What are your thoughts of this game?
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Bruzor
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I found FFXI to be extremely exciting at first. But when I could not commit as much time to it I found it harder and harder to get decent parties. I played for over 2 years and then decided it was time to move on. Rather disenfranchised with it now. However, even after leaving and deciding to not play it anymore, I still find myself thinking about certain zones or scenes at random, and I have not played it for three months. Talk about a long term addiction.......this must be how a drug addict feels when kicking a habit.
I find FFXI to be a very good game. Like any other there are some faults of course. However, for the 12.95 a month + all the expansions, i believe the players should have more of a say in what is done gameplay wise. I have plenty of hours played, on and off for months. Recently i just stopped playing because of FFXII. To me, FFXII is gift from the almighty god of ivalice him/herself. Its like an offline FFXII. Its great, all the "NMs" / raregame. Its amazing. I just wish it was online Co-op somehow. That way me and a friend could team up and take on all the NMs.
But anyway, back to FFXI. It is a great game, but some factors play into why people tend to either hate it or love it. A lot of it is based on your interraction with other players. Some may be...rude to say the least. Other factors such as the end game play a huge roll. With Real Money Trading (RMT) ruling the "economy." SE says they delete a lot of accounts, but many GMs do not uphold the rules and code of conduct you must agree to in the beginning. Its a shame really. Such an amazing game is ruined by other people.
Another thing is the leveling. Talk about grinding away for hours to achieve 1 level. SE tried making the leveling a little easier to deal with for the lower level players with the use of items that increased the amount of exp you received. This however does nothing but take away what would be 10-15 minutes of fighting later in the game. Now i have a 75 blm and its fun with a good group of friends to do missions and quests. But even then theres only so much you can do to keep yourself occupied. Everyone has a set way of playing. A prerequisite on how you have to do your job and go about the game. So theres not a lot of freedom if you want to get anywhere. Oh well thats just how it is. When your waiting there for hours for an invite to a party to level up, you wonder to yourself, why cant i level on my own, that would be pretty fun? Who knows what the answer to that is. To me, guild wars had a really good idea. Forget about the leveling, its all about your skills and how you played your job. Then again GW is heavily PVP based. FFXI is more of an on and off thing for me. I like the game a lot, but the fact that i have to rely on other people tends to bother me. Even now at 75 (the max) i only strive to make money to buy the best equipment, or go out and fight the monters to drop the equipment i want. The story is great, however, there are so many tedious things that must be done.
You need to achieve so much experience to level, that the monsters that you find that you CAN safely fight to gain xp, are not worth it. You don’t get enough fast enough. More effort should be put into the ability to solo on the developers parts. It is really tiring sitting there for hours to get a party that is unreliable.
[FONT="]Players should not have to rely on others so much to move on in the story/leveling[/FONT]
But anyway, back to FFXI. It is a great game, but some factors play into why people tend to either hate it or love it. A lot of it is based on your interraction with other players. Some may be...rude to say the least. Other factors such as the end game play a huge roll. With Real Money Trading (RMT) ruling the "economy." SE says they delete a lot of accounts, but many GMs do not uphold the rules and code of conduct you must agree to in the beginning. Its a shame really. Such an amazing game is ruined by other people.
Another thing is the leveling. Talk about grinding away for hours to achieve 1 level. SE tried making the leveling a little easier to deal with for the lower level players with the use of items that increased the amount of exp you received. This however does nothing but take away what would be 10-15 minutes of fighting later in the game. Now i have a 75 blm and its fun with a good group of friends to do missions and quests. But even then theres only so much you can do to keep yourself occupied. Everyone has a set way of playing. A prerequisite on how you have to do your job and go about the game. So theres not a lot of freedom if you want to get anywhere. Oh well thats just how it is. When your waiting there for hours for an invite to a party to level up, you wonder to yourself, why cant i level on my own, that would be pretty fun? Who knows what the answer to that is. To me, guild wars had a really good idea. Forget about the leveling, its all about your skills and how you played your job. Then again GW is heavily PVP based. FFXI is more of an on and off thing for me. I like the game a lot, but the fact that i have to rely on other people tends to bother me. Even now at 75 (the max) i only strive to make money to buy the best equipment, or go out and fight the monters to drop the equipment i want. The story is great, however, there are so many tedious things that must be done.
