FFXI Available - Review tomorrow - Info on server selection

Anaeran Silvermoon · Post by **Anaeran Silvermoon** » November 8, 2003, 8:54 pm

Has anyone discovered how to obtain a world pass yet?

Anaeran Silvermoon · Post by **Anaeran Silvermoon** » November 9, 2003, 2:46 pm

Found it nm

If anyone is still looking to play and is interested in a world pass to Quezt server, PM me; i have 2 extra uses from the one i purchased.

Shanter · Post by **Shanter** » November 10, 2003, 1:54 am

From reading about it I'm getting very interested about the game and how the leveling systems work (especially from the captions of the link posted earlier). Is this a game where you have to go through repetitive exp'ing ie EQ, or are there other alternatives? i might pick this up end of november for my month break for the winter holidays and play it straight through if its something really fun

EDIT: bought it will give it a go

Rayquan · Post by **Rayquan** » November 11, 2003, 12:50 am

Hi all, Rayquan here.

I bought FFXI upon release date. Took me forever to install

I played many a low lvl character since i chose my final desicion.

I tried:

Mithra Monk bastok:
Didnt know I wouldnt get a ring. The monk was an ok experience for the lvls of 5-10 maybe until I noticed how much I was lfg or how much we seeked a healer. seemed a lot of my monk on EQ. I got him (her) to lvl 15 and deleted her. Bye bye hope for melee class.

Then I tried a White Mage Elvaan Windusrt (sp?)
Was too hard at lower lvls, decided beign ahealer wasnt for me anyway after about 3 lvls of deing

Im now on the Quez server as a Red Mage Elvaan. I have a nice idea of the game and general knowlegde of the game now. His name is Rayquan, if anyone wants to look me up, im allways availible for /tell.

Once i reach around level 20-30 I'll be lookin for a guild if they even have those in the end game. (like eq's guilds)

Rayquan · Post by **Rayquan** » November 11, 2003, 1:03 am

Shanter wrote:From reading about it I'm getting very interested about the game and how the leveling systems work (especially from the captions of the link posted earlier). Is this a game where you have to go through repetitive exp'ing ie EQ, or are there other alternatives? i might pick this up end of november for my month break for the winter holidays and play it straight through if its something really fun

EDIT: bought it will give it a go

The game is continous leveling somewhat.

From lvl 1-10 you are almost on youre own unless u wanna group, which isnt needed for these levels unless youre a black/white mage cuz you'll need a tank.

10+ is when the grouping really starts. EXP in this game isnt as bad as Everquest. All exp is givin from 0 to 100.

The Cons: (al the solo exp given)
Easy = 1-25 exp or so
Decent Challenge is mroe around 25-30's or even up to 70's
Even Match is like the exp that gives u 100
Enything above that is impossible to solo, but killable in right group, so u should actually enevr get more then 100 exp at a time.

Experience Chains:

When you are in a group and kill two m0bs in a row, and the 2nd one is the same lvl or higher of the last mob u killed u get a little bonus in exp called an exp chain. It wil number itself as u get more in a row until u dont.

Exp isnt that hard to come by, neither is money, just work it like EQ.

When soloing around 5-7+, you wanna kill easy con stuff so u can kill more quicker. This results in higher TP in more fights so its actually faster.

Grouping you allways want some form of a healer for most groups above 10 and all groups above 20;ish im sure. Red / White mages do the trick as well if u meet a paladin or someone with a red/white mage sub job.

Money is simple to get, almost everything you find is auctionable. I was a lvl 4 red mage with over 1k , after buying 4 spells (for around 50-100 each) and buying 2 different swords (both were upgrades of the last weapon) and also had bought some Brzone Armor. (It shows up as leather like armor though, i havent seen too much plate-like armor yet except on higher level paladins and etc).

There are many ways to sell things:

1) Auction Houses

Every auction house in each city holds different items (u can only buy the items in youre town while there). You go up to an uction counter and you have 3 choices:

Bid: You can search or browse throughout all the items being sold. Weapons, Armor, Misc, Scrolls, Tradeskill Items, etc.

