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YOu can get in a party like that, if you find the right people... However most i've seen are for quests. I suppose if you got a friend you could do a duo party, but unlike in ffxi the exp is split evenly between members. So with 2 people you earn 1/2 exp, 3 would be 1/3, ect... At least thats how I understand it.



Well WAR is about the only tank in this game, so I don't know... I think a DD WAR is possible, but you may have wanted to go for pally... Pally is more a support class then tank in this game from what i've seen.



Well, some of the best items you will find are from quests/instances... However crafted items are just as good and sometimes better. Also you can make some nice money from them, so yes I would keep one.

Thx for all the feeback so far. Tomec i wouldve gone pally, but after 75 lvls in ffxi... i never wanna go pally again lol.

Still pretty new to the game but I thought the spell targeting system is a lot like FFXI if you had <st> macros. Just cast your spell and hit the F1-F5 key for the correct target.

I never really used the keyboard in FFXI except to type my macros... Yes I used st macros, but I used a gamepad on the PC for movement and targeting and things.

THere are macros... but don't expect them to be like FFXI's. They use script commands... ><

I will admit in FFXI a good exp party was really fun, you could work together like clockwork and get great exp. Alliances for some of the HNMs and things were also fun, and sometimes yeilded some minor exp.

Well, the majority of players that quit ffxi moved on to WoW, and I'm gonna say that at least 10% of the current WoW population came from ffxi. I'm not positive though, just speculation.

When I left FFXI, I had a lot of reasons. I have a post around here stating a few.

The one that was "the cherry on top of the whipped cream swirl" was that I was in a static party and we had to xp almost every day. I got so burnt with all of what I had to do that I just had to quit. (For those of you who have played RDM you know what I mean.)

What little enjoyment I had left on the game was sucked out of me by the constant partying. Hence, why I called it my second job.

Edited, Tue Dec 21 13:57:25 2004 by Abidos

I know King Jord is, I am, anyone with a FFXI char in their sig probably is...

I also agree about how much you have to grind to get levels.... The biggest problem is that the exp NEVER changes. You get the same amount in dunes as in ru'ann...

Yeah, xp pt exist, but as I mentionned, they usually focus on their strenght - Quests.

A party of character will totally decimate a zone of it's mobs and chances are you'll end up with nothing to kill real quick - you'll kill faster then the zone can throw mobs at you.

However, a pt of 5 can easily finish 10 quest in 2 hours (or heck, less then 2 hours) thus raking the xp that way and getting good loot and items out of it.

Instance are also good xp if you do them at their appropriate level - altho they'll be hard.

I am new to wow, but I read the forums alot while at work (like 2-3 hours per shift, 2-10pm sucks, LOL)

My wife was a PLD in FFXI, so I know of the fun, and the complaints, LOL. Anyways, from what I have read on here, the main tank in WOW is the warrior.

Mabey start a second char for fun, but this time go rouge or hunter? Main thing is, from what I have read, PLD's in FFXI are in no real way like PLD's are in WOW. (but then, most things are not like they were there.)

Good luck!

This is one of many things that is wrong with FFXI (balancing), which SE refuses to acknowledge.

1.) Not really, although when a friend of mine was trying it out we duoed and it was fun. I do notice as you go up levels you sometimes send more time in parties when doing a bunch of quests. It is fun to put a party together to do like 2-3 quests instead of just 1.

2.) Viable combo, probably. However they are right in the fact the main focus of a warrior is to tank, but hey Blizzard has said they want to be allowing warriors to play how they want while tanking. So tank and be the best DD you can be, especially since you aren't bound by some lame skill cap on weapons.

3.) Sometimes yes you can find better items, but not always for every slot. You also sometimes end up being able to make better items before you find another piece to replace it. The other great thing is with some you can improve your equipment with your profession.

On a side note: I loved parties in FFXI as well, but that grind was horrible bad. For me battles in the long run lost their fun factor and became like the classic saying "Same **** Different Day". I watch several friends of mine who still play sometimes, they are in the 55-67+ range. To me after watching their fights I see that it becomes even more of the same hum drum, without ANY change. The worst part is in FFXI if you tried to mix stuff up and try something new, you usually ended up getting people killed.

Haha so true :D