I'm sure something like this has been posted before, but I haven't seen it.
Although I would like to play more, frankly I don't have time. I have real life responsibilities. FFXI requires a good bit of time to really accomplish anything. I'm hesitant to even play if I don't have 3+ hours to jump into an xp party or get a party for a rank mission. I can't for example jump in for half an hour, go into a castle fight some boss and log off. In fact I can't fight any boss without finding a party, 30 mins - 2 hours time just to get a party and then the usual wait for everyone to get there and another 2 hours for (insert quest here). I know you can craft, farm, mine etc. but frankly that's boring to me without some kind of plot point (the plot is why I love the Final Fantasy series). I would like to see more solo type stuff (for lack of a better word) in the game. Maybe some solo missions that can be started at a low level and progress to higher level requirements as you advance through the story. Something to make the lower levels more interesting. I'm currently level 30 DRG, 32 War, 18 Mnk, 15 Thf and many others from 5-9, but the lower levels are quite frankly boring. Why not add some content to make the lower levels more engrossed? More involved? I'm Rank 3 Bastok right now, with my highest level as 32 War I think that's not too bad, but I can't advance to Rank 4 until I get either some help or level much higher than I am. Now I have to do the same thing (level in xp parties) without any plot line before I can have any plot in the game.
Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on adding some "Do when you don't have time to spend hours in the game but still have some fun without depending on other people" content.