Aion

I heard Aion is supposed to be like FFXI in the way that most quest and leveling is done in a party father than soloing, is this true? (i hope so)

The game highly encourages partying, it doesn't enforce doing so though.

While there is a good deal of incentive to party in Aion soloing is still a viable option. Where as in FFXI, unless you were certain classes or of certain builds, soloing was a pipe dream. Depending on your outlook this can be a good or bad thing, I like not needing to group ALL the time to advance, that made FFXI grind to a halt at times.

Honestly I enjoyed FFXI's incessant NEED for partying to progress in the game.

I mean the point of MMORPG's is to interact with the... MMO part of the actual game.

Final Fantasy XI definitely made it easier to mingle with the player base, which was not a problem as to manage to get through the unfriendly PlayOnline launcher, you know whoever in-game was fairly intelligent.

Yeah thats what i enjoyed about FFXI too. I play wow now since my FFXI account got stolen. wow is fun but im looking forward to Aion because i heard it was more team oriented than wow.

As I understood it, the goal was to have it so anyone can solo to the level cap, but there are quests that will require a group and grouping up for exp will be faster (and safer) than if you soloed.  I also don't think the vast majority of the content that does need a group will need a full group

so... its llike wow

It's like most other western MMOs.  Yes this does include WoW. ~.^

Note: This is one of the selling points of Aion.  A Korean MMO with western MMO features (content, less grind, mix of party/solo content, full crafting system, etc).

yeah its like WoW in a way.

ALOT better graphics and music though and less instanced.

what about gameplay typpe? FFXI was a kind of a slower game, with cast times, higher delay attacks, where as wow is faster. i dont know how to put it exactly but those of you who have played FFXI know what im talking about. Where does Aion stand with that?

Though it's been awhile since I've played Final Fantasy XI, I know for a fact Aion has much faster gameplay than FFXI.

So much faster. FFXI was fairly slow, and with a High delay weapon? Oh boy. Missing on my Dark Knight with six or seven seconds inbetween swings made me want to break my keyboard over my knee.