FFXIOnline and not being Alla

[Djonma]

So, with all of us refuges coming over here is FFXIOnline going to have problems coping with the new traffic?

Also; I used Alla a lot because there was so much information on it, on everything. That isn't really on here, it's mostly forums.
The wiki is good, but it'd be great to have it all on one site.

Would it be possible to get a wiki incorporated into FFXIO so some of us people with plenty of time on their hands can spend some time dragging all the quest walkthroughs and things over onto this site?

(I have lots of time on my hands!)

The major thing is to not disrupt the site and people here just because we're looking for somewhere new to be, but having all the info available is also useful for people here.

I'm not looking to make a mess here, I just want to help our new home :-)

[neighbortaru]

Re: FFXIOnline and not being Alla

if you have the inclination to do so, you can always submit your guide/faq/whatnot through our article system.
http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/sit...ns.wanted.html

reviving the wiki might not be a bad idea either.

[Djonma]

Re: FFXIOnline and not being Alla

I just got around to the article submission part of the site.
I really should read the WHOLE site before posting!

I'm happy to devote time to either and both.
Computer access will be a bit sporadic til Sunday, so I may hold off typing things up til then.
As for recipes and things, a wiki format may be easier; I have all the guild recipes before the big ToA update printed off at home, but putting them all into articles could get clunky.
A better idea might be using the db information format that's used for spells and abilities for now; though with all the recipes that could get rather large.
I don't know if it's possible to start a new 'forum' under DB repository either. If you want me to put stuff in there, could you tell me how?

[neighbortaru]

Re: FFXIOnline and not being Alla

for stuff that already has good information for, we just usually direct people to the appropriate link, a la ffxi-atlas or ffrecipe

[Murphie]

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I generally use Somepage for their DB, and the Wiki for occasional things (Fellowship info for one), and the forums are really more of a place for me to toss around information and brainstorm with other players. Still, I'm intersted to see what info gets submitted over the next week or so.

[Feba]

Re: FFXIOnline and not being Alla

I'd expect to see a lot of new guides popping up, from pissed off alla-ites moving theirs here.


I'll probably move my Link Compendium, if I don't see something like it soon.

[Dark Raz]

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I doubt like, it will have THAT many people coming in to cause troubles, because from what I see...many Alla peeps already posted here, like me, on Alla i'm Theo, on here I'm Dark Raz, and I been here since 2004 and allah since like..oct 2005..so meh, I don't forsee any issues popping up.

[Feenicks]

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In my opinion this site is best as a forum resource only. If I need simple/specific information on items, quests or whatever I just go to Somepage or FFXI-Atlas etc.

[Endtanis]

Re: FFXIOnline and not being Alla

I agree with Feenicks. I just created an account today(about an hour ago actually) and from what I see so far, this site seems best a forum resource only. The side bars for Missions hold little information about ZM and CoP and almost none for national missions. But I'm sure this site wasn't meant as a large DB to begin with.

One thing I do like about the site is there seems to be a consistancy with posters having an intelligence over the age of 15, whereas on alla every 3rd or 4th post was a worthless post or whine. I'm hoping to make this my safehaven for intelligent conversation about FF related stuff without the constant "orz" at the end of every sentence.

-Cheers

[Balfree]

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ffxio can handle alot of activity, to be honest im curious if its gonna hang on, i doubt there will be a problem, the site has allways ran CRAZY FAST!!!!1 (ahah!) and even though our main site isnt much to be proud of.. (what with all the empty links and old information), our forums will provide much, and no payment needed to use search... so.. yay!

[Ciros]

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Generally, I use Somepage to look up items and NPC positions and the like. I go to forums when I need really in-depth guides, and Dreams in Vana'diel seems to have that in the article section. We should be okay.

[Jagyth]

Re: FFXIOnline and not being Alla

Indeed. The community here seems very nice. With mods that actually keep things under control. I am glad to come over here from Alla. I look forward to being able to contribute to the forums, and helping people here. I like the setup here to. I can't believe I didn't find this place before. I guess I have been keeping myself pretty reclusive to my LS forums for the community aspect. It will be nice to branch out a bit^^

I don't even know why I was still going to Alla. 99% of the posts were worthless. I guess it was just a habit I got into from when I played EQ1 and Alla was one of the few sites around.

So, hello to your regular FFXIonline people, and to all the refugees from Alla.

To all the people coming from Alla. Lets do our best to make sure that we read up on all the rules, and how things work around here. So that we can be respectful of this community that seems pretty willing to take us in^^

[PiNG]

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We used to have wiki setup and linked from the main page... but the wiki didn't take off, as it was already too late to start one, wiki was up and running for a while until people just decided to link to other wiki sites. So at the end I ended up unlinking it, and linking "galleries" to the spot.

If anyone is up for wiki challege.. it's over at: http://wiki.ffxionline.com , other than that, right now, some of the moderators are working to get articles up... it's really hard trying to catch up after 3 years of absence. but we'll try

[Endtanis]

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I'd be more than willing to help out the moderators get the articles up and going. I've collected quite a bit of data from friend's and just information I've found along my travel's. I know after 3 years it can seem hard but if we get enough people pulling together to do this, we can make it happen. *sings the co-operation song from Sesame Street(or is it park now?lol)

Anywho, if I can be of an assistance just PM me.

Cheers!

[Rolks]

Re: FFXIOnline and not being Alla

Well, I don't want to take away from this site. I am a Administrator over at FFXIclopedia (http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org)

I used to spend a lot of time at Alla and at the wiki. We recently added http://forums.ffxiclopedia.org to the wiki in an attempt to bypass Alla. With the hopeful death of Alla, I'm happy that FFXIOnline will pick up some slack. I would not want to see the wiki and FFXIOnline compete.

But I would like all those who are looking for database concerns to check out the wiki, add to the wiki and expand the wiki. It is completely player driven, so there are no admins adding the data for you. It can only get better with more player input.

But that said, even with the forums over there, I will now frequent this site like I used to frequent Alla. I hope I am welcomed here as well.