Final Fantasy Xi
Quaunaut
The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
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<div class="IPBDescription">Enter The New Realm.</div> Wow. Final Fantasy XI just keeps getting better, and keeps opening itself to me.
I just hit lvl 30- the level you can take a quest to become a "Advanced Job" such as Samurai, Ninja, Summoner, Bard, Beastmaster, Dark Knight, Paladin, Ranger, and Dragoon(which I acquired). I'm happy to say- this really DOES open the game up 5 fold when you do ANY of these quests. And of the more prominent ones- Dragoon, Dark Knight, Summoner, Beast Master, and Ninja, the quests actually have a story that'll help explain the backstory to the game even more(like the Dragonslayers...dragon based Nazis. Seriously, not joking here.)
Not to mention the new patch- PVP has come, finally. We weren't even told there was gonna BE PVP until about 4 months ago, and that was really vague("There will be player versus player combat rather soon. Oh, here's the screenshot Square allowed us to give you:(shows a screenshot of a Paladin in AF[artifact] armor fighting a Dark Knight in AF armor). Ok, see you later!").
Now that the PVP is here, I'm happy to say- it kicks ****. I myself have participated in 1 battle, which isn't much, but its incredible, and a lot more fun than it sounds. Supposedly, it will continue to grow until it is a natural piece of the game, evolving from specific daily events to something you yourself can just start. It itself is a game, called "Ballista". This Ballista game plays like this:
Each team gets a equal amount of players. Now, they must get a little Relic-like ball thing into a "Goal", which is a floating thingy with doors on all sides. To open a door, you must kill someone of the opposite team, then grab the relicball and toss it into the Goal. Its fast paced, and uncontrolled. And being they are played in specific arenas, it isn't uncontrolled killing of anybody(though I'm willing to bet Square will implement a "Dual" system where you can challenge someone to a duel). Now, the benefit is that you can fight for your country, and this gives MASSIVE Control Points(which can be traded for specific weapons/armor/items).
Anyone who has not tried this to the full extent really needs to- not only does the story keep getting better, but so does the gameplay, with the new patches every 3/4 months, putting in TONS of stuff.
I currently am(this is one character, by the name of Quaunaut): 9 Dragoon/30 Warrior/ 14 Monk. I soon will be leveling thief to be able to farm easier <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Damned good gaming.
I just hit lvl 30- the level you can take a quest to become a "Advanced Job" such as Samurai, Ninja, Summoner, Bard, Beastmaster, Dark Knight, Paladin, Ranger, and Dragoon(which I acquired). I'm happy to say- this really DOES open the game up 5 fold when you do ANY of these quests. And of the more prominent ones- Dragoon, Dark Knight, Summoner, Beast Master, and Ninja, the quests actually have a story that'll help explain the backstory to the game even more(like the Dragonslayers...dragon based Nazis. Seriously, not joking here.)
Not to mention the new patch- PVP has come, finally. We weren't even told there was gonna BE PVP until about 4 months ago, and that was really vague("There will be player versus player combat rather soon. Oh, here's the screenshot Square allowed us to give you:(shows a screenshot of a Paladin in AF[artifact] armor fighting a Dark Knight in AF armor). Ok, see you later!").
Now that the PVP is here, I'm happy to say- it kicks ****. I myself have participated in 1 battle, which isn't much, but its incredible, and a lot more fun than it sounds. Supposedly, it will continue to grow until it is a natural piece of the game, evolving from specific daily events to something you yourself can just start. It itself is a game, called "Ballista". This Ballista game plays like this:
Each team gets a equal amount of players. Now, they must get a little Relic-like ball thing into a "Goal", which is a floating thingy with doors on all sides. To open a door, you must kill someone of the opposite team, then grab the relicball and toss it into the Goal. Its fast paced, and uncontrolled. And being they are played in specific arenas, it isn't uncontrolled killing of anybody(though I'm willing to bet Square will implement a "Dual" system where you can challenge someone to a duel). Now, the benefit is that you can fight for your country, and this gives MASSIVE Control Points(which can be traded for specific weapons/armor/items).
Anyone who has not tried this to the full extent really needs to- not only does the story keep getting better, but so does the gameplay, with the new patches every 3/4 months, putting in TONS of stuff.
I currently am(this is one character, by the name of Quaunaut): 9 Dragoon/30 Warrior/ 14 Monk. I soon will be leveling thief to be able to farm easier <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Damned good gaming.
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I am on Valefor, and of the "OdinsLegacy" linkshell.
Just order the Canadian version from sweden. I have a friend on there whos done that. She says there's LESS lag than if in America, and when most people get disconnects(very rare, has enver happened to me unless Cat's fault or ISP's fault) she doesn't.
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Believe me dude, this is the best MMO out there. I've tried everything- City of Heroes, Lineage II, Everquest, The Sims Online, and soon enough Everquest II. None of them are ANY where near as supported, and fun(and I doubt WoW will be- friends in the beta say its really overrated. Its fun, but REALLY overrated.)
Also if you stopped before reaching level 20 or 30 or because having bad experiences (Died to many times and so) get this back because it always gets interesting and fun.
Leaderzorz, start compiling me a list and send it to me in PM. I wanna see the reasons you didn't like it- I'm almost 100% sure they have either fixed them, or that its a player-related issue(a few servers have serious player maturity problems. Valefor, the one I'm on, mainly doesn't, while we do have 1 or 2 of the idiots).
I personally have about 250 hours on FFXI right now, and used to have about 300-400 on NS. The 250 here is within 5 months. The NS is within a year and a half.
did you try out a good 8 player instance mission in City of Heroe's Quan? It's definitely something you should try having what feels like an epic battle between the undead and heroes in such enclosed spaces before announcing your favourites ^^;
Any good linkies for looking up stuff on FFXI for those who've never played but heard a lot of good and bad about it? =o
did you try out a good 8 player instance mission in City of Heroe's Quan? It's definitely something you should try having what feels like an epic battle between the undead and heroes in such enclosed spaces before announcing your favourites ^^;
Any good linkies for looking up stuff on FFXI for those who've never played but heard a lot of good and bad about it? =o <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well, no sites, but post the bad you've heard. I'd love to hear them.
And yes, in fact, I almost always had 8 person parties(other than my first one, which was 3). They were fun, but not as incredible as FFXI.
btw, 27 evlaan paladin/32 war.. and lots and lots of ~15 lvl jobs (thf, bard, rdm) on Titan
If you two or anyone else would want, I'll buy a WP for you guys and post it here, to get on Valefor. Yes/no?
Also, they're releasing a new "expansion" this fall <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
btw: I'm a 20 blm over on Pandemonium, Inanna.
Also, they're releasing a new "expansion" this fall <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
btw: I'm a 20 blm over on Pandemonium, Inanna. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ridiculous long time? They update 4-6 times a year, and these are 200+mb updates. There is a lot more there than they share. I dunno.
I'm going to be getting that WP so everyone here can make a char on Valefor. Will post it later tonite.
1) I am broke as shite.
2) The worlds are too big, it takes me 8 years to get from one side of the city to the next, sorry not my bag, I like DAoC but I'm too broke for that too now...
~ DarkATi