Originally Posted by
Xavier
There are 2-3 things they could do to take FFXI from really flawed to really amazing, but so much time has gone by that I don't see how anyone can still be holding out for a change.
Just when you think they're starting to listen, introducing gear that rivals 3 kings, it comes out of an artifically handicapped zone that penalizes people trying to get normal Assault gear.
Just when you think they're starting to listen by not putting really worthless HNM into the game, by putting a really good club and sword onto a new HNM, they bitch-slap you by making the drops in the 1-5% range, while making Jorm-tastic JSE materials 100%.
Your goal is clearly to get every item in the game as soon as possible. Their goal is to keep you playing as long as possible. So the drops are 5%, big deal. If it were up to you drops would be 50%, everyone would get all the shit they need in a few weeks, then you'd quit and go to WoW.
Salvage is fun, and doing 7 Assaults a week and 2x Salvage a week I've still managed to stay in the positive enough to buy 2 pieces of AP gear