What made you quit FFXI?

[Damane]

I don't think Abyssea itself ruined anything, rather the direction they started taking the game as whole. Old gear that took years to get being marginalized? Fine, but in doing so they took a TON of content away and you were left with some Abyssea zones, and later VW. Before abyssea we had kings, limbus, dynamis, salvage, assaults, Nyzul, sky, sea, ENMs, einherjar, ZNMs, lesser NMs (serket etc), the list goes on. All of which would either provide you with some type of gain whether it be gear upgrades or money. Hell even throwing together LS merit/leveling pt's used to be an "event" in itself, now you can cap and fully merit 5 jobs in a weekend with no gear and some T.V to keep you busy. While I think atmas/proccing and all this is fucking retarded, I wouldn't have as much of a problem with the games direction if a still had a multitude of different events that were actually fun.

I dotn know about you, but in ze old 75 day I was really tired of: Dynamis, Limbus, Kings, ENMs, ZNMs etc. The only fun thing to do was Salvage and Nyzul isle, since you could go when you wanted and dint need a fuckton of people for it ¬.¬ + the event design was fun. The rest can go down the toilet seriously. Hell I am even tired from revamped Dynamis, since its basicly the same just with a facelifting. The lvl cap increase and Abyssea came at the right time, because I was getting tired of this game.
While yes exping was sometimes "Fun", I really dont miss it that much. Less time for grind, more time for fun (or in my case grinding out VW gear).

[Inactive]

I dotn know about you, but in ze old 75 day I was really tired of: Dynamis, Limbus, Kings, ENMs, ZNMs etc. The only fun thing to do was Salvage and Nyzul isle, since you could go when you wanted and dint need a fuckton of people for it ¬.¬ + the event design was fun. The rest can go down the toilet seriously. Hell I am even tired from revamped Dynamis, since its basicly the same just with a facelifting. The lvl cap increase and Abyssea came at the right time, because I was getting tired of this game.
While yes exping was sometimes "Fun", I really dont miss it that much. Less time for grind, more time for fun (or in my case grinding out VW gear).

Oh I agree I was getting bored of some of those events too. The only difference is when I was fed up with one thing I could still log on and have a handful of other things to do. In the games current state if you don't want to spam VW, you aren't left with much else to do

[Eldelphia]

In the games current state if you don't want to spam VW, you aren't left with much else to do

This is my problem. I cancelled my accounts in Jan because I just can't face Final Fantasy Voidwatch. I've done Sea, Sky, Limbus, Salvage, Dynamis, Einherjar, missions, assaults, ZNM etc etc. I've done KSNM and Kings. I've run out of content and VW drives me nuts. I'm taking a break right now - no point in paying for a game which I don't enjoy. Abyssea was a little too far into easy mode but the principles behind it were pretty good. Going back to enforced 18 man (or more!) groups is just stupid but if you're going to do it, at least make it sane.

[Flarega]

Because eventually you realize you aren't having fun anymore, haven't had fun playing the game for a long time, and are playing a game with horrible gameplay because you are addicted.

[Noob]

Because eventually you realize you aren't having fun anymore, haven't had fun playing the game for a long time, and are playing a game with horrible gameplay because you are addicted.

OR, their's something about the game you truly DO love, but you just can't quite put your finger on it.

[Qeomash]

OR, their's something about the game you truly DO love, but you just can't quite put your finger on it.

For me it was the people. Twice weekly Dynamis was fun because it was seriously a bunch of old friends BSing for three hours while pushing macros. When that linkshell withered (thanks, server merges) I really didn't have much left.

[Noob]

So..........when's the next server merge?

Servers are empty. When's it gonna be?

I say we get everyone into one server so PJ & Aby can stay filled to the brim, since standing around PJ & whoring it up in Aby is all people know how to do anymore.

PS: Lets bring back oldschool FFXI, cuz FFAby blowz. I'd rather sit in DA for three hours and listen to the shit talk. Far more entertaining than playing with an endless sea of casual gimps in a shitastic event designed solely to temp-boost subs in a dying game. Oh wait.....you don't need great gear anymore, cuz Aby = EZ MODE now.

[AidenCarby]

Abyssea was a dynamic addition to the game and it added something new to do and brought good upgrades for the people who couldn't claim hnms or any of that jazz. That being said, I think Abyssea was added 3-4 years too late

[Noob]

It killed every single bit of prestige within the game and for that, I resent it. I can remember the time when your reputation was based around how good of a player you were and how well geared your jobs were. Now you found countless players having np clearing Aby in AF1. This game is in tough shape. If only SE would scrap Aby and restore some prestige to this game again. Cannot express in words how much I miss the good old days, back before the mini expansions, Aby, & the level cap was touched.

[Darkmagi]

The game was completely dead before the 75 cap was lifted, this is just a way to add longevity to a dying game.

[Noob]

Dead for those who didn't do endgame. Alot of us were still really enjoying endgame events, along with camping/rushing HNMs. Now every bit of it is gone thanks to one single event and them raising the level cap, making everything easy to kill.

[Lucavi]

Did that "alot" that did endgame put enough money in SE's coffers to not change the system? Obviously not.

[Draylo]

So you only enjoy yourself when you can express superiority by lucking out in a RNG? You should try Voidwatch!

[Noob]

So you only enjoy yourself when you can express superiority by lucking out in a RNG? You should try Voidwatch!

RNG? Ranger?

[noodles355]

Random Number Generator

[Noob]

Random Number Generator

Oh lol

How comparable to ground HNM is VW?

[Darkmagi]

Not really comparable at all. I'd rate voidwatch among the worst FFXI events due to the drop distribution and how fucking sick of temporary items I am.

[Selamis]

Oh lol

How comparable to ground HNM is VW?

You get shitty rewards about 90% of the time.

[Septimus]

Dead for those who didn't do endgame. Alot of us were still really enjoying endgame events, along with camping/rushing HNMs. Now every bit of it is gone thanks to one single event and them raising the level cap, making everything easy to kill.

No, it was dead for a lot of endgame shells as well. Maybe you don't remember 2009 at all, people weren't logging into the game. Or maybe you enjoyed camping HNMs back then because you had no competition.

[Damane]

It killed every single bit of prestige within the game and for that, I resent it. I can remember the time when your reputation was based around how good of a player you were and how well geared your jobs were. Now you found countless players having np clearing Aby in AF1. This game is in tough shape. If only SE would scrap Aby and restore some prestige to this game again. Cannot express in words how much I miss the good old days, back before the mini expansions, Aby, & the level cap was touched.

What fucking prestige are you talking about? That LS with lots of king gear had a bot that outclaimed everyone? or the Salvage dupe? Seriously what was to you prestige at lvl 75? Relics? Being able to zerg AV because you had 5-6 Kraken DRK?

Abyssea was a revelation! I wasnt anymore fucking forced to team up with douchebags/assholes/people I didnt like, for stuff! (And nowadays its going right again back to that case....). This game was going along very well during abyssea, but it went downhill again with Voidwatch....