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Is anyone getting FFXI for the PC? I'd get it for the PS2, but then I'd have to wait 6 months, buy a network adapter, pay $99 for the game since it comes with the hard drive, settle for lesser graphics... Come to think of it, I can't see one damn good reason to get the PS2 version. In either case, it's out now on PC, anyone getting it? I will be as soon as I garner the money for it... (After I get Top Spin, that is.)

i would but i dont think my graphics card can handle it, it barley handled planet side

Ya, I'll probably get it, mostly in an attempt to replace the void that Galaxies left. Besides, its Final Fantasy...online! How much better can it get?

But it'll be sometime next week, since I'm still broke as fuck and have no life outside of school.

I'm no hardcore MMO player by any means... I dabbled in UO... DAoC... and most recently SWG. I found the concept of MMO games to be incredibly facinating yet poorly executed on so many levels that I'd all but given up on the genre completely. Being a huge Square fan (care to see my factory-sealed Crono Trigger? I charge admission) I couldn't pass up buying Final Fantasy XI when it landed on PC but having a bad taste in my mouth I hesitated to install it and run it with all the excitement and enthusiasm of Square's traditional console-oriented, offline RPGs...

Needless to say, I put forth the effort and created my PlayOnline account making damn sure that I didn't set any expectations for what I was about to experience. I did this on fucking Friday of last week... it's only the 4th day now and I've already logged fucking 21 hours into it and I can't... fucking... stop...

LCDXX

Ok, boy do I feel guilty. I've already stopped playing it. It just doesn't hold my interest. The way it works, it encourages you to work alone until you're powerful enough to join a group, and all that repetitive rabbit-smacking all by your lonesome is reeeeeeeally boring. I've tried both the monk and black mage classes, and neither of them really can hold my interest. I would have loved to make a BM/thief so I could find the ult armor BM set with stabbity skills, but it's WAAAAAY too much work. Hell, you can't even get your support class until you complete a certain quest. The little side quests are nice, but because of the way the system works, they take forever to fulfill. For someone who only has a couple hours at a time to play, this really doesn't work. At least with Galaxies I can go grab and complete a couple of missions with friends and earn some cash in that time, as opposed to completing a third of a mission. Basically, FFXI feels like Final Fantasy, but slower. Much slower. Too slow to hold my interest. I'm prolly gonna trade it in for Magic: Battlegrounds. Galaxies just is done better, I think. It shows you your path in your classes, whereas in FFXI you have no clue what's next. I like Galaxies' system because it gives you a goal to work towards; in FFXI, it goes "Well, I'm halfway to leveling up... Soooo what do I get when I level up?" Log off, go to GameFAQs, look it up... "Nothing until 3 levels from now?? That'll take me 3 days at this rate. Screw this."
Yeah, I'm back on Galaxies and enjoying it much more. Long live Star Wars.

trading FF for magic battlegrounds? ewww

dont play ff11, play Ragnarok online , which bring a good manga into a little mmo chibi world

Battlegrounds will rule. No arguments.
I played Ragnarok, it's actually pretty good, but it needs more elements of grandiosity, more high level goals and items to work towards.

What's really funny is that I quit Galaxies for the very same reasons you quit FFXI - Galaxies bored the hell outta me with all those stupid mission terminals that don't even provide missions, they just give another reason to smack kreetles around. Really, it's just a matter of personal preference and after spending 80+ hours in Galaxies versus my now 35+ hours in FFXI - I'm glad I turned Galaxies off and I don't see any reason to go back to it.

FFXI, IMO, excels in its interesting quests (yes, they even make FedEx missions sound interesting) and better overall character development. As for partying, I don't see how it inhibits you from partying at earlier levels... I've been partying since day one with random people and I've had an absolute blast.

LCDXX

Dammit... Having read Tycho's post from today, I feel I'm obliged to give FFXI a second chance. I'll give it another shot.

If anyone wants to, I'm Afrotect on Shiva server. I am gonna buy a world pass soon, so y'all can come on down to my server and start rocking it out old school.

Likewise... I'm "Sigue" on the Midgardosmr server. Rockin' it San d'Orian style.

LCDXX

q you are too easily swayed by the cool. i bet if he said rectal probes where cool you would try them. no way is magic going to rule. i already played the demo and was disgusted. its not even magic. also good luck trading in ffxi if you do make up your own mind, you can't trade it in to eb.

kitsune wrote:q you are too easily swayed by the cool. i bet if he said rectal probes where cool you would try them. .

WHO WOULDNT!!!

i played that demo it wasnt that bad, i played a little magic back in the day, i think it puts a new spin, on well what kind of genre is that anyway action card gaming ?kinda reminds me of how the yu gi oh monsters come to life, meh not like im guna buy it or ff11

ive also played planet side very bad mmo game wish i could get my money back for that, why dont they let you return pc games, what if u promised u deleted it off your harddrive and they get to search your pc and if they find it u get a eb games logo branded on your back, but if they dont you get you money back <-----ideal economy

Fuzzy P. wrote:kitsune wrote:
q you are too easily swayed by the cool. i bet if he said rectal probes where cool you would try them. .

WHO WOULDNT!!!

LOL! dude you crack me up.