Sell: Choose items too put up for auction. When you put an item up for auction, it stays in the auction house for 9 in-game weeks. If it sells, it sells and the money is put into your delivery box, if not the item itself is returned to your box.

2) Bazaar

All a bazaar is in this game is u can set yourself up to sell items while u play. U select bazaar and an item(s) in your inventory, as well as the prices. When you have items for sale a little icon shows next to your name that looks like an item bag.

When placyers inspect you , they can brosw youre wares and buy if needed, u dont warp into "trader" or "merchant" or even "npc" mode, so you can bazaar and still fight, exp , quest, etc.

3) Sell to NPC's, or Quest

Sell to merchants around town, armor shops, etc. Or if u have a specific quest item u can give it to the quest npc u need to. (I was just screwing around in port and i ran across a few random quests, ended up making over 300 gil for just running around town doing simple tasks, and im still not done with them).

If u have anymore questions im glad to answer.

Shanter · Post by **Shanter** » November 11, 2003, 3:45 am

Installed and was running around earlier, gave up for a bit trying to get to Quezt server. Gonna go for hume warrior and see how it is, the name is Rockowski, will probably change it soon enough.

Rayquan · Post by **Rayquan** » November 11, 2003, 9:22 pm

if u play veeshan on eq u should start many diff things, see what u like, then when u are ready to create a main character, make sure u start him o quez server, i think thats where we are all gonna play who at least check veeshan vault.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 12, 2003, 11:25 am

Wow, the game is a pain in the ass to play without a gamepad. It doesn't work well with the Logitech Rumblepad, either. The throttle slider gets set as one of the camera axis controls, which it totally suck.

Fattyfat · Post by **Fattyfat** » November 12, 2003, 2:59 pm

the BEST gamepad to use for this game is the PS2 gamepad, which you can use with a USB connector from level-six.

Post by **Xouqoa** » November 12, 2003, 3:19 pm

Yeah, it's pretty flawless.

Janx · Post by **Janx** » November 12, 2003, 9:39 pm

Ever try using the wingman profiler to change it?

My logtech pad works flawlessly. Only have to touch the keyboard to talk, everything else (job/weaponskills are mapped to shift/buttons via profiler).

Rayquan · Post by **Rayquan** » November 13, 2003, 12:14 am

lol, u people are so quick to jump to conclusions sometimes.

I agree that the Full keyboard featre sucks and the gamepad is better than it, but what about thw compact keyboard featre? id choose that over a gamepad anyday.

If u havent tried it out, try it. because with gamepad im sure targeting and marcos suck.

Janx · Post by **Janx** » November 13, 2003, 4:53 am

I have 1 top button mapped to target nearest NPC the other mapped to attack. Keyboard is still teh suck. Saying compact keyboard > gamepad just shows that you dont have a decent gamepad..I'm about to start an angry mob to come get you Rayq.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 13, 2003, 11:36 am

Janx wrote:Ever try using the wingman profiler to change it?

My logtech pad works flawlessly. Only have to touch the keyboard to talk, everything else (job/weaponskills are mapped to shift/buttons via profiler).

Yeah, and I couldn't get the throttle control to deassociate itself from one of the camera axis. I also futzed around with every possible setting combo in the FFXI settings app as well.

It's prolly better this way. I have the wireless Logitech PS2 stick that will really be sweet for FFXI. It rocked for the .hack games, which use a similar movement/menu/camera scheme.

Rayquan · Post by **Rayquan** » November 14, 2003, 8:55 am

i have a decent sidewinder, i still say kb > gp sorry =p

Somali · Post by **Somali** » November 14, 2003, 11:02 am

fack fack fack..
I didn't bother coming here until now... I've been on Valefor this entire time. suck ass.. I'd move if not for te fact that I already have my Wife playing on Valefor and she got her Mom playing.. lol.

