Ladies and Gentlemen. Answers to the Interview....

[bercus]

Exactly that is what was asked, thats why I sent in suggestions in how Kings could be changed so you don´t have to camp stuff 3 hours anymore or compete against 100+ people and the other many things.
My questions also have NOT been all about endgame.

If you just want to level many jobs to 75, you would want gear later for those jobs. That requires you to camp some NMs or Gods or whatever.
(Sure maybe 1 of 100 has many 75 jobs and doesnt care about ANY better piece).

Almost everyone will be involved in endgame sooner or later. I know only one person with 3 75jobs who did not have sky access at that point. All others have been involved in any way in endgame. Iam aware of the fact that not everyone likes camping Kings 3 hours. I dont like it either... and therefor we asked.... I also do not think they will add Ridill/Abjurations to KS99. But maybe in the new Assault non-abjuration Items? Who knows.

Those who do not give a shit about Endgame can easily go to another community that asks SE questions. Maybe you can tell them to ask to make Coffer Keys 100% drop off mobs so you do not have to fight 3 hours+ in some cases for one of your 10 75 jobs you plan to level ; ).

On a sitenote I also do help my friends with Missions, limit brakes, completeing COP, Weaponskill NMs whatever what you might think is boring / useless to me.

I do get the point you want me to understand. However the majority is interested in fixing these things.
I would really like to meet one person who has MNK, NIN, SAM whatever at 75 and does not want a Byakkos Haidate. I would really like to see someone who is not excited to fight someday Fafnir or Tiamat or Byakko.
If these mobs would be easy to fight against, I still think even over 90% would want to fight them. The other 10% can feel free to post what interests them here. If they have nothing to ask, they can just shut up.

[BRP]

I think Bercus and me are in the same group.

Do people find it so odd that there are players out there who enjoy all the aspects of the game? Storyline, quests, missions, friends, grinding, end-game, and ect. I want all of these things to be good, not just end-game and not just quests.

I think the number 1 problem for both players who love endgame and the players who hate it, they don't have an open-mind to content.

[bercus]

Most of the game is in pretty good shape; I mean if you think FFXI is truly a bad game, you shouldn't be playing it. That is to say it doesn't have its flaws. One of its biggest and obvious flaws comes from its endgame. A lot of what ZAMers want isn't broken. It doesn't matter how many people don't care about the endgame in my opinion, the endgame requires the most fixing because it is the most broken. It wasn't always that way, the economy was a lot worse than the endgame awhile back, but they fixed that.

The other problem is how easy(or a better word: simple) it would be to fix most of the end-game problem kind of shows SE is going out of their way not to fix it.

Hell yes I enjoy Limbus, Assault, Rank Missions, Salvage, popped NMs, Dynamis, KS99.
This is easy to fight and set up.

However I would also like to do more Kings, Byakko´s, Kirin´s ect.
This is no longer easy to set up and do.

I remember when only a minority was 75+ and only 2 Linkshells were competing at 3 Kings. Yet still the same people have to go there.
Now tell me that is not broken and even if you are not interested in endgame it does not need to be fixed Lylie.

[Pearlsea]

However, we are planning to allow Beastmasters to be more active even in the situation where they can’t charm any monsters, by enhancing their Call Beast ability. So please wait and see

FINALLY. /goodbye Courier Carrie...hopefully . Anyways if its not in this upcoming update I'm just going to unsubscribe till they add this, i haven't been playing FFXI much lately since I relised there was no point spending 20 hours in sky to level bst 73-75 just to get shunned by any endgame content.

[Lylie]

I think Bercus and me are in the same group.

Do people find it so odd that there are players out there who enjoy all the aspects of the game? Storyline, quests, missions, friends, grinding, end-game, and ect. I want all of these things to be good, not just end-game and not just quests.

I think the number 1 problem for both players who love endgame and the players who hate it, they don't have an open-mind to content.

And you didn't read anything... Did I say I hate Endgame, or that nobody does? Or that it's impossible that anyone could possibly enjoy the whole game, in all it's aspects? Nope. When Bercus got disapointed to see that people on Alla may not care about Endgame as much as you guys do (or not at all), I said: some people do care about Endgame, some don't.

Now tell me that is not broken and even if you are not interested in endgame it does not need to be fixed Lylie.

I sure do think a lot of these things are broken and would need to be fixed. I did care about Endgame at some point, until I realized you spend way too much time to get nearly no reward in this game.

I started playing WoW, and still log on FFXI a couple times a week to talk and play with my friends. But does that mean I hate FFXI or that I'm not aware of it's problems? Nope, I still think it's the best MMO out there atm, for a lot of different reasons. Unfortunatly, these issues are getting too old and boring, and more and more people are quiting because SE won't give a shit about anything. If you think they'll really fix anything, one day, then you're just going to be disapointed yet again.

