse to skill up without some kind of multi-attack augment.

Also: TP Return and being able to throw off Spirit Taker's more frequently when meleeing on SMN.

I'm sure you'll end up getting a lot of MP back with that damage-dependent Weapon Skill!

In all seriousness, why not just get a Magian 2-4 Staff? It would serve you better than the Mercurial Pole for everything that you want the Mercurial Pole for.

[Mezlo]

Re: What if you could take it all back...

It's all about skill-ups, my friend. Any 2-handed weapon is a pain in the arse to skill up without some kind of multi-attack augment.

Also: TP Return and being able to throw off Spirit Taker's more frequently when meleeing on SMN.

(Seriously Yyg, tell him about the bunnies...)