Shanter · Post by **Shanter** » November 14, 2003, 12:06 pm

Ok got on Quetz the name is Shanter, where the hell is the damn geyser for Bastok 2nd mission??

Anaeran Silvermoon · November 14, 2003, 2:47 pm

*Spoiler*

Its in Dagraf (or however you spell it) along the right path. You step into it and the blue sample thing Cid gave you will turn red in your inventory

I can help ya find it if ya need a guide, shoot me a tell any time; char name is Anaeran ^^

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » November 14, 2003, 6:02 pm

Haven't had time to buy this yet, but based upon the fact that I just got married and wife is not amused by EQ (she doesn't actually mind other games as long as I can stop at 5-10 mins notice and don't play for 6 straight hours...) I was looking in to FF...

Question: If I level as (say) warrior to lvl 15 and I take up (say) thief as a sub. How does the advanced job system work?

If I lvl to 30 (raising thief and warrior until warrior is 30) and then quest to be ranger, what happens? Do I get to pick what my job/subjob is now? Can I now be lvl 1 rang/30 warrior? Or do I automatically become lvl 1 ranger/18 thief?

Basically, I was wondering how one would go about becoming ranger/ninja as they are clearly teh win.

The job/subjob seems straightforward enough, but it seems to become seriously convoluted and extremely esoteric once you throw in the advanced jobs. Any light that could be shed on this would be cool.

Questions include:

If you choose NOT to subjob from the start and lvl to 30 could you then become warrior/ninja and because your main job was lvl 30 then go off and immediately quest for ranger and become ranger/ninja all off of one original job?

Or

Would I have to have two jobs and to get the advanced in the main raise it to 30 then switch and raise the subjob to 30 and switch it?

Anaeran Silvermoon · November 14, 2003, 7:12 pm

First of all, you arent able to take on a subjob until youve leveled one job to 18. You then have to do a little quest to unlock the ability to assign that subjob. From there, you pick one of the other beginning jobs to level as your subjob (War, Thf, Whm, Blm, Rdm, Mnk) and level that as you would a mainjob while holding a support job to boost your abilities while doing so.

Example: You started off as a warrior and leveled him to 18. You decide that you want to use white mage as your subjob. From my understanding you would then assign WhM as your main (you'd be level 1) and have the warrior as your subjob until Whm is leveled to HALF of what your warrior is, then you'd switch them around so your mainjob is double your support.

To unlock other jobs or "Quest jobs" you need to achieve level 30 with one of the origional jobs. Once that is done, you can travel around and take on different quests for different advanced jobs (ie: Ranger, Paladin Dark Knight, Beastmaster, Summoner, Dragoon, Ninja, Samurai). Once the quest is accomplished and youre level 30 in 1 job you will then be able to switch your job to the advanced job that corresponds to the quest you have done. That job in turn will be at level 1 and you will need to level that up as you did the others.

Example: You continued to level a warrior as your main with a WHM support. Your warrior is at level 30 and your support should be at 15. You will then be able to receive the quests to unlock new jobs. Find the NPC's that hand out the Ranger and Ninja quests and complete them both. Then to your Kupo house to change your main to Ranger, and your support to Ninja. More leveling!

Hope this helps

I'm also aspiring to become a Ranger (main) / Ninja (support) They sound kickass

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » November 14, 2003, 8:47 pm

Anaeran Silvermoon wrote:First of all, you arent able to take on a subjob until youve leveled one job to 18. You then have to do a little quest to unlock the ability to assign that subjob. From there, you pick one of the other beginning jobs to level as your subjob (War, Thf, Whm, Blm, Rdm, Mnk) and level that as you would a mainjob while holding a support job to boost your abilities while doing so.

Example: You started off as a warrior and leveled him to 18. You decide that you want to use white mage as your subjob. From my understanding you would then assign WhM as your main (you'd be level 1) and have the warrior as your subjob until Whm is leveled to HALF of what your warrior is, then you'd switch them around so your mainjob is double your support.

