What made you quit FFXI?

[Renzokuken]

I came back for a month, mostly because there's still a small group of people I've played with for years still playing. I just came back to say hello and maybe do some catchup in case good content is released down the road.

I can't get excited about anything. I took two jobs from 90 to 99 and it seemed so boring, even though it only took a few hours. On top of that, there's a huge difference from last year in how difficult it is to get an exp party. The first 4 days I logged in I couldn't even get one (maybe that's just my server though).

Finishing up my +2 armor or getting an empyrean seems like it would be the best use of my time, but it just feels so empty to me at this point. Grind, grind, get... grind, grind, get. Maybe it's not dynamic enough content for me anymore. Maybe it's because I know I would have to dual box most of it. I'm still trying to put my finger on exactly what took the magic of FFXI, before Abyssea, away for me.

I used to lead Einherjar twice a week, CoP Dyna twice a week, ZNM/Limbus/Sky/Sea/Salvage/KSNM99 ect 5-6 days a week. I loved it. I put in hardcore hours, sometimes 10 hours a day... I have no desire to put that much time into any game anymore(thank god), but I wouldn't mind being able to put 2-3 hours a day into FFXI circa 2009. What has happened to this game?

I tried hard to be optimistic about the level cap increase when it was announced. I thought it seemed silly to do something that drastic so long after the last level cap increase, but if it was done right it could be a great thing. The day the level 80 .dat files were released it was all over for me. Well over 90% of the 2009 gear was instantly outdated or matched by more easily obtainable gear. That also meant that the events associated with the old gear went the way of garrison. Sure you could, and can, still do them, but you mostly do them for the lulz...

I'm more or less uninterested in the Void Watch system. Neo Nyzul makes the dev team look like game design retards. Heavy metal plates make me wish I never even looked back at this game after 2010. I imagine they really did try. Abyssea was actually fun... for the first two months. While there's alot of items I could still work towards, I just see no external motivation. The game seems like it's asking me not to play it.

[Colenzo]

I got pretty bored of the game and nothing feels like an accomplishment anymore. Its all luck based grinding for things now with voidwatch. Neo Nyzul is just not even worth mentioning. I don't feel as if I should have to cheat to get gear on something thats instanced for a group of 6 people its retarded. Doing ADL isn't even hard, the hard part is keeping people interested in doing it. Its a 2HR event and I just don't have the patience to put together groups for something for marginal improvements in gear. It would be a different story if it was a whole other piece of gear and multiple people could get it like VW but thats just not the case. Its too much to ask of people to go more than twice a week unless people are getting some sort of payout. Basically its just boring and dry and theres no real incentive to do it.

I don't give a fuck about having 50% mdt on my aegis enough to do that shit. Its pointless. PLD doesn't even see much action. Its hard to like really use a PLD effectively for anything at the moment anyways and its not looking any better with Legion coming out soon. Its hard to keep hate planted on a PLD without some forms of trick attacks going off. In legion we're gonna be looking for the quickest ways to take out monsters. We wouldn't really be looking to draw fights out too much. PLD is my main job and its just really gay that I can't play my main job because its just not necessary.

I got tired of putting together PUG groups for the shit that I do need for VW and having to interview people just to make sure their gear is up to speed and that they don't suck dick. Doing Rex with shitty gimp BLMs makes me pissed off. Such an easy fucking fights made hard as fuck just because people are terribly geared. Kalasutrax is just gimmicky as shit. So gay that if you can't stun worth a shit its not even a wipe. Its just not gonna die and you will time out. So lame. SOOOOO lame.


TL;DR

Bored with the game. Shit is gimmicky and when people cant stun or just gear terribly it makes building a group absolutely annoying. Interviewing people when group building when people have a billion different jobs leveled is annoying as fuck and I don't have the patience for it anymore. I ask people if they have a job properly geared, they say yes, they get in, they're bad, I get mad, group sucks, I rage quit.

[Kalmado]

What has happened to this game?

The day the level 80 .dat files were released it was all over for me. Well over 90% of the 2009 gear was instantly outdated or matched by more easily obtainable gear. That also meant that the events associated with the old gear went the way of garrison. Sure you could, and can, still do them, but you mostly do them for the lulz...

The game seems like it's asking me not to play it.

While there is no question the game has changed dramatically many times over the last few years, every person that is asking "what happened to the game" should maybe ask "what changed with me?".

This post wreaks of elitism entitlement. You feel all your achievements were taken away, when new ones were introduced. The same comments have been made throughout this thread. Things change. For better or for worse is up to each individual.

If all gear that was pretty top notch in 2009 was still top notch here in 2012, what would we continue to play for? If 10% of the energy put into complaining about the change and not wanting it was put into accepting it and either quitting, or deciding to change yourself and move forward, you could get so much more accomplished. Instead of holding on to that dear dear Ridill and Dalmatica, realize you could have a relic weapon finished in a month if you have the resources and determination!

The last comment suggesting the game is telling you not to play, is that to suggest you can't think for yourself and you need the game to tell you? Or maybe you confuse that with your conscious telling you to let go for good.

[shepardG]

COLENZO. BG TERA. WE GONNA DO THIS?

[Colenzo]

I'm so poor, I can't afford that game :< lol GET ME AN ACCOUNT AND ILL PLAY KTHX!

[Zigma]

The game got boring and I found other things to keep myself occupied in real life. It worked out pretty well. I still pay for my account.

[Renzokuken]

Yes, I have changed. My likes and dislikes have shifted. Either way, I still have not seen much to compel me to enjoy the current version of the game other than my friends who still play.

