New to FFXI

[Rapsodos]

I have never played MMOG games and i do like all the other FF, especially I-X and i want to try this one out but i don't know squat how to get started.

Where do i start,do i need all the expansions to get the full game and how do i combine them together? Sounds pretty complicated to me.
Is the PC version better than PS2? Do they cost the same?

Would be awesome to get answers to all that

 

[d2punkrock4thisw]

I myself always wondered the same, the whole online game play turned me off very much so when I heard about it years ago. Especially now that I hear FF14 is to be an online game as well it makes me feel uneasy. I think my struggle is just because I know not of how to get into such an idea.

So I too wonder about all the questions above.

 

[GBJoker]

I have never played MMOG games and i do like all the other FF, especially I-X and i want to try this one out but i don't know squat how to get started.

Where do i start,do i need all the expansions to get the full game and how do i combine them together? Sounds pretty complicated to me.
Is the PC version better than PS2? Do they cost the same?

Would be awesome to get answers to all that

In general I've noticed the PC versions are cheaper, especially now that they stopped making PS2 versions.

At this point in the games life, if you decide to get into XI, yes, you will need at least the four big expansions. Rise of Zilart will come with the original no matter what, and most on sale have just combined all of them, Chains of Promathia, Treasures of Aht Urgahn, and Wings of the Goddess into one cd, because SE got smart enough to realize no one is going to buy four cds for this game anymore.

You combine them together by just installing the original first with it's registration code, and then each expansion one by one with it's own registration code. But, as I've said, since they combine them now to one cd, you'll only have the same one code for all expansions.

For cost, after the initial buying of the cd from the store, yes, they cost the same, since cost is based on how many characters you have, not what expansions you have installed.

The absolute biggest debate is whether to get into XI or just wait for XIV. 14 is coming out sometime this year I think, and XI is just plain old. Most of the people have done all the stuff beginners will be forced to do, and there is very little help available. If you just jump to XIV, you'll be starting in the same position as every one else, and not years behind.