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Basica gear is cheap..I just bought my standard end-game gear fora bout 20K for my ninja. Thats like an hour work tops farming. The RARE stuff is epensive...again...every otehr MMORPG has this problem. The l33t gear of rare mobs always costs alot
No, No No! First thing I want to ask you is, have you seen some of the godliest items in FFXI? Either sold or worn by people? Because I'll tell you, they are very VERY expensive. Try being a lvl 75 and wearing the things your 'supposed' to wear and see if you can catch up to them. Take it from a lvl 75 owner, I've been that lvl for about 2-3 months now and I still havnt cought up to the REALLY good stuff. Yes I have the best shield in the server, but thats the only item I have that of the best quality. The rest are either items I have gotten from quests, or items are are good but not great.
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As for exploration, it's not at all rewarding. You just need to get the maps and you're all set, just another achievement.
Just because its not like WoW doesnt make it less reqarding. I mean have you tried going up to fight the Gods? Probably not. or there's a good possibility your not 75. Fighting the gods is both explore-rewarding as well as quest-rewarding. One of the things I like about that is that you get to see whats beyond 'lvl 75' and at the same time awaiting for some good item.
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In XP groups you fight one mob, two and you'll have a hard time, three or more, you escape. If you want to fight mobs solo they need to be alot lower level than you.
Thats one of the best things in FFXI. Haard work to achieve what you want. Lots of XP to lvl and lots of monster killing to get that next skill your hoping to get. And plus its what good for the game. Might not be good for us the players as we are the ones paying to see our character to lvl 75 but good for them cuz their winning our money. At the same time we are enjoying the game. its a win-win situation.
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You can solo, you can kill mobs your level, sometimes even higher level. In groups, you will fight multiple mobs.
That just proves my point even further. That in WoW you lvl so much easier. That not only works bad for the company, but for some of us who actually enjoy the hard work to get where you wanna be. If this remains, poeple will be max lvl so fast that their gonna stay for at most 5 more months at that lvl and just quit. Thats Blizz's loss.
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Theworst part about this game is that you have to wait for parties for HOURS, unless you are a RDM, WHM, PLD, RNG, BLM, NIN, BRD, BST. Yes some people dont find that a problem because they have static parties.
You just mentioned more then half of the jobs in that list that have easy time getting parties. Im a PLD/WAR and I have no problem getting parties. Plus if your hardcore and smart then you should get a linkshell going. Otherwise suffer the consequences of standing alone. If you like playing not groups, MMO's are not the game for u. Go play D2 or sumthing. Or just pick a Bst/Whm. Their pretty good Solo jobs.
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Another problem is money. The things are simply too expensive, plus, money is NOT easy to get. Farming and Fishing etc.. is also very boring.
Thats one of things that might be on the cons list. Tho not necesserily. There's people who have those items and what does that tell u? It tells me that its not impossible. resort to crafting if your in desparate need of gil.
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This game also requires EVEYTHING to be done with MANY people (full alliance etc..) When you want to do a mission or a quest.
Thats good isnt it? Having an army after just 1 boss. So fun and confusing. Its beautiful. Kind of like L2's Castle Seiges. Every MMO has its uniqueness and I think this is FFXI's.
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The appearance of the armor will be repeated a few times. For example, I once saw a level 40+ wearing the same armor as me (level 10+) and i thought, wtf..your equip is really out of date. When i check the person, i saw that the armor was actually for level 40+, but the appearance was the exact same.
I think this is in WoW too. Or at least very close. They have similar armors just diff colors.
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Cons of WoW, I think that the leveling is a lil fast. Solo is more beneficial than grouping!!! I found that totally nonsense, as people would solo unless they HAVE to group. Fighting animation looks dull and rather boring (I REALLY HOPE BLIZZARD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!)
TOTALLY agree. This MUST be changed. If it doesnt, it will be so very negative to the game.
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One thing that i dont like what many people said is, FFXI is released in Japan earlier than the US, this gives us disadventage in terms of blah blah blah..
Why must you always be FIRST in everything, and must always be the BEST? So what if Japan get the game first, and get a headstart? This is a GAME, not a RACE, for goodness sake.
Why must you always be FIRST in everything, and must always be the BEST? So what if Japan get the game first, and get a headstart? This is a GAME, not a RACE, for goodness sake.
Maybe not a race in the sense of 'who gets first to 75' but in the sense they think their superior(in which case they are for starting earlier) and I remember when I started and sometimes I needed help with something, the Jp people would'nt help US at all. it was really rare that I found a JP who helped US players. This happened when PS2 players came. It was different however, at that time the waves of newcomers had us to help them. They had it easier. Thats why games should start same time everywhere. In this case I think Blizz should hold off WoW to JP for a year :P (j/k) ^_^
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Alrite I'll add something to the list I previously posted about FFXI vs WoW. The fact that FFXI is a larger world (I think) then WoW makes it have more things to do. More fun exploring and stuff. Another important fact about FFXI is that it has more jobs then WoW. It also allows you to have a subjob which combines and gives more verity of strategies and stuff. Also FFXI has more music. I like the fact then when Im wondering around I listen to music (even tho at this point I've heard countless ours of that same music). And I justh ave to mention this again. Its graphics blow your mind. Their so good...especially the battle graphics. A negative point it has tho, is there's not much PvP going on in that game. And at times it gets repetitive with monsterkilling but I can deal with that.
As for WoW, the graphics are awesome (in a different way) but if they were to be compared nowhere close to FFXI's. Also WoW doesnt have as many songs. Also there's no music playing when you wonder around walking. Yes occasionaly you'll hear Elwyn forrest song when your there but other then certain areas there is not music whatsoever other then the sound of my feet hiting the ground. *woosh* *woosh*. There's no in-battle music/special graphic effects. And so far I havnt seen weather effects to blow my mind. However WoW has something FFXI will never have. And that is an incredible history behinde it starting from the first MacOS game WC: Humans Vs. Orcs. its history is so well constructed and so well organized that it intrigues me and many many others as well Im sure. And if you have followed its series then you MUST have a favorite side or character and built emotions for it. And with that comes the great PvP. Because of that, WoW will have an incredible PvP side that will destroy any others' including L2's.
Edited, Wed Oct 6 16:24:21 2004 by SeifX