Final Fantasy XI

I played ffxi for almost 3 years and am finally done. Squenix has no idea what players want anymore. All theyre new content is aimed at players who have been there forever so no one really wants to start playing a new character casue nothing has changed in the early lvls in years. Now with the adding of the pic/monster system theyve effectively made it into an mmo pokemon and its a poor attempt at that also. no new races, badly designed new jobs and no real pvp. Plus soloing in this game sucks. I made fun of everyone that played wowo when it came out as they all left ff to go play it but i finally saw the light and have left to go play it as well. If you know me on ff i was hakken on remora. Ill now be on gnomeragan server for wow as shaggar. see you soon probably.

There are so many mmorpgs aimed towards just soloing, FFXI is one the rare ones left that encourages grouping.

Aye it does encourage it , but there is a problem there. As you get higher, the older players start acting like morons because the expect you to have a certain piece of gear or somethin and if you dont then they drop you. I ran into this alot when i was lvling dragoon. <This was before and after the big changes that made it accetable to be one>. If you didnt have a scorpion harness you would get kicked from parties no matter the fact that you were outdamaging others in the party or if your skillchain with another member would rock a mob. Even I got pissed at older palyers i had played with for a while becasue the way they treated new players. Theyve all forgotten what it was like to be struggling to figure out what your supposed to be doing or where your going. The community has grown arrogant. I defended this game the whole time i played it, loved the party system but now im done, i cant stand the bs that squenix has made of this game its so lame. From the lame attempts to stop gold sellers to the fake pokemon-esq new content.

Wow, i didnt know it was THAT bad

why make stupid post

I won't comment on the matter of solo vs group thing since that it is a matter of taste rather than fact. I'll point out though that in WoW that so many people consider it solo friendly, you pretty much NEED to group in order to achieve items to be effective. The difference is that WoW promotes it at max level while at FF it is promoted throughout the game.

As for the items, well I doubt in WoW you'd be able to do anything in greens, you'd have to go to instances to even get the better items. Even the joke of a PvP that it has in order to get anything or win anything you need to be in a group.

Yes many groups in Final Fantasy can be elitist regarding equipment but there are also a lot that are cool and helpful. The game offers many challenges but it tends to enforce the social aspect of MMO's more than most.That's why many new players are alienated because they have to actually interact with the players around them.

The game prides itself on grouping and being social with other people hence the point of having a persistent world with linkshells. If you like to solo in this game  the BST class is ideal and it is a fun class to play.

I love the graphics but yea I can't play the game.   I think it's great to have this game to keep people who do play it away from the games I play.. it's great!  Yes, some people I met are cool but a lot are elitist scum.

yah, hehe it is about time for them to quit beating the old horse.

Wow is no better off, you will quit it so fast.

Why?

Because WoW is a more elitist game then any game in the world.

Meanwhile endgame loot and gear requirement is even more then FFXI itself. Meanwhile Loots are harder to get then dynamis and require an absolute devoted raiding guild that make you raid every 5pm to 10pm to attempt new dungeons.

My friend who is a casual players quit the game as well as i do because he can't devote the time into doing these endgame instances, meanwhile the gear these players use compare to the "non"-endgame players does in PVP give too much differences in balances. Hence it was really horrible when a tier 4 Rogue can kill a tier 1 rogue so easily.

You will regret leaving FFXI for wow because wow only satify you inbeginning and its horrible in the end.

The PvP sucks as well, top nothc in gear's guild vs lowbie = 99% lose. I rarely won PVP games match because i usually lose in gear wise.