You need to achieve so much experience to level, that the monsters that you find that you CAN safely fight to gain xp, are not worth it. You don’t get enough fast enough. More effort should be put into the ability to solo on the developers parts. It is really tiring sitting there for hours to get a party that is unreliable.
[FONT="]Players should not have to rely on others so much to move on in the story/leveling[/FONT]
It's designed so that you have to have parties to get anywhere.This does two things. First of all, it helps include more people. There will always be more people who want or need help than there will who want to do things on their own. By requiring people to help each other, this allows more people to do the same thing at once; thus making it more even and fair. Secondly, it helps put more money in Square Enix's pocket. If you were to level all of your jobs all the way to 75 on your own, it'd make the game far too easy and you'd complete it far too quick.
What's the one downside to playing World of Warcraft? If you don't know, the answer is the end game experience. Ask anyone who plays. Once you get to level 60, the fun ends. The only thing left to do is PvP and spam the same old instance over and over again.
With Final Fantasy XI, there's a lot more to do once you reach level 75. The boring stuff is while you level up. You are greatly rewarded with more to do when you attain the maximum levels. This is how it should be. The game was designed to take time to build a character.
If you think that's bad, just wait until Vanguard comes out. If you leveled every hour of every day, it'd take six months to attain the maximum level. You can get level 75 on Final Fantasy XI in less than a month doing the same.
What's the one downside to playing World of Warcraft? If you don't know, the answer is the end game experience. Ask anyone who plays. Once you get to level 60, the fun ends. The only thing left to do is PvP and spam the same old instance over and over again.
With Final Fantasy XI, there's a lot more to do once you reach level 75. The boring stuff is while you level up. You are greatly rewarded with more to do when you attain the maximum levels. This is how it should be. The game was designed to take time to build a character.
If you think that's bad, just wait until Vanguard comes out. If you leveled every hour of every day, it'd take six months to attain the maximum level. You can get level 75 on Final Fantasy XI in less than a month doing the same.
While they might be true, who really wants to spend that much time leveling up? I do agree that it benefits SE when it comes to raking in the money, but at what expense? I for one hate sitting there looking for a party, which can easily go on for hours (Especially for some jobs).
I understand that making it party based brings people togther, its just not as practicle. All the fun is taken away from partying if your not with the right people. And it only takes one person to ruin it all.
Its so repetitive when you level, nothing much changes from level to level to make a big enough difference in how you gain your xp. A while back in fact, they changed the amount of experience it took after level 60 to get to level 75. That was a great change, especially since i just reached the late 50's at the time. But even then, it was difficult to assemble a party that could actually be worthwhile in gaining xp. I guess what im getting at, is if the end game of ffxi is so great than why not let the players achieve that point qucker? It sure would be much more enjoyable. And its not like the levels before it would be pointless. You learn a lot, but come on, youve basically learned it all by 60. Oh well, its still a great game, ill probly always go back and forth from it and any other time consuming activity i can manage to indulge myself in.
I understand that making it party based brings people togther, its just not as practicle. All the fun is taken away from partying if your not with the right people. And it only takes one person to ruin it all.
Its so repetitive when you level, nothing much changes from level to level to make a big enough difference in how you gain your xp. A while back in fact, they changed the amount of experience it took after level 60 to get to level 75. That was a great change, especially since i just reached the late 50's at the time. But even then, it was difficult to assemble a party that could actually be worthwhile in gaining xp. I guess what im getting at, is if the end game of ffxi is so great than why not let the players achieve that point qucker? It sure would be much more enjoyable. And its not like the levels before it would be pointless. You learn a lot, but come on, youve basically learned it all by 60. Oh well, its still a great game, ill probly always go back and forth from it and any other time consuming activity i can manage to indulge myself in.
I agree that it's not a practicle way of doing it. It's really not. But we all know it'll never change. Square Enix makes a killing off this game. They dare not change too much.
All at the same time, it ranks in my favorite games list. I've put so much time into the game. I like a lot of it, but I hate a lot of it. The thing that gets to me most is the fact that it's all repetitive. It's annoying doing the same thing over and over. I can't wait for Vanguard. =\
All at the same time, it ranks in my favorite games list. I've put so much time into the game. I like a lot of it, but I hate a lot of it. The thing that gets to me most is the fact that it's all repetitive. It's annoying doing the same thing over and over. I can't wait for Vanguard. =\
Stratistic
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i sold my account at IGE....
punkforpez
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I gave this game 2 years of my life and I did it all. except rank 10. I made it up to rank 8. camped half the NMs. Did all the BCNMs. Took my Bard all around the world and made lots of gil. Saved up for months to buy the best gear for three jobs. However, my personal life took such an amazing blow from this that I realized the only way to correct things was to stop playing. and you guys are right, it's still very addicting even though I haven't logged on in several months.
