Just out of pure curiosity for you long-time players. [Regarding nerfs]

[exile2k3]

Going into moghouse used to be able to reset 2 hour timers. Last battle of a level up PT, everyone used theirs for kicks

I still do, because I usually log out afterwards. My PTs usually end at like 2 AM and I was asleep since 1 hour into the PT.

[Cedric]

THF sub having full-power fuiuchi.

Everyone and their mother subbed thf and did insane damage.

[Ayako2]

*remembers when there were no AH or Sneak/Invis/Deoder

The worst was a patch in July 2002 that lasted about 4 days. They had changed accuracy ratings so the stronger the enemy was, the harder it was for you to hit. This still holds true now, but they fudged it so bad, it was impossible to hit even Tsuyo enemies. No one bothered to make parties at all in that time, and if they did, only if there were 3 BLM. I solo"d my WHM from 23-26 because of this.

[Xuande]

Originally posted by Aldo
there was no specific PT colour/comment search, only 1 green one.

There used to be no comments at all. I don't know how we did without them.

Also no tax in Jeuno for bazar. AH tax was also the same in Jeuno as the other 3 nations.

[Aldo]

i think the tax got higher even, i never remember it being 10% in jueno last year, maybe it was just me

[struck]

You had to pay to use Nomad Moogles.

[anavrin]

Originally posted by Cedric
THF sub having full-power fuiuchi.

Everyone and their mother subbed thf and did insane damage.

In addition, grapple got 2 critical hits. One hit was a normal critical, and the other was fui damage.

Uh..
The PC version came out.
The NA PC version came out.
The NA PS2 version came out.

Those are all the nerfs i can think of right now.

[Elite]

When you got kicked off a chocobo if you got hit by an area attack.

[Evoada]

there was only 1 skin for your menu in FFXI (the default one)

protect and shell icon were different

whm with passive ability had an icon (same as hp regen now) all the time

almost all buffs had the same icon

on FFXI intro screen you had all the same areas fly by except valkurm

when you started POL you had Squaresoft logo (heh)

the mahjong game that was sold to you in the jp version was still in beta for a few months from launch ( it didn't work for me at the beggining)

login window of POL was different (the one where you put your login and pasword)

the white armor (lv 50) cost about 100000 G a peice (i'm never selling mine)

no conquest competition system

areas could not be under bstmen control

you could do 40000G easy in yuhgott grotto by getting lv 24 equip drops (that area was very very camped at the time) now you get one equip every hour (unless you are THF) but that area is empty and useless

all beastmen used to drop more equip items (imagine how easy it was for crafters who used the thunder cristal dissolve method)

first FFXI event was getting carrots from a moogle and giving them to a white rabbit running around lathiene. reward was a nice belt (but i think they did that event again)

i want my old FFXI back

[Starv]

The server population used drop to around 400 at jp nighttime (half of which were bazaaring). I killed Leaping Lizzy like 20 times in 2 days cus there were no people hunting at all. However, finding a PT for anything just wasn't gonna happen.

Item drops from almost anything used to be 10x easier, especially beastmen who drop armour.

Oh, and the Amethyst quad shells and battering ram horns were 2-3k each, dark crystals were 8k a stack and I used to be able to make a bomb farming them since item drops were alot easier Gil used to be so much easier to come by ><

[Andry]

Originally posted by Ayako2
No one bothered to make parties at all in that time, and if they did, only if there were 3 BLM.

damnit, and i missed it. would've abused the hell out of it

[Junun]

Uh..
The PC version came out.
The NA PC version came out.
The NA PS2 version came out.

Those are all the nerfs i can think of right now.

Wow....simply wow....

[Cedric]

Originally posted by Starv
The server population used drop to around 400 at jp nighttime (half of which were bazaaring). I killed Leaping Lizzy like 20 times in 2 days cus there were no people hunting at all. However, finding a PT for anything just wasn't gonna happen.

Item drops from almost anything used to be 10x easier, especially beastmen who drop armour.

Oh, and the Amethyst quad shells and battering ram horns were 2-3k each, dark crystals were 8k a stack and I used to be able to make a bomb farming them since item drops were alot easier Gil used to be so much easier to come by ><

There was a time where guilding was bugged and the price of quad shells shot up past like 6k per shell. SSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH MONEY. Well, we were all like level 20, so it was a lot. :sweat:

[anavrin]

Originally posted by Junun
Wow....simply wow....

You're telling me.

[TheMidg]

Ga spells used to do a lot of damage to multiple enemies, now the more monsters you cast it on, the last damage it does.