I really want to send this to those Demonic Overlords sitting in their leather office chairs in the Bowels of Damnation aka the SE home office.
Dear Squenix,
I don't like you anymore. Your have only yourself to blame. I wanted to play the new Final Fantasy game, number XI. You made it online, you made me pay a monthly fee. You, under the guise of 'teamwork' made it so that to further myself in this surreal world, I would have to party with indivuals. Due to either nonexistant or poor screening, you let the morons in. How they made it past the installation I don't know, the test results from the caged rats aren't back in yet.
Because of your apparant lack of dealing with gil sellers have destroyed your own ingame economy. Soon, and most likely sooner than anybody realizes, to buy any virtual item, we'll have to spend real money for fake money, and exchange that fake money for a virtual item. With items in just the past weeks raising hundreds of percents above their past prices to current prices. It's no real secret that these items that have risen so greatly are Notorious Monster drop items and quested items. While crafted items seem to maintain a steady price history. I'm sure that you money-whores are looking into cashing in on this little venture.
You have destroyed the race/job equation by allowing that disreputable company Bradygames, and their staff of incompetent morons and biased idiots to write an "Officia Strategy Guide". Who at Square Enix sanctioned this? Did anybody at your offices even give this a look over? If anybody would follow this guide there would be no warriors over the level of 37 (and that's only over 30 for leveled subjob reasons), monks would be nonexistant, thief would suffer the same fate as warrior, and while I don't prefer them, the world would simply not know the very presence of ninja tanks. Galka in any job but warrior, dark knight or paladin would simply not exist, while tarutaru's in any job that involves physicially striking anything would also not exist. Beastmasters might actually stand a chance in a party, but you allowed Bradygames to mess that up as well.
In regard to your second expansion, Chains of Promathia, I really feel cheapened to believe that I would actually miss out on something by not getting it. All in all it's expensive to pay $30 for a pretty title screen bgm. And even half the world doesn't like it anyway. I do appreciate your attempt, or that's what you call it anyway, of adding new areas. I also enjoyed buying the expansion, installing it onto my HDD, then after logging on, waiting a few hours for a patch. Kind of defeats the purpose of forking over the money, but I'm sure you, High and Mighty SE knows best.
I'm sure you are planning on making a brilliant comeback in these next few weeks. I'm sure you must have at least heard of the FFXI-killers, Everquest II and World of Warcraft? Do you have any idea how many North American suscribers you're going to lose to these video games? Although there is no point in delaying the inevitablte, you will lose gamers, but come on now, at least make an effort to keep your fanbase.
I will continue to play this game, for a few reasons. One, WoW isn't out yet, two I want to see if you will make a turn around in these next few weeks, and three, you have my soul, I really want it back.
Your slave
Pokiehl
Does anybody else feel like this? This was really a fun little rant to write.