To unlock other jobs or "Quest jobs" you need to achieve level 30 with one of the origional jobs. Once that is done, you can travel around and take on different quests for different advanced jobs (ie: Ranger, Paladin Dark Knight, Beastmaster, Summoner, Dragoon, Ninja, Samurai). Once the quest is accomplished and youre level 30 in 1 job you will then be able to switch your job to the advanced job that corresponds to the quest you have done. That job in turn will be at level 1 and you will need to level that up as you did the others.

Example: You continued to level a warrior as your main with a WHM support. Your warrior is at level 30 and your support should be at 15. You will then be able to receive the quests to unlock new jobs. Find the NPC's that hand out the Ranger and Ninja quests and complete them both. Then to your Kupo house to change your main to Ranger, and your support to Ninja. More leveling!

Hope this helps I'm also aspiring to become a Ranger (main) / Ninja (support) They sound kickass

Thank you very much, this cleared it up for me. Yeah, I made a ranger and a druid back in 99 for EQ. I kept Archeiron and ditched the ranger, now I want to play a ranger...

Drem · Post by **Drem** » November 14, 2003, 10:49 pm

So is anyone still playing FFXI? and if you do, what are your character names and play times?

Shanter · Post by **Shanter** » November 16, 2003, 11:27 pm

We're all on Quetz server

My war's name is Shanter and my play time is very very random, just send tells in game whenever you get on and you might get lucky

Somali · Post by **Somali** » November 17, 2003, 1:31 am

I play on Valefor all the time..
Me: Mythlon
Wife: Sassafras
Her Mom: Elvier

Kargyle · Post by **Kargyle** » November 17, 2003, 2:49 am

Well, I finally got the game installed last night. I finally figured out how to trick the game into installing off my hard drive, I found that it was impossible for me to install the game via the CDs in the usual way. Anyway, I managed to get on Queza after 7 or 8 tries, and created a warrior with the name Prismal. I haven't had any time to level yet, but I look forward to doing some fighting this week, and maybe hooking up with some of you VVers this weekend.

I think we need a list of who is playing under what handle like we had for PlanetSide. It makes it so much easier to find people and remember who everyone is.

Anaeran Silvermoon · November 17, 2003, 4:58 am

I"m on Quezt too. Character name is Anaeran

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » November 21, 2003, 2:49 pm

Haven't had a lot of time to play so far, but I will do this weekend and...

I started a hume warrior in Bastok. I found a mission in the mines district that asks me to get the Overseer's report and take it to the President's Office (which I think must be in Metalworks?? because it isn't in Mines or Port area as far as I can tell

)

I killed some ding bats on my way down and wandered the mines. I must say it looked fantastic. There was lighting, shadows, and REAL SOUND!! I would come to a stop and the footsteps would stop with my feet. Little puffs of dust would get kicked up as I run, there is haze near the latterns, smoke coming for chimneys, etc. And all this on my POS p3 850 with 512 ram and ati 9000!

Question: What should I be killing? I am keen to just explore and talk to NPCs etc, but are there so important n00b details I need to know?

BTW setting up the controller was a pain but once it worked I must say that I love having it and don't miss the keyboard/mouse combo at all!

Not that I am online much, but my char name is Torque (quetz server, of course, only took eleventy billion tries!!)

p.s. I know I could get the mission spoilers from many sites, I might do once I get further in to it and higher level. Right now I am just enjoying the novelty of having to learn everything.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 21, 2003, 7:13 pm

I have to agree that using a gamepad makes this game like 1000x better than kb/maus. The quests and missions are pretty well done, the animations are fantastic, and everyone is SO helpful, it makes me want to puke. Domo~

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » November 21, 2003, 10:40 pm

My names Ivaldi on quez dremus
34 monk/17 dragoon/6 war/2 thf/drk knight inc!

Samoseus · Post by **Samoseus** » December 5, 2003, 7:37 am

Dam,

Just when i got a warrior to lvl 10 on Lakshmi server a few days ago i find out everyone is on the Q server...lololol

I been trying all night to get on the Q server and finally got in....

