The FFXI "Gyms of Vana'diel" Self Improvement Reborn!

[annewandering]

well my first thought was we already had this by just playing the game. then i stopped to consider how slow it is to skill up magic skills.

[kingfury]

You must have a lot of free time to waste.

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o.^ Are you referring to "In-game" time, or "Real-life" time? lol If it's Real life time you're talkin about, I did the post a few days ago, and just added in the illustrations last night quickly ^^ The conception of the idea took an hour or so to refine to be ready to post, but the digital sketches went by pretty fast

[Austyn]

Ripping off Pokemon ... one day at a time. =D

[kingfury]

well my first thought was we already had this by just playing the game. then i stopped to consider how slow it is to skill up magic skills.

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Yeah lol. If I didn't dual box a WHM, I would never know the pains of trying to skill up magic >< lol. There's just no way for a mage to efficiently cast spells fast enough, and for as long of a duration on a monster to compare with Melee skill up in FFXI (unless there's some secret trick i haven't found yet lol). Plus there's no system that even remotely tries to make the process FUN! lol

[kingfury]

Ripping off Pokemon ... one day at a time. =D

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In my defense, I've never played any Pokemon games or watched the television series to know if they have a similar system ><
lol I suppose if there's any type of beginning battle-like "Skills" within a game, the act of increasing those skills as you progress is inevitable in some fashion or another Gyms from the real world are truly my inspiration in this case though ^^/

[kingfury]

**EDITED in some artwork for the "Instructor Programs"

[bishop]

Put skill ups in Campaign. There is your training ground right there.

[Lithian]

Ripping off Pokemon ... one day at a time. =D

I was about to say, it's probably a bad thing that the first thