Originally posted by Lathander81

Originally posted by Lansid

 Well... as I recall, you can have a toon in FFXI in shop mode for some time when it was released in NA and I don't remember being in a queue... So NCsoft doesn't want to shell out the cash to invest in more servers?

They said "we will continue to evaluate adding additional servers"... as if it's a choice? I'm glad to see they care about their player base as much as they did Tabula Rasa's.

 

There were no shops in FFXI but you could set up a bazaar. The difference is that the bazaar hung over your head and you could move around with it. The shop have to stay in one place.  So the shops in Aion cause crazy lag in the cities on top of taking a postion in the server for someone not even playing.  Shops didn't cause the ques however.  Excessive amounts of people trying to log in at once did.  Shops only compounded this problem because many people were not logging out. 

Anyone that plays MMOs should know that everyone palyer can not be on at once. This was the essential problem with the ques.  I fault NCsoft for the Pre-select and the Sunday launch.  Two critical mistakes that lead to rediculous wait times. So the problem is not really the servers but how much they could hold without crashing. 

Finally, Ncsoft has keep the players in the loop via the website and forums. They explained the issues and have work arounds for those issue.  Looks like they care to me. Maybe you should take a second look before making silly remarks.

How is that a silly remark. Majority of bazaars that were set up in FFXI were there 24/7. THe added bonus to the bazaar was you could roam around too. Honestly a 30 minute shop time sounds dumb to me. That doesn't really give alot of time for people to really look at those items being sold. Really the problem is that NCsoft wasn't ready for the popularity of a Korean MMO, since if you look at any other one that was released.

The Elvaan in FFXI were arrogent... if you read the background lore you would know that.

Best thing to do is to go to FFXI wiki and check what foods do what.

I don't have any trouble keeping high fps... and my pc is almost 5 years old

I'd like to try it

Shiva is a nice server.... not as populated but it has a good number of people.

FFXI

Enough said.

lol nice

Final Fantasy XI

Enough said....

This games seems alot like Natural Selection

You could always try Final Fantasy 11. It's not anything new but its a lot of fun with a really good dev team.