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• • how long until chars are deleted?

  • I don't know the specific time limit on retreiving canceled accounts, but I do know that I took a little over a year off and came back with no problem. I just never cancelled my account. I changed the payment info to a nonexistant credit card and they suspended my account for that period of time. When I came back I just put the correct info back in and reactivated my account.

  • Posted: 5/30/08 2:21 PM
    Final Fantasy XI
• • So I found my old ffxi box

  • Yes, the game is still very group oriented. There is, however, more options available for XPing outside of parties. Most missions and quests still require groups, but the reason for this is beginning to change. As the game is now 6 years old, there are a great many players with multiple jobs at level 75. If these quests and missions were soloable a large portion of the playerbase would be done with the new content in no time and then they would complain about how there needs to be more for them to do.

    Knowledge of the Japanese language is not neccessary. It never has been. You can set your language preferences as you wish. These preferences are displayed in the search box so any potential inviter can see them. If you are starting teh party you can see those preferances as well and use them to guide your invitations. The autotranslate function also serves to bridge the language barrier. Once you learn what you can say with it you will be better able to communicate.

    More to the point: If you know your job and they know theirs you don't have to communicate at all.

    As an aside: The autotranslate function also translates to German and French now as well. There are players that speak other languages as well. Spanish for instance.

    Notorious Monster spawns are the same as they were when you left for the most part, but many of the highly sought after ones have been modified to drop Rare/Ex (soulbound or whatever you call it) versions of their previous drop. This means noone is camping them for money anymore. The normal versions are now obtained theough different methods.

    The hardware requirements are still the same as they were before I believe. So using your old PC should not be an issue, but don't expect perfect gameplay.

  • Posted: 5/30/08 2:15 PM
    Final Fantasy XI
• • Is it worth to start when you don't have all e/p?

  • The "Core" game comes with the Rise of Zilart expansion. You cannot purchase the game without at least that expansion. As for the Chains of Promathia, Treasures of Aht Urgan, and Wings of the Goddess expansions:

    CoP: You will not be doing anything in these areas until lvl 30 at the earliest. There are a few areas that are good for soloing at lower levels, but most XP parties will not XP in these areas. You could skip this expansion until lvl 60 or so.  If the job you are playing will benifit from the lvl 50 job-specific body armor obtained through rare/exclusive drops from mobs in CoP areas you may want to get this earlier. If the JSE is bettered by gear obtainable through an easier method (bought on auction house, for example) don't worry about getting it. The majority of the mission involved in this expansion have level caps (job is reduced to maximum level when entering the area for that mission) it is possible to start the missions at lvl 30 and continue them as you progress in level. This will save you the trouble of obtaining gear for those levels when you are ready to do them later, but it is far from required to do it this way. The final rewards for this Mission set are excellent (access to an endgame area known as "Sea" and a ring of your choice with some great stats on it) and you will certainly want to finish this story line eventually.

    ToAU: You will get nothing out of this expansion until lvl 50+, however, once you reach that level you will absolutely need this expansion. Very few people will even think of having an XP party go anywhere outside of the ToAU areas once they hit lvl 55. The missions for this story line will require a great deal of help and a lvl 70+ job for the most part. Also, the rewards for this story line are fairly lackluster. This should not keep you from getting this expansion as there are other benefits to having this expansion.

    WotG: There are some great areas to level at very low levels 13+ in this expansion, but as these levels pass quickly and you would be soloing in these areas, rather than partying, you can skip this expansion until lvl 50+ when Campaign Battles are a great way to get XP while lookng for group. As with all of the expansions for FFXI the expansion is never released as a finished product. They update the game with new items, areas, mobs, missions, quests, etc. every few months. This may seem annoying at first, but it does serve to keep you occupied between expansions. As such the full impact of this expansion on the game is not yet know. At the time of this post the expansion is not really neccessary until you want to start taking part in campaign battles.

     

    To sum up: Yes, you can absolutely start the game with just the "Core" game, but plan on getting the expansions before long.

  • Posted: 5/30/08 1:01 PM
    Final Fantasy XI