Sux i cant use my name so using "Samosseus" instead

Samo out...

Kithyen · Post by **Kithyen** » December 15, 2003, 4:10 am

Might pick this up later this week (Or get my bro to get it for me as an early x-mas present ;p ). Is this game still going strong as far as everyone's interest in it? I've been reading a lot about this game and it sounds pretty interesting, save for not being able to select your own server and the funky UI/controls.

I guess my final motivation towards maybe picking this up is the 72 page FFXI thread that's been going on since late october at somethingawful.com games forum. Since I joined up there I don't think I've ever seen a game garner that much attention, especially in the online massive multiplayer genre (General views on a lot of these types of games is pesimistic at best). So aside from obscure choices in the design (or lack thereof) Square/enix must be doing something right.

Just trying to get a feel for how many of the original posters in this thread still play.

Shanter · Post by **Shanter** » December 15, 2003, 7:27 pm

I couldn't find the time to play it and lost interest, don't play anymore. Probably just me I'm sure the rest of the guys still enjoy it.

Estrosiath · Post by **Estrosiath** » December 16, 2003, 1:08 am

Is there an unofficial European server?

Pilsburry · Post by **Pilsburry** » January 14, 2004, 2:09 am

Been playing it since day 1...although not very hardcore. I share a character with claritin.

Were on "Bismark!"

Some incoorect statements were made here.

You can add friends while on-line.

The interface is not good once you get used to it...it always sucks. Especially for healers.

You can solo...efficently and risk-free. Especially level 4 mobs at level 6 lol. I can take on some mobs 2 levels higher than myself at level 20+. For example level 23 goblin mugger at level 21 paladin. However the reason I can do stuff like that is because I have sub-job quest done...and my skills were all pre-maxed by my other jobs and I had decent gear.

I like the auction house, I like the sub-job and advanced job concepts and how you can switch jobs at the mog house. I am a little disappointed a taru can go to warrior job and galka can go to black mage...but I think it's a necessary evil.

EQ is superior to this game in most aspects.

I am currently:
30 whm
26 pal
26 mnk
20 rdm
18 war
10 brd
10 sum
5 thf
2 blm

I will have no regrets when I quit this game for EQ2.

As for world passes, I think it's lame...but it's not that bad...it's like 1,500 gil...which most level 5's can afford if they truly want it and it gives I think 5 uses. Also keep in mind with sub-jobs and advanced jobs...it's is not uncommon for you to be a different level than your friend.

I like how not all quests are item related...some are for mission status "rank" which give you access to special shops or other missions. Some are mainly for fame. Some will give you access to ride a chocobo (ffxi's horse, but you have to rent one in town, and it;s 1x travel use only), some will give you permission to ride airship, or increase your backpack or safe size to store more items.

I like exp chains, you get more exp for taking on mobs even or higher at a quick pace...so instead of fighting a mob +6 levels over you, you can fight 3 mobs +2 levels over you and get an exp bonus.

I like skill chains, you get special skills you can use your weapon with, if a few people charge up thier attack meter (by hitting or being hit) then you can use it, but if 2 or 3 people do them in succession with the proper pause...you get special skill chain bonuses to damage or like debuff effects.

I like how most classes have a 2 hour OMFG I'm gonna die skill. I dislike how some of them are pretty fucking useless. Monk, paladin, white mage and a few others have really nice skills that can save the day...and others have minor effects nowhere near that power.

I like how weapons and armor are level restricted. I like how you can not PL someone, except through healing...buffs are pretty lame..andyou can't attack a mob that is already claimed by a person (or party or alliance, alliance is multiple groups linked) You can attack it if they open up the encounter but then all exp and loot is forfeit..it's gone, poof.

I like resting. In FFXI resting is scaled over time. So first tick is 10hp, 2nd tick is 11 more, 3rd tick is 12 more....10th tick is 19more. So a higher level person can sit and rest to full..in less time then you would expect. Liek a level 10 has 200hp, it doesn't take 20ticks..it takes 12. a 400hp person doesn't take 40 or 24..it takes like 19. It also encourages you to have 1 long rest rather than several short ones, and you can't really med in a fight...