[BRP]

And you didn't read anything... Did I say I hate Endgame, or that nobody does? Or that it's impossible that anyone could possibly enjoy the whole game, in all it's aspects? Nope. When Bercus got disapointed to see that people on Alla may not care about Endgame as much as you guys do (or not at all), I said: some people do care about Endgame, some don't.

Get ready for this: I wasn't talking to or about you. So don't be so concerned.

[Ryko]

I'd quit but then no one would go and get Dfeet for people

[Rocl]

Let's get ready for Deeeeeeeeeeeeeefeet?

[Ryko]

WHO WANTS SOME FUCKING DFEET WOO!

[Xavier]

Jesus Christ. Stop telling people on a hardcore endgame forum to stop caring about endgame.

I don't believe ANYONE has said Square has to care about endgame, or that Square has to listen to us, or that what we say matters. However, these forums exist to discuss all aspects of the game, and more specifically lvl 75 content, and so that content will be discussed.

Telling someone that Square doesn't have to listen to them is not justification for telling them to stop complaining.

Dynamis, Limbus, Sky, Assault, etc, they're all fairly well done systems. 3 Kings and other "world" HNMs are not, and thats where a lot of the endgame discussion is focused. If you legitimately believe that the "world" HNM system is fine, argue that. But for the love of god, stop arguing that people shouldn't complain about a broken system.[/b]

[Eaglestrike]

If Ridill and D.Ring drop from Nyzul Isle "World" HNM will basically be fixed >.> Other than the "I WANT NOW" crowd the people camping kings will drop. Though really I don't mind Cerb/Tiamat, big windows so people don't camp, just a mad rush between LS's to get. Far more entertaining than Fafhogg.

[Ryko]

Seeing as how they won't and that anyone who expects them to is sillier than the people who find salvage satisfying...

You know where I'm going with this one.

[Lordender]

I only think the NM system fails in today's game because of how many people are at the end game level vs same amount of spawns that has never changed which is overwhelming. Adding 5-10 newer difficult HNM's with good drops @ a worthwhile rate would be extremely helpful by spreading linkshells out making them choose what to camp etc.

[Damane]

The interview is very disappointing, especially the part about that they dont intend to fix older content. ... Hell you spend 1 year+ on that older content when you start. I dont get it why SE isnt willing to fix older endgame content.

[Melchiah]

The interview is very disappointing, especially the part about that they dont intend to fix older content. ... Hell you spend 1 year+ on that older content when you start. I dont get it why SE isnt willing to fix older endgame content.

The longer it takes you to get your E body, D ring or Ridill, the more you keep coming back to 3 hour camps, and the longer you keep paying your $15 a month. Same can be said for Ulli. Notice they "fixed" Ulli after everyone and their sister was farming sky, and was complaining about RMT cockblocking and long spawn times. Might be a clash between development and accounting, which we wouldn't know about because all Bercus gets to talk to is a PR talking head.

Oh, I have a simple suggestion for Kings, if they don't want to lower pop timers. Make all three kings pop at the same time.

[Toth]

One quick thing:

would really like to meet one person who has MNK, NIN, SAM whatever at 75 and does not want a Byakkos Haidate. I would really like to see someone who is not excited to fight someday Fafnir or Tiamat or Byakko.

I can name many people in my ls like that. With Ulli being so cockblocked, we have done three-four Byakkos in the last month, and that includes camping Ulli on a consistent basis. Only 1 of the last 6 Byakkos dropped a haidate.

[Luke]

RMT logging out in aery for post-maint fafnir on Carbuncle.........

[TB]

One quick thing:

would really like to meet one person who has MNK, NIN, SAM whatever at 75 and does not want a Byakkos Haidate. I would really like to see someone who is not excited to fight someday Fafnir or Tiamat or Byakko.

I can name many people in my ls like that. With Ulli being so cockblocked, we have done three-four Byakkos in the last month, and that includes camping Ulli on a consistent basis. Only 1/6 dropped a haidate.

But if Ulli wasn't cockblocked they would like to have a haidate....

[Alathar]

RMT logging out in aery for post-maint fafnir on Carbuncle.........

You gotta be fucking kidding me ...

[NynJa]

If Ridill and D.Ring drop from Nyzul Isle "World" HNM will basically be fixed >.> Other than the "I WANT NOW" crowd the people camping kings will drop. Though really I don't mind Cerb/Tiamat, big windows so people don't camp, just a mad rush between LS's to get. Far more entertaining than Fafhogg.

Maybe not on your server rofl...