Let's see... what's the current status?
Monday: ZNMs
On the surface, this event *seems* to be doing okay... we're killing stuff, getting loot and people aren't dying too often. We have almost a full alliance these days, even though there are a couple of supermules hiding among them, and we have mostly regular attendance by a core group of regular people.
The bigger issue with ZNMs is the getting the zeni & pop items. In the past, when someone signed up to get a pop item, you could rely on them to get it and have it ready. More recently, people have been slacking on picking up the pop items, meaning that we have to go back multiple times to the same mob, spending extra time on travel instead of killing stuff.
And... truthfully, I don't blame people. We've been relying on the same people to do the bulk of the zeni contribution over the last few months. They're always the ones who step up to the plate to pick up the challenge, and certain other people never volunteer, or are incredibly unreliable in getting pop items or even showing up. Of course, we take that into account whenever we hand items out, but at the end of the day, it does mean that there are people out there who are still getting items without contributing as much compared to other people.
I'm pretty sure the top contributors are burnt out of farming zeni by now... and it does show. Take me for example. I've basically burnt out on farming zeni and stopped popping mobs. I've stopped for at least the last two months, barely holding onto enough zeni to pop something in an emergency, and of course, islet access. Even then, I'm #2 on the amount of zeni spent (which include well over 100 hours of photo taking and turning plates in) even with the break. Our #1 person (Fuuji) has spent over 2x our #3 person.
I'm not sure what the solution to this is... it's not fair to expect new people to pick up the bulk of the farming, and zeni farming is such a time consuming, inventory hassle that just the thought of going out to farm more zeni sends me running with fear.
Tuesday: Boredom and emptiness
After sea on Tuesday, I found that there was... nobody on... at all. Nobody doing anything, nobody on LS, no exp parties, or anything going on. Pretty depressing actually. Was hoping to get some exp, or something going, but... that's impossible if nobody is actually in FFXI.
Is it the end of FFXI? Or is this just the Aion effect? I really doubt it's the later since nobody in AP has gone to Aion that I know of. At least on Tues I totally caught up with all the TV I missed...
Wednesday: Dynamis
Not sure what was going on in Dynamis... I didn't think that I was *that* squishy on PLD. Started out fine on bosses, and on Efts... It wasn't until we started getting multi-mob pulls against beastmen that I started going down... and quickly too. Can't get cures off due to spell interruption, even with my new Valor legs, and mobs killing me as soon as they woke up. Of course, it doesn't help that I only had one Tav taco on me since I forgot to stock up after the last event. Still, in almost every case I had Phalanx, Stoneskin and Blink up so I really shouldn't have died that quickly... Am I just out of practice?
I know I'm seemingly missing my Invincible instinct... Could have used it a lot earlier in the night on the 1st multi-mob pull, which would have prevented the first death. I'm usually better at it...
Wednesday: Limbus
Mmm... another SW fail... I don't know what to say about this one... Really doesn't help when everyone runs around trying to sac pull (impossible with alliance hate) or running away from sleepers (so that the mob can kill you, then gang up on the sleeper) Basically we were dead even before we begun.
Attendance is down to just BARELY a party. And that's with Alt coming in super-late. If not for Slemp forgetting soap, we would have gone in with 5 only. I'm not sure we can still do Omega if attendance stays at this level... Also, Slemp says that he's actively in Aion (and was trying to convince us to go join him) so... well...
Ya... XI does seem to be a dying game.
Thursday: We shall see...
So... tonight... nothing scheduled... I wonder if there'll be anything to do in FFXI? Kinda hoping to level DRG... but... are there still people around to exp? Before I left, I was hot on going to get my DRG AF pieces... right now I'm not too sure I want to bother with it... I guess I'll eventually do it to get the pieces and another outfit, but...
Maybe I'll go play with my 360 >.>
1 comment:
That's exactly how I feel lately. Outside of events... NO ONE is on, and even for the events, it's like a party of friends visiting a ghost town.
I think the only reason any of us keep playing is because we still have friends that keep playing for the same reason we are. It's an endless circle around a game that's being slowly strangled by the horrible public relations that is Square-Enix.
The game has been dying for some time, but ever since the salvage banning, it's been steadily picking up speed. Honestly, I'm surprised that SE hasn't merged half of their servers already. Most games with as great of losses in customer base will drop to as few as 6 servers before they decide to shutdown the game entirely. Though, these servers ARE generally packed to the brim with the few dedicated fans that remain. Still, it is a very sad thing to see FFXI in such a state after how long we've played it, and, while the game itself wasn't real, the relationships that were formed between the players were more real than imagined.
To those already gone from FFXI, you will be sorely missed, but I do hope to see you again someday, possibly in another great game. And to those still there... let's make the best of what remains of our time in Vana'diel!
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