You feel all your achievements were taken away

Are you suggesting that making most of the game pointless overnight is good game design? If it had been more gradual, or we had been more accustomed to it (like what I've been told happens in WoW every 2 years), it really wouldn't have bothered me.

The last comment suggesting the game is telling you not to play, is that to suggest you can't think for yourself and you need the game to tell you?

what is this I don't even

[Kalmado]

I never said it was a good change. I said it is the opinion of each individual. You didn't see that? Things change. It's bound to happen. If you can't let it go then that's your problem. All your events you are so proud you led have been changed to VW, Neo-Nyzul, Empy farming, etc while Dynamis is huge. And saying all old gear is bad isn't correct either. Byakko's Haidate augmented have been great as well as other various sky gear and abjs.

[Kalmado]

I'm not personally attacking you Renzokuken. The whole "my gear isn't good anymore" thing just grinds me I guess. I felt the same way too. I felt cheated too. But that's how it goes. I quit too because I felt deflated from all the time, effort, and BS I put up with being in LS's I hated to get a handful of drops over 2 years. I'm happy as all can be now I can get really good gear (not the best, FU VW) and a lot of it while maintaining a social life. I still have fun doing things like old style exp, limbus, etc. I only got 1 piece of homam ever and I plan on getting more this time. Yes I know it's useless but I just want it to say I did it. I can find many other facets of this game that makes me happy. I guess that spark has left you.

[shepardG]

lol, i felt pissed that a fucking e.body was near fucking required if you wanted to play war or drk. FOR LIKE 6 FUCKING YEARS. That is horrible game design.

[Colenzo]

It wasn't required lol but it was the best body piece you could get yeah.

[NynJa]

Anyone who quit because their precious E.Body was finally outdated...good fucking riddance. Good luck finding another game which DOESNT involve outdating gear. Everyone knows FFXI is the pinnacle of sidegrading.

[Tagus]

Edit: Excuse my previous wall of text. Basic idea was... it seems silly to come in a "why did you quit" thread and criticize people's reasons for quitting this game.

[Enedin]

Maybe in some ways it put things in perspective and allowed many people to take a step back and realize the inherent meaninglessness of the game itself, which is a good thing.

This. For many of us out there.

[NynJa]

Edit: Excuse my previous wall of text. Basic idea was... it seems silly to come in a "why did you quit" thread and criticize people's reasons for quitting this game.

How many times do people who have quit the game still post here going "lol this is why I quit the game" though?

[Enedin]

How many times do people who have quit the game still post here going "lol this is why I quit the game" though?

It's comforting to see other people going through the same emotional process as yourself. I already posted why I quit in here twice, and I'll do it a third time if it'll make me feel better. The reason why I read this thread is because it's not easy letting go of something that completely absorbed you for the past 5 years.

[Tagus]

idk, I loved reading the posts from Colenzo and Renzokuken. It's posts like those that actually make me think about ffxi's place in my life over the years, and in so doing, allow me to figure out a way to continue to play without hating myself for doing so. Maybe it's just selfish, but 99 times out of 100 when you're reading something on this forum or even ffxiah.com, it's people bashing on each other, trying to out-math each other, or people propagating the 75 cap mentality that you should have x,y,z gear or you're shit. I guess I'm just tired of thinking about that crap. My problems nowadays are finding time to sit down at the computer for consecutive hours. If I'm going to do that, I want to know that what I'm doing isn't going to be something I'm going to regret, and these posts help me to see what other people think about their time in the game. When you're inside of it, it's seldom to see that kind of honesty because at it's heart it's a very addictive and competitive atmosphere.

You're a victim of it too, by criticizing the quitters. Their reasons for leaving are a mirror showing us what we are trying not to see. The way I see it, if I can look at those things, accept them, and continue to play, then fuck it. I'm fine. These posts help to keep things in perspective.

[Inactive]

Last I checked playing ffxi wasn't a prerequisite for posting. I quit ages ago, but still browse the forums just because it's interesting seeing where the game has gone.. and it's something to do to kill time. That being said having all my gear replaced with easy to obtain stuff wasn't the problem. It was that I went from logging on and doing 10 different things in 10 different zones on 10 different jobs all of which would benefit my character in some way (gear wise). Then the game drastically changed to playing 4 classes (or just dual boxing) in 3 zones for sets of gear that could be obtained in a weekend leaving you with nothing much else to do besides troll port jeuno.

[Scorp]

I'll continue to lurk/check ffxi forums until someone releases the crafting formula.

Looking back I guess I quit because I actually had to play the game for the time I was logged in, meaning that my lack of time forced me to quit. Prior to abyssea I could take care of chores and work for 29minutes of every 30 with no impact.

I my enjoyment slowly dropped off after the heights of running through COP with a group of 1 job players, nothing really replicated that difficulty and need for strategy. I stopped getting excited by new HNM kills with abyssea, there was a quick removal of any consequence to wipes. There is a huge difference between wasting pop items with no one watching, and screwing up a Nidhogg kill in front of 80 people. (Even if you aren't the one screwing up...)

[Renzokuken]

I went from logging on and doing 10 different things in 10 different zones on 10 different jobs all of which would benefit my character in some way (gear wise). Then the game drastically changed to playing 4 classes (or just dual boxing) in 3 zones for sets of gear that could be obtained in a weekend leaving you with nothing much else to do besides troll port jeuno.

This is a huge part of why this game doesn't seem to have any real staying power for me anymore, and I loved the way you worded this.