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Looks like definition 3 fits here. Pretty sure FFXI is a religion to some of us and those people are sacrificing themselves to it to please their electronic god.

A golden Bomb! We need better mounts

Comparing your choice to complete a video game too quickly, to actual victims is disgusting, like I said, find a better trope.

a person who is tricked or duped.
"the victim of a hoax"

It describes what you are doing perfectly, whether you agree with it or not. Being a "victim" does not always entail the seriousness that you are trying to push with it. The fact it is a game we are discussing should give enough context to how to interpret the level of severity I am associating with the word victim.

Defending a lack of content with, "well, you play the game to much" is weak defense and it is a form of victim blaming. I am sorry if this upsets you.

It describes what you are doing perfectly, whether you agree with it or not. Being a "victim" does not always entail the seriousness that you are trying to push with it. The fact it is a game we are discussing should give enough context to how to interpret the level of severity I am associating with the word victim.

Defending a lack of content with, "well, you play the game to much" is weak defense and it is a form of victim blaming. I am sorry if this upsets you.

First time in 7 years they have not had a return home campaign for 11/11, and they aren't even saying why. Maybe they were too popular for their own good.

Actually no, mob despawning had nothing to do with summoner pets or the like. It goes way way waaaay the hell back to the early days when the bulk of North American players didn't even have their first level 75 yet. Mob despawning was implemented specifically as an anti-griefing / anti MPK tool. Before normal mobs despawned you could MPK people by training hoards of agressive mobs to their location and dying on top of them. Additionally, there were huge problems with leveling zones ( this is back when people actually had leveling parties and invited black mages to them so they could magic burst off the skillchains). Zoning into Yhoater Jungle, Garliage Citadel, or Crawlers nest was almost immediately met with instant death because someone trained a bunch of goblin smithys, knight crawlers, or siege bats to the zone. TRAIN TO ZONE was a common shout, and if your experience camp was in the path you had to stop what you were doing... often for 5-10 minutes at a time and wait for the mobs to reset.

There were obvious implications at any notorious monster camp too, resulting in much griefing over NMs with contested drops. It got to the point the GMs got fed up with the calls and the devs implemented despawning. Coincidentally, it was beastmasters who were most affected by the change, not summoners. Because up until then they were mostly a solo class, relying on charming pets and sicing them on their targets. After the change as soon as they released their pet it despawned, crippling the job entirely. The solution was for s-e to implement jug pets, and we all know how much of a history jug pets have with players and their dissatisfaction of the way they were implemented. Essentially forced upon them without their desire because their class got hit in the crossfire.

Sorry for the rambly history rant. I just felt that was worth mentioning.

Mentor/assist chat probably took a decent bit of time to get to a functional point too.

Regardless of what any of us think, the fact they are adding this at all shows they have long-term goals for the game and have seen a lot of people coming back.

Regardless of what any of us think, the fact they are adding this at all shows they have long-term goals for the game and have seen a lot of people coming back.