Originally Posted by Ledenko  |
| One of my biggest peevees with FFXI at the time (I stopped playing shortly after CoP was released) was the economy - everything was so expensive and farming took so long... |
The economy is way more stable than it was back then. Farming can take time, but you're doing something wrong if it's taking you weeks to farm enough for a few equips at level 50.
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| tradeskills - do they still take a lot of time and/or gil to skill up? |
Yes. However, if you are smart about it and don't just pull up some outdated guide and power-level a craft using no brains at all, you can usually find synths that will be profitable, or at least near break-even. However, crafting up while making money isn't easy and is usually quite time-consuming as you're going to be required to farm your own ingredients.
| Originally Posted by Ledenko |
| here's also the issue of traveling, some times I actually gave up going somewhere because I didn't feel like riding a chocobo for 15 or 20 minutes, or waiting for an airship for 10 minutes, if the client at least allowed alt-tabbing... And sometimes it was darned expensive, too! |
This is a non-issue. You can access Jeuno or your home nation within seconds from Whitegate, outpost warps will get you around the world in seconds, cavernous maws can be used in junction with the allied teleportation service to get around even quicker, and yes there is still airships. On top of that, anyone is eligible to move +12% faster with Sprinter's Shoes.
| Originally Posted by Ledenko |
| p.s. Is SAM (still) a good job to play nowadays? |
Yes?