Returning to Vanadiel? (FFXI related)

GD · driven to tears Age: 48 Gender: Joined: 19 Jan 2005

I never thought I would do so, but as of this week I have returned to FFXI. I got it for the 360, then also realised I could play on the PC with the same account, so I dug up my old FFXI discs and installed it there as well.

I'm playing on Ragnarok thanks to Emerje, some of you ex-PSOtakus will remember who he is. I made an Elvaan and went Monk, and I'm having a blast. The community is so friendly. Inflation has taken it's toll though, I never thought I would be able to sell a stack of rabbit hides for 3,000 gil.

So on the odd chance anyone feels like giving the game another go, I would be happy to get a Worldpass.

Daijaga · Chosen of Luck Gender: Joined: 17 Dec 2003

I had...a.bad... experience...
...with FFXI. I dunno why Square thinks I wanted to go from single player masterpeiece to 5 person minimun combo chain xp fiascos. If your into it, thats cool..but sublingars? C'mon.

GD · driven to tears Age: 48 Gender: Joined: 19 Jan 2005

I don't wear subligars.. lol..

And for good reason.

GAAZ · MOD Black Sheep Commander Gender: Joined: 14 Oct 2002

I'd sooner shave my sack with a rusty razor before I pick up FFXI again. ^_^

Chibi Knight · Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject:

GAAZ · MOD Black Sheep Commander Gender: Joined: 14 Oct 2002

unastrike · Otaku Knight Age: 48 Gender: Joined: 23 Sep 2002

I tried to go back... When they released a nice little package deal. It was $30 for the game, the (then) 2 expansions and a free month for you AND a friend.

PRG and I split it. We played twice.

I just think I've been spoiled by WoW and CoH. It was so hard to go back to the slow, crawling, menu-based combat.

GD · driven to tears Age: 48 Gender: Joined: 19 Jan 2005

FFXI definitely feels slow when compared to WoW, I totally agree there. I just find FFXI gameplay to be more challenging overall. You really have to know what you're doing to take out a lot of the mobs in game. I also prefer the community in FFXI over WoW's mob of tards.

I'm not giving up on WoW 100%, but I'll probably be spending most of my time on FFXI until PSU comes out.

Oh, and combat doesn't have to be menu-based if you're willing to type out a few quick macros.. Cool

GAAZ · MOD Black Sheep Commander Gender: Joined: 14 Oct 2002

That's also a problem too.

Macros started turning into entire battles. You could and were basically required to program a macro to attack with magic wait 3 seconds attack with another spell wait three seconds etc etc.

Or program a macro letting people know a chain combo was coming up in 5 seconds. It got to the point where you could just press a macro and then go play a real video game while your team spent 5 minutes killing one rabbit then another 5 minutes resting.

And when I played I ran into nothing but this.
For some this strip is an exaggeration...For me it was completely true to life.

Daijaga · Chosen of Luck Gender: Joined: 17 Dec 2003

Thats the most accurate FFXI portrayal Ive ever read. It just forgot the endless hours of running and fishing whores.

Now I do have some kudos for FFXI. I Loved the ambience and atmosphere of the whole thing, and a lot of the original artwork that comes with it is top notch. Characters models are nice and realistic and I imagine since its a shore to get higher levels, that most fo the douches were weeded out into WoW.

Still, sublingars.