People still play FFXI?

[Maerta]

Yeah as the topic says, ofc i know ppl play but i mean like alot of ppl like in the beggining, it shouldn't be like "WOOOW look, another player" If you know what i mean

Thx!

[neighbortaru]

Re: People still play FFXI?

no, I don't know what you mean.

was there supposed to be a legitimite question in that garble?

[Maerta]

Re: People still play FFXI?

no, I don't know what you mean.

was there supposed to be a legitimite question in that garble?

Well to make this more clearly, Are there still many ppl playing FFXI?

[PTT]

Re: People still play FFXI?

Yes?

If they didn't, then all those people I've been partying with must have been ghosts, or developers, or GMs incognito.

What is "ofc" ? I assume it means something akin to "AFAIK (As far as I know)" ?

[Anheuser]

Re: People still play FFXI?

yes, a lot of people play.
i just count around 2000+ people on midgrardsormr right now.

[neighbortaru]

Re: People still play FFXI?

current subscriber count, as of last census (May '06), is 500,000+

[Maerta]

Re: People still play FFXI?

Thank you very much, all i was asking for.

[Eddie-san]

Re: People still play FFXI?

The game is very much alive, even more so since the expansion.

[Maerta]

Re: People still play FFXI?

I would like to ask alittle more about the game, since im thinking of buying it.

1. Is the PvE good? (compare to WoW,daoc etc)
2. Proffesion better then WoW? Now i mean not so easy to lvl etc.
3. And the Quest system, how does it work?

[PTT]

Re: People still play FFXI?

1. You engage autoattack, cast spells, or both. Passing too near aggro monsters will aggro them. If your party and you cannot work together well, the battle will be more difficult. If you have synergy with your party, the battle will be easier.

2. You're not restricted to one job. You can change anytime you like. All levels for your jobs are seperately stored, so you can resume your progress at any time. There's enough variety for anyone to find a niche.

3. It's your standard Talk-to-NPC, Go-here, Get-Item, Go-back formula. There are other factors, such as NPCs not giving you quests until you reach a certain level of fame and reknown in the city that you're in, but most everything is solved via defeating a monster or monsters, or trading an item, or having a key item.

[Herrisa]

Re: People still play FFXI?

Don't let them fool you. The game is absolutely dead. Dead.

Maybe... just maybe... you will see another person randomly wandering E. Rona, talking to themselves and pushing a cart. Otherwise it's just you. Only you.

Everyone on the forum is lying to you. You know they are. They make up stories and post them on the forum to confuse you. The screenshots? Photoshop. The movies? Sound stages. They want to see you crack. To scream. To cry. They want your sanity.

They're out to get you.

[Maerta]

Re: People still play FFXI?

1. You engage autoattack, cast spells, or both. Passing too near aggro monsters will aggro them. If your party and you cannot work together well, the battle will be more difficult. If you have synergy with your party, the battle will be easier.

2. You're not restricted to one job. You can change anytime you like. All levels for your jobs are seperately stored, so you can resume your progress at any time. There's enough variety for anyone to find a niche.

3. It's your standard Talk-to-NPC, Go-here, Get-Item, Go-back formula. There are other factors, such as NPCs not giving you quests until you reach a certain level of fame and reknown in the city that you're in, but most everything is solved via defeating a monster or monsters, or trading an item, or having a key item.

Thx!

[Shadowneko]

Re: People still play FFXI?

haha fun joke...there's still plenty of people to level with here ^^

Also you mentioned WoW? The main thing in Wow is you can atain high-levels very quickly and there's not any real wait time. FFXI takes some doing since after about lvl 15 most jobs can't solo. FFXI is about teamwork so if you can't take the wait for groups or a slight level grind maybe it is not your game. I will note that there is plenty to do besides level and if you don't do some of this stuff you'll be missing out...

[Mog]

Re: People still play FFXI?

I play. Do I count?


However, many of the people on my server are what you call "retarded", so I'm trying to figure out whether I'm going to count them as people or not.

[Maerta]

Re: People still play FFXI?

haha fun joke...there's still plenty of people to level with here ^^

Also you mentioned WoW? The main thing in Wow is you can atain high-levels very quickly and there's not any real wait time. FFXI takes some doing since after about lvl 15 most jobs can't solo. FFXI is about teamwork so if you can't take the wait for groups or a slight level grind maybe it is not your game. I will note that there is plenty to do besides level and if you don't do some of this stuff you'll be missing out...

Hehe yeah, wow is way to easy. Yeah wanted to ask, how is the "dungeon system", is it like WoW instance or all can enter at the same time etc, explain