My friends still play and keep telling me how much fun they are having with Puppetmaster and Blue Mages and I need to check it out, come back, and sing the songs they remember me by. I miss training Mary through the Highlands, scaring the hell out of all the new players trying to run to the Dunes. Hell, I even miss the Dunes! There will be a lot of fond memories for a long time to come I'm sure, but I can never go back to the game, regardless of how much I miss it.
My friends still play and keep telling me how much fun they are having with Puppetmaster and Blue Mages and I need to check it out, come back, and sing the songs they remember me by. I miss training Mary through the Highlands, scaring the hell out of all the new players trying to run to the Dunes. Hell, I even miss the Dunes! There will be a lot of fond memories for a long time to come I'm sure, but I can never go back to the game, regardless of how much I miss it.
Conquistador
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I was really enjoying it to begin with, and became addicted very quickly. What struck me initially was that I actually felt like a part of the game - more than I had done with any FF. People would run past you on their own missions, others would be chatting away about football results, someone may approach you to see if you'd like to go on a mission, or ask for some help... all of which seemed to make me feel like I was actually there.
I also enjoyed the battle system as you could choose your fights, allowing quite dynamic gameplay. I thought fishing was an interesting element, as you didn't really have to do it but it offered some advantages if you were willing.
But I agree completely with the points made by Nathaivel, in that the co-op element made it great, but was also its achilles heel.
I also enjoyed the battle system as you could choose your fights, allowing quite dynamic gameplay. I thought fishing was an interesting element, as you didn't really have to do it but it offered some advantages if you were willing.
But I agree completely with the points made by Nathaivel, in that the co-op element made it great, but was also its achilles heel.
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I've never played the game before, but I heard it wasn't all that good? O.O However, others say it was addicting and fun. Well...I might play it then. 
It's all a matter of opinion and the style of MMORPGs you like. If you really like the game engine that World of Warcraft uses, you may not be interested in Final Fantasy XI. However, if getting used to the World of Warcraft engine was difficult or you just don't like it, the Final Fantasy XI engine may really be more your style. If you're unfamiliar with the types of engines that Sony, Sigil, EverQuest, Blizzard, etc. have been using, then this may just be the first system you like and you may love it.I've never played the game before, but I heard it wasn't all that good? O.O However, others say it was addicting and fun. Well...I might play it then.
Aside from Phantasy Star Online, this was my first real MMORPG. I got into the game right away, learned everything right away, and it just glued to me. Now I'm addicted and can't get enough of it. The biggest downside is that it does take a really long time to progress through the game because it is a group-oriented atmosphere. You do require help to do most of the game; you can't really solo effectively.
But yeah... it's all a matter of opinion.
This game is fun. Although you sorta have to balance out when you play and stuff cause you can't let it ruin your social life. I know when I get it again I'll play for long hours at night Best time to play too if you live in the UK 
Best time to play too if you live in the UK Or the best way to play this game is to begin playing when you do not have a social life at all. *raises hand!*This game is fun. Although you sorta have to balance out when you play and stuff cause you can't let it ruin your social life. I know when I get it again I'll play for long hours at night
LordandLadies
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From what I watched while GA played the game, the game looks really fun actually, it can be a bit repetitive when it came down to gaining levels after lv13..
My Personal opinion its a very good game if you enjoy Massive Player games.. Only ppl that haven't like it, are ppl that dont actually take time to enjoy it, or give it a pass off, cause more then they are playing the game..
I know alot of ppl that hate MMORGs, cause they say ppl that play em tend to be stupid and not know a hole in the ground to their sword.. which is a pretty stupid assumption, but everyone has their Opinion.. Not all of em right of course ^^
My Personal opinion its a very good game if you enjoy Massive Player games.. Only ppl that haven't like it, are ppl that dont actually take time to enjoy it, or give it a pass off, cause more then they are playing the game..
I know alot of ppl that hate MMORGs, cause they say ppl that play em tend to be stupid and not know a hole in the ground to their sword.. which is a pretty stupid assumption, but everyone has their Opinion.. Not all of em right of course ^^