there are some things that should be left for the single person to get by himself on his own such as all these artifact armor peices and wepons for a certain class or race. that kind of thing should be left for the solo person to get by himself.. thats what i was expecting in a game a mixture of both single play and multi needs.. this game only has multi needs becuase its a multi online game.. they never addressed the type of person who likes to play online with friends and go solo places.. things in this game you can solo u need to be 20 levels higher than to even attempt it, with good gear i should add.. sure you can solo when you start but after level 10 your dun. unless you goty a pt or a beastmaster. experience seems to be gained way to slow compared to the old console games. 200-400 max exp a creature is really bad by the time your 70 beleive me. take all day if not 2 days for one level. and i have a job and real world to attend to aswell so for me it makes my leveling get boring after about 5 300 exp creatures having to get 30k+ exp to even get close to leveling. i am a final fantasy finatic since final fantasy 1 on the snes, played all ofem and beatem all. final fantasy 11 online was like to me when i herd of it. " omg an online version sweet ", then when i found out i had to get all "MY OWN" gear ( talking gear only i can wear.. Artifact armor such" that totally threw me away from the game becuase for one its my gear not theres .. why do i need help getting my stuff thats only for me. that should be my problem not others to help me on. i wanted to do that kinda stuff on my own. i can see helping to get to a new area or whatnot but for armor.. come on ya know? Now im stuck with the new problem of finding 18 people that got theres already that wont help becuase they got theres. so i waste days in an area shouting for help that i dont recieve. and the getting money in this game.. shot right out the window to even get something for a new person.. gil sellers all over the game ruin it completely for the people who enjoy trying to make that last 30k on a nice item, now that item will sit there waiting for you to buy for litterally a half a year to make what was worth little less than say 50k to now what is at say 1million. that is a big ruin of the game. theres another aspect i disliked was these things they call NM's ( notorious monsters ) one of its kind in each area that people sit at constantly to make money not giving anyone else a chance to even get a shot at it. and the times they show are so far and few between its rediculus to even try. im a very high level in this game and have all jobs aquired and leveld aswell. ive been on this game more than a year and a half and the only reason im on it still is becuase of the friends ive made here in t he game. its mainly a chat room to me with graphics at the moment. unless they change some aspects of this game and how its run and take off limitations to certain enemys or areas i think ill be saving the few bucks a month im spending on it.