Mafai wrote:
The main point is that fact that methods of exp have been removed and hindered the ability of some people to play the game the way they enjoy it. One of the main things I always loved about ffxi was that I could choose when I wanted to pt up or to solo. Now that choice has been taken away. Pets do not offer any real exp and level sync areas for bst pts and stuff have been nerfed as well. What happened to ffxi being a game where you could carve your own path and get to the endgame however you desired? Some jobs I do not want to take to a group, others I wouldn't even consider solo, isn't that the point? By nasomi's single view the option to decide has been taken away and you must "standard exp pt" or suffer a severely reduced or none existent exp rate. I do not think this is staying true to ffxi in any era really. It does stay true to the good old adage that SE will always take good things away, just now it's nasomi. Didn't we come to nasomi to go back to the golden era before SE screwed it all up?
I think this is made up for by extended the amount of EP xp you get now. You can 1 shot mobs and still get 70xp. Before you had a 2 level window for EP mobs and now its like 5-6 levels. You can solo easier now than you could in retail.