I think EQ2 can learn a little from this game, not a whole lot, but a little.

Here are my pet peeves.
1. The fucking User Interface sucks.

2. That Playonline thing before you log in takes like fucking 3 minutes to click 20 different buttons....and none of those buttons serves a real purpose. You should be able to make a direct link to the game from a single click (well 2 clicks, one after you confirm your user and password entry).

3. Exp stays the same as you level, evens mobs are always 100xp, but at level 50 your level is requiring like 50,000xp and your still getting 100xp a kill.

4. Loot sucks...at low levels you get tons because your solo and have little downtime to rest and get 100% of the loot. At high levels it sucks because now it takes 6 people longer to kill one mob that drops THE EXACT SAME SHIT. Yes that's right most level 1-5 mobs drop the same shit that the level 20-30 mobs do. That's the most fucked up idea ever.

5. You can't ressurect yourself...and the penalty for death is pretty high, and the ressurect at level 25 gives you 25% back. Well you can ressurect yourself but its a spell you get much later (36 or so) and has to be cast BEFORE you die, then grants you the same value as the level 25 rez.

6. Heals...the cleric in this game wears a robe, heal agro is much higher...I have Cure I (30hp) Cure II(90hp) and Cure III(180hp?)...plus group Cureaga (90 to all). But if you use anything other than Cure I...you risk death..Cure III and Curaga are definate deaths at level 30. ANd to top it off Cure I, Cure II and Cure III all have the exact same fucking ratio...8mana=30hp. That's lame. So your constantly pumping Cure I over and over...non-stop. Seriously, non-stop. And to make things worse...since your heals are all Cure I...guess how many jobs get Cure I? They can all do a clerics job...the margin of difference in this game is much smaller. I like my jos to have an advantage albeit small in EVERY aspect. Clerics in EQ had thier heals a little earlier and a 10% bonus to the casts...and better buffs...speaking of buffs see #8.

7. The classes are not balanced well. some are stronger in certain situations than others but like summoner...it just plain sucks. Yes, with quest avatars you get much later it's decent..but..it shouldn't require all that effort to get as good as the other classes. You already had to level a job to 30 and do a quest just to get the job. Paladin is good right out of the box and it's advanced job..almost all jobs are adaquate in certain situations but then you get to summoner and it just sucks donkey dick.

8. Buffs. Buffs blow ass. The only one worth a damn is protect an AC buff. There is no HP buff...there is no buff stackign from various classes, you get protect 1 as a buff from paladin, red mage, white mage..whatever..all the same buffs. The only other buffs I see are resist buffs and they are too short duration and they don't seem to do shit. There is one haste buff but it's high level and it's just one buff...not a series.

9. Risk factors. White mages and tanks still take 90% of the risk of death. The other classes have very little to fear. And just to add in a cool factor, a mob that typically hits for 30 can turn around and bust out a special move that hits for 250 damage...mobs you fight when your tank only has 400. Oh and that special move doesn't forfeit thier normal attack, they will get the normal attack too...see Pugil's screwdriver attack for an example if your in-game. That attack can very easily take you from full to 10% in a split second...that should not come out of a normal exp mob.

Thanks my take of the game.

Sinzar · Post by **Sinzar** » January 18, 2004, 2:51 am

Fairly accurate post for the most part Pilsburry, but this is slightly wrong.

Pilsburry wrote: 6. Heals...the cleric in this game wears a robe, heal agro is much higher...I have Cure I (30hp) Cure II(90hp) and Cure III(180hp?)...plus group Cureaga (90 to all). But if you use anything other than Cure I...you risk death..Cure III and Curaga are definate deaths at level 30. ANd to top it off Cure I, Cure II and Cure III all have the exact same fucking ratio...8mana=30hp. That's lame. So your constantly pumping Cure I over and over...non-stop. Seriously, non-stop. And to make things worse...since your heals are all Cure I...guess how many jobs get Cure I? They can all do a clerics job...the margin of difference in this game is much smaller. I like my jos to have an advantage albeit small in EVERY aspect. Clerics in EQ had thier heals a little earlier and a 10% bonus to the casts...and better buffs...speaking of buffs see #8.

