Is this game still worth it?

[bluecresent88]

I'm a BST too, I think around level 95ish if I remember correctly. I have 2 pieces of AFv3 at +1 before I took the long break. I'm not planning on restarting the game from scratch, although it'd be easy too nowadays I guess but having to do all those quests and missions again kind of steers me away from restarting.

I do dynamis sometimes with my family members that play with me, they are 2 BST's as well so there is us 3 BST's which can take on almost everything in dynamis and a lot of stuff in Abyssea as well. I do dynamis because I want a Guttler someday but it will take a while, I like the fact that you can proc mobs and get them to drop currency.

As for Abyssea, I just started that and already got a lot of stuff complete. I'd like to return to the game before the next expansion hits though maybe. I'll have to talk to my family members to see if they would like to start up again.

[Taim Meich]

Ah, the liberty of PUP Dyna farming... not nearly as much coins as BST, sure, but always relaxed and without competition.

[D44kpunk]

better free games to play if you want an honest opinion.

[dejet]

Not for anything, but why not give an example and why?

saying "no" when there is 20 other posts with examples of why to play then looking at yours is just silly.

[Arthars]

he mean farmville on fb obviously :O

[dejet]

he mean farmville on fb obviously :O

My mother and grandmother would side with you on that. Do not make fun of it, my god they will kick your ass.

Also I think we have been down this road 100 times. You really need to be doing something better with your time if $12.95 is going to break the bank for you.

[vagus]

This game is busier then ever the past 2 years. There are so many things to do it almost hurts the brain. A majority of the events / items can be obtained with a smaller group of people. Can farm a relic in 3months if you're casual. All you need is a decently geared bst. VW shouts aren't as heavy as they used to be, but they still do occur. Neo Nyzle Isle, Salvage II, Meebles offer a static event for a handfull of close friends. Can always farm a Emp weapons as many people continue to do so. In all honesty with a smalll group of friends / LS of 6-10 you can do a lot of things. The only things that are limited to a bigger group are ADL, Legion, Odin II.

[Mercilessturtle]

This game is busier then ever the past 2 years... Can farm a relic in 3months if you're casual... Neo Nyzle Isle, Salvage II, Meebles offer a static event for a handfull of close friends.

The past 2 years has been the deadest the game has ever been, not the busiest. They totally dropped the ball post-abyssea, not enough content updates, and the ones we got were pretty bad (limbus, dynamis, voidwatch). Since when is farming an event? Farming currency in dynamis for 2 hours a day is no different than farming bee hive chips for 2 hours a day. Neither of those is an event. And nyzul/salvage/MMMv2 is like 2 months of content. Giving us two months worth of stuff to do over the course of two years should not hurt your brain from the huge amazing quantity. There was a lot more to do at 75.

[ssjjfar]

The past 2 years has been the deadest the game has ever been, not the busiest. They totally dropped the ball post-abyssea, not enough content updates, and the ones we got were pretty bad (limbus, dynamis, voidwatch). Since when is farming an event? Farming currency in dynamis for 2 hours a day is no different than farming bee hive chips for 2 hours a day. Neither of those is an event. And nyzul/salvage/MMMv2 is like 2 months of content. Giving us two months worth of stuff to do over the course of two years should not hurt your brain from the huge amazing quantity. There was a lot more to do at 75.

I guess dynamis/sky/sea were never really an event either then? Cause really all you did was farm back 90% of the time then anyways. Either way, hopefully this next expansion is worth it, and gives us more events/content along the ToA or CoP ways, rather than wotg which I swear took 2 years before it was "fully" released and still wasn't much of anything.

[Mercilessturtle]

Farming sky/sea pops solo, I think was pretty obviously not an event. Killing gods/jailers I think pretty obviously was. Dynamis required a group, with a specific setup and a specific strategy to do. Sounds like an event to me. The non-event part isn't "you made money at it", it is "you do it solo whenever you feel like it". The event in the current dynamis is killing ADL or diabolos, not solo farming gil.

[macross]

The past 2 years has been the deadest the game has ever been, not the busiest. They totally dropped the ball post-abyssea, not enough content updates, and the ones we got were pretty bad (limbus, dynamis, voidwatch). Since when is farming an event? Farming currency in dynamis for 2 hours a day is no different than farming bee hive chips for 2 hours a day. Neither of those is an event. And nyzul/salvage/MMMv2 is like 2 months of content. Giving us two months worth of stuff to do over the course of two years should not hurt your brain from the huge amazing quantity. There was a lot more to do at 75.

so you got a mythic relic empy 99? got full sets of salvage +1 gear? Got arise/meteor, full drops from prov watcher? Full void watch drops?
yeah 2 months of content my ass. 1 run of meebles takes 5 weeks, well did.

[Yugl]

Wasn't that comment directed to NNI/Svl2.0/Meebles?

[Esby]

Mandatory "Abyssea ruined the game" post. I won't elaborate on it because we all already know the reasons and I already know what kind of replies I'm going to get on the subject.

I just can't think of a single thing that FFXI does better than its competition right now.

