One thing i like to stress alot is that,

Some of us are not playing games that is "GIVEN" or "Handed it to us"

SE respected that, seriously Blizzard is JUST another company that want your pocket money, while Square Enix might also aim for your money but most of their works is Truely a masterpiece that trying to deliver something.

FFXI followed the long serie of final fantasy, and it have many rights to carry the brand "final fantasy"

FF series was always trying to deliver a theme of "the world is corrupted and near destruction, and a PARTY of heros arises to save it". This has and still the core of all Final fantasy.

FFXI respected that and follows it, every expansion is about something trying to destroy the world or the empire. Every expansion consist of parties of HEROS and your own party to rescue it.

FFXI is hard, but which FF in the serie isn't at least hard? Square Enix respect the players by not giving the game to them but make them work hard for it. That is also the "JAPANESE" way of life.

Just because many lazy North American and European like things given to them doesn't mean everyone is. And you can see that in many Asian MMORPG, they don't LIKE things given to them... no "rest XP" or no "free travel to everywhere in 1 sec".

I respect the developpers at square Enix not only their works are always high standards, but also they respects the true gamers who works for what they get. These bold people doesn't care about what you guys want, all they care is what they "WANT" to deliever.

I really hate the blizzard developpers because they enjoy listen to what players want and give whatever to the publics demands, while lacks the true quality of a game developper and story writer.

Its like you tell the author of a book to publish a book base on what everyone want in it instead of a work all base on his own idea and imagination. It doesn't work that way, not in asia.

Let's face it, you have to have NO LIFE to play this game.  Seriously those recommending it need to reexamine their priorities.

This game is a solid no play for anyone with any kind sanity.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Let's face it, you have to have NO LIFE to play this game.  Seriously those recommending it need to reexamine their priorities.

This game is a solid no play for anyone with any kind sanity.

Another person who assumes because they're unable to prioritize their time, everyone else must be as well?

Personal RL friend of mine.. Married, with a child and holds a full-time job. Plays, at most, a few nights a week for a few hours each time, only after his child and wife have gone to bed. He plays sometimes a little more on the weekends when nothing else is going on and time allows. He has done this since he started playing the day after FFXI came out in the US on PC over 4 years ago. He has 3 level 75 jobs, has completed all storylines except WoTG and is doing quite a bit of the end-game content.

He's only one example.

You absolutely can have a life and play this game - if you set your expectations realistically and use your time wisely.

Perhaps *you* wouldn't be able to have a life and still play FFXI... please do not assume others suffer the same problem.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Let's face it, you have to have NO LIFE to play this game.  Seriously those recommending it need to reexamine their priorities.

This game is a solid no play for anyone with any kind sanity.

Let's face it, you have NO LIFE trolling on this board anyway, Seruoisly, you are one of those people who spend 5 hour a day going into a gaming board giving out negative comments and reading games news.

Having a 5 start hardcore membership that posted 600+ post within 1 year can tell us that you spend a lot of time on these boards. I don't want to hear someone have NO LIFE tell someone else they have NO LIFE.

Someone like you can spend that time into playing a game, while someone might spend time on doing something more productive. You can also say that to those people who watch TV 3 hour a day after coming back home from work have NO LIFE, i am sure that is what your parent did as they bring you up and i see they succeed bringing you up to that age of yours, So does watching TV for 3 hour and while playing a game for 3 hour each day is NO LIFE? What is the differences?