Giving this a shot, but I have some questions...Follow

Ok, first off, I've played ffxi for over a year now, I'm getting kind of bored with it. So are a lot of my other friends... they're migrating to WoW. So, I'm gonna dig out the change and give the game a shot. However, I had some questions.

In PvP, after being killed, can the killer loot your corpse? I wouldn't want to spend a few weeks trying to get Uber Spear +92839283 of killing schizzat only to get killed by some other player, and have it taken from my cold dead hands. This isn't covered in any of the faqs, and seriously would kind of suck at high end levels.

Also, how does the game run on dial up? Like always, the game will probobly be better on broadband, but given my current situation I'm pretty much stuck. So, is it a waste at this point? (The website states it can be played on modem... but then again, so could planetside.. you just wouldn't stand a chance)

Any other advice before making the switch?

Thanks for the help!

No corpse looting at all. Die and your gear becomes glue to your body.

Because MMORPGS require you to pay to maintain servers, that also means that servers are more stable. Although you will experience lag from dial-up sooner or later, (raids and such), keeping a finely tuned computer will negate <most> major lag problems.

example:

Running FFXI on PS2 with dial-up, loading time slow, patching slow, excess players causing lag.

However game play still liveable.

I suggest turning all graphics on low and such, other than that dial up is possible but not recommended.

I actually know someone with dial-up, and he did play the OB with no lag/latency issues he could detect.

Graphics quality is all client-side, and will be more dependant on the power of your machine. The same amount of data is passed to/from the server.

One thing we couldn't figure out is if turning off channel 1 blocks the transmission server-side, or client-side. If turning off channel 1 blocked the server from sending the messages, that would help dial-up users. If the server sends the data anyway and it is simply not displayed on the client, then it would have no effect. Anyone have any insight into this?

"In PvP, after being killed, can the killer loot your corpse? I wouldn't want to spend a few weeks trying to get Uber Spear +92839283 of killing schizzat only to get killed by some other player, and have it taken from my cold dead hands."



Nope. Can't loot your corpse.

Not only that, but MANY of the items in this game (armor, weapons, etc.) are considered "soulbound". That is, once you wear it, it's yours ... forever. You can't even trade it to another player. The only option to get rid of it is to sell it to a NPC merchant.