[Kohan]

Mandatory "Abyssea ruined the game" post. I won't elaborate on it because we all already know the reasons

That it didn't.

and I already know what kind of replies I'm going to get on the subject.

That it didn't.

Yes, that's usually how the responses go.

I just can't think of a single thing that FFXI does better than its competition right now.

Beforehand, FFXI's leveling wasn't anything more than a grind. It's more enjoyable now, and it's also optional, as you can quickly level jobs to 99, thanks to Abyssea. Considering, you're able to quickly get to what's always been one of FFXI's strongest draws: its level 75+ content. Considering that you can level jobs faster, you can do this sooner as well, and more often at that.

Having that many jobs isn't complicating inventory space nearly as much as it used to, either. With the Porter Moogle, it's ridiculous how easy storing virtually anything has become.

As far as getting wherever you're going, we already received WotG warps, and those seemed nice enough, at the time. Later, there was Voidwatch, and nowadays, we have Way Points. It's insane how easy it is to get wherever you're going, yet just enough effort is required to ensure that you're still doing something (as it would be rather lame if you could simply travel in a Nexus Cape-ish fashion everywhere).

I personally consider a lot of those things superior to the offerings of the "competition," if said competition is any other relatively successful MMO currently out there. I'll take teleports, and OP, campaign, VW, and WP warps over flying mounts and the like, and I'll do it any day of the week.

[Damane]

The past 2 years has been the deadest the game has ever been, not the busiest. They totally dropped the ball post-abyssea, not enough content updates, and the ones we got were pretty bad (limbus, dynamis, voidwatch). Since when is farming an event? Farming currency in dynamis for 2 hours a day is no different than farming bee hive chips for 2 hours a day. Neither of those is an event. And nyzul/salvage/MMMv2 is like 2 months of content. Giving us two months worth of stuff to do over the course of two years should not hurt your brain from the huge amazing quantity. There was a lot more to do at 75.

I dont know about you but I barely find time to do Meebles, Salvage 99, Legion, Voidwatch, Limbus and Einherjar, infact I couldnt even touch Salvage 99 yet because I just cant find any time to squeeze it in. Not to mention I gave up on Dynamis months ago due to not haveing time! And meebles is hardly 2 months content, when you need just 1 month to get access to the megaboss and prolly a bit more if you want to 3 star every mission.

[Mercilessturtle]

so you got a mythic relic empy 99? got full sets of salvage +1 gear? Got arise/meteor, full drops from prov watcher? Full void watch drops?
yeah 2 months of content my ass. 1 run of meebles takes 5 weeks, well did.

Which part of "solo farming gil isn't an event" was unclear? Of course I don't have that stuff, I stopped playing months ago. Do you really think judging an event by how long it would take to get every single piece of useless gear is a reasonable way to state how much content it is? Why would anyone ever want full sets of salvage+1 gear when only a couple pieces are worth having? You could pretend limbus is still relevant and tons of content too then, you don't have all the full sets of AF+1 finished do you?

[Spagnutty]

Who needs flying mounts when you have cupper amirite?

[Draylo]

Which part of "solo farming gil isn't an event" was unclear? Of course I don't have that stuff, I stopped playing months ago. Do you really think judging an event by how long it would take to get every single piece of useless gear is a reasonable way to state how much content it is? Why would anyone ever want full sets of salvage+1 gear when only a couple pieces are worth having? You could pretend limbus is still relevant and tons of content too then, you don't have all the full sets of AF+1 finished do you?

You just sound really bitter and butthurt. There is plenty of things to do ATM. There's grinding in every game and even event type things like sky gods were a grind for gear.

[ssjjfar]

Which part of "solo farming gil isn't an event" was unclear? Of course I don't have that stuff, I stopped playing months ago. Do you really think judging an event by how long it would take to get every single piece of useless gear is a reasonable way to state how much content it is? Why would anyone ever want full sets of salvage+1 gear when only a couple pieces are worth having? You could pretend limbus is still relevant and tons of content too then, you don't have all the full sets of AF+1 finished do you?

tbh no one has mentioned solo farming gil but you(multiple times)
And you quit months ago but continue to say there's nothing worthwhile for you to do even if events were just released last month. Okay maybe there's no new content for YOU to do or content for YOU to enjoy. But then again there never was anything in the game for anyone to do who isn't playing. So I see where your coming from over there not playing, but for the rest of us we have stuff to do.

I have a lvl 11 rogue on my friends WoW account, but honestly there is no new content for me to do. The fact I only played it the one time 5 years ago makes no difference right? There has been no new content for me to do in last 5 years.

[Kidnoftle]

Yeah... there's so much content I literally don't have enough time in the day to get everything done. I don't see how you could say the game is not worth it merciless; it's more accessible and playable than ever. Fuck 3 day timers, fuck gathering for an hour waiting on an alliance, fuck not being able to lowman just about anything I want to do, and fuck grinding xp @ 35k-50k an hr.

As a sidenote, I'm in a shell that is busier than any other shell I've been in up until this point (25+ people on daily), which I guess does color my perception of how busy the game really is. Regardless, even if you can only find a couple of friends, it's totally worth it to come back.