The heal ratio's aren't the same for the heals. They get better as your healing skill and Mnd stat goes up.
At level 45 for example my heals do as follows:
Cure I = 31hp / 8mp
Cure II = 91hp / 24mp
Cure III = 192hp / 46mp
Cure IV = 354hp / 88mp
Cure IV is much less efficient due to my level. In a few more, it will be more efficient then Cure III etc. I rarely use the lower level cures once the next upgrade becomes the same/more efficient.

Emberella · Post by **Emberella** » January 20, 2004, 1:07 pm

There's about... oh.. 15 Veeshan players on Alexander.. 10 or so are Europeans.

Raise please Sinzar..

masteen · Post by **masteen** » January 21, 2004, 1:10 pm

I played for like a month before I just couldn't deal with the shitty interface and uber boring gameplay any longer. Those skillchains are something that should have never been put into an MMOG; they sucked for fighting games, they suck more in FFXI.

Hey, I have a great idea, let's go kill some goblins until level 10! Hey, we're level 10, let's go to another zone, and KILL MORE GOBLINS!!! Once we hit 15, we can go to this third zone AND KILL YET MORE GOBLINS!!! What a fucking brilliant world layout!

Kryshade · Post by **Kryshade** » August 10, 2006, 11:50 am

Does anyone still play this? Have there been any improvements made to the UI or gameplay etc? My brother just picked it up for xbox 360 and is trying to get me to play this. I would by the PC version if I did as my wife uses the TV more than the computer. Just looking for any more info that isn't 2-3 years old.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » August 10, 2006, 12:14 pm

I've been tempted to pick this one up on several occasions. Several members of my WoW guild used to play it, and they talk about some good and bad points. I think they mentioned a lack of solo content, which is part of the reason I have not picked it up yet.

Kryshade · Post by **Kryshade** » August 10, 2006, 12:23 pm

I won't ever get into another MMORPG like EQ again, but I am tempted to pick up something that I can play for a couple hours at a time with my brother. We played Guild Wars for a bit and had fun with that, but it got old fast. I think this game looks ok, I just don't know if it's worth the monthly fee, or if the game is actually fun. There was a lot of talk about this when it first came out, but I don't know of anyone playing it still that could give some newer info on it.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » August 10, 2006, 12:59 pm

I doubt there is any way they could have salvaged this game. The fact alone that you had to start back at level one 2 different times to do subclasses made the game not worth playing.

I also found that soloing sucked, and overall I would say this game requires more time than the original EQ did..

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » August 10, 2006, 1:09 pm

Kryshade wrote:Does anyone still play this? Have there been any improvements made to the UI or gameplay etc? My brother just picked it up for xbox 360 and is trying to get me to play this. I would by the PC version if I did as my wife uses the TV more than the computer. Just looking for any more info that isn't 2-3 years old.

I played it on the PC when it first came out and it was so so. I tried the FFXI 360 beta and it was horrendous. It looks and plays badly on the 360. Bad port of a last gen game.

Even WoW with its distorted graphics would be better than FFXI. EQ2 would probably be the MMORPG to play if you're looking for a fantasy setting to pass some time.

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » August 10, 2006, 2:51 pm

Winnow wrote:EQ2 would probably be the MMORPG to play if you're looking for a fantasy setting to pass some time.

WoW is very accessible for "passing the time". I can't play seriously anymore, but I have a low level warrior on a PVP server that sees a fair amount of WSG battleground play when I can find 30-60 min here or there. There are guild specifically for lvl 19 WSG and lvl 29 WSG to keep people entertained.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » August 10, 2006, 6:49 pm

So, has anyone discovered how to obtain a world pass yet?

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