When did FFXI jump the shark?

[Zalius]

getting one ring at the end of cop was a slap in the face imho, and jailers were the oral sodomy that followed

[Gulkeeva]

getting one ring at the end of cop was a slap in the face imho, and jailers were the oral sodomy that followed

Better then what zilart gave atleast... which was usualy a increase in death count XD

[Burginator]

It's CoP of course!

Yeah, basically. The end-game is also poorly executed, but CoP was a big chance for redemption. Aside from Limbus however, they totally botched it, through and through. ToAU has the makings of possible win so far though. Depending on what mission content they release down the line, and if they implement anything else worth killing. (lolhydra)

[thetruepandagod]

i didnt want to start a new thread but since we talking about how shitty cop is i have a question. did SE just ninja edit sea yet again? cuz today we did a few jailers and fortitude was noticeably different and we have been spending the last 2.5 hrs trying to get HQ phuabo organ to do hope and have only seen nq....

[Sagacious Sundi]

Kaylia pretty much said everything I had to say.

Also, I think a lot of people say "lolCoP" just because the "cool kids" say it (I also think a lot of people that say "Limbus is the best addition to FFXI!!" but also say "lolcop" forget that Limbus is an addition to... oh what's it called? I will exclude you from this list if you are a cool kid and/or if you make note of Limbus in your CoP rants). I like CoP because it had one of the best storylines in FF and it brings back some memories of the old single-player days (although I will admit it that some of it has a bad challenge:reward ratio (mostly CoP wyrms, CoP Dynamis, and Jailers)), but to each their own.

As for other expansions, RotZ was planned and is such a part of FFXI that it basically isn't even an expansion. ToAU hasn't shown any "WIN!" or "fail..." signs yet. Still in the works + I'm kinda split on stuff.

Anyway, SE jumped the shark by almost completely forgetting about NPC fellows.

[Lordender]

As far as ToAU goes i think Khim wins the sword is damn good, some of the assault gear is nice, salvage gear is great but i'm not a fan of salvage at all >.>

[Khalil]

As for other expansions, RotZ was planned and is such a part of FFXI that it basically isn't even an expansion. ToAU hasn't shown any "WIN!" or "fail..." signs yet. Still in the works + I'm kinda split on stuff.

lolhydra anyone?

[Melchiah]

Zilart was such that all your Lv 75 buddies could just go trash all the missions for you. CoP sought to require skill to overcome the challenges of the mission progression(even though it caused my repertoire of curse words to triple). Sea blows. I hate it with a purple passion. I only go to sea because we have a points system, and it earns me points to spend on Ridills and E. bodys and Haidates(btw screw you Fafnir, I don't need A. Feet, screw you Nidhogg, we are tired of M. Body, and screw you Byakko, I know you have Haidates). Well, that and Limbus is fun, and I like coins, some of the coin purchased gear is pretty slick in my opinion. Someone made the observation that CoP reward to challenge ratio is grossly underwhelming, and I completely agree.

ToAU looks like it has potential, in regards to the instanced-type content we have been pleading for, however the rewards look kinda... I guess situational. Also Salvage is kind of fun, but droprates are terrible, and can get frustrating. Maybe there just isn't enough info out yet, who knows.

I say they jumped the shark with the last Ullikummi "fix".

[Deuce]

I say FFXI "jumped the shark" when RMT started to monopolize several NMs.

[Bluedemon]

For me, FFXI jumped the shark when I stepped back and realized this game requires way too much effort to get so little and in the end its really not worth it sometimes.

Coincidentally that happened just after RMT took over Asura, Inflation started to kick in, COP was introduced, and Kings were well... Im sure you all know what goes on there already.

[HAcoreRD]

i'm satisfied with what FFXI still has, then again, I haven't done shit in sea since I got it.

[Konchuu]

tiamat / jormy / vrtra not having any good drops worth the time

I agree with everything but that. I think gaiters are a nice drop for the full time mages of linkshells and the drop rate isn't that bad.

And anyway, you're the one who made a post about getting your hands on a pair on your LJ! You seemed quite happy to me.

[Stilgar]

for me it feels like it jumped the shark just in the last couple of weeks.... really thinking about quitting; I'm just not having as much fun with it anymore.

[Medivac]

we got sky with zilart. we got sea with cop. wtf we get with toua? [forest] ? gtfo

[Chupunpupun]

I agree, FFXI did jump the shark when COP was released. There was alot of hype when it came out. I remember a interview where SE said the areas in FFXI were all horizontal and they are planning to introduce vertical areas that's gonna rock our world. Then we get to see it first hand and well.....

I think COP was an expansion made to test how much torture a FFXI player would take before they quit the game

[Lordender]

for me it feels like it jumped the shark just in the last couple of weeks.... really thinking about quitting; I'm just not having as much fun with it anymore.

kinda agree imo, salvage is pretty lame and was only fun the first time i did it, I mean it just doesn't have the same exciting feel as limbus did when it was new. Fighting Khim is pretty fun though -.-;

[BRP]

It didn't.

[Palin@Ramuh]

I say FFXI "jumped the shark" when RMT started to monopolize several NMs.

A-fuckin-men

[rezn0r]

It didn't.

exactly

you're all (myself included of course) still checking forums at all hours of the daymorningnight & playing the game -- and even you fucking freaks that don't even play the game but still grab high scores on the forum -- this game still kicks ass, you have to admit it or admit you're taking more pills than i am. there's a reason you're logged into this forum &-maybe game right now. even if you don't have an active account, which i'm assuming the op does but maybe not, who cares, you took the time to make this topic. i took the time to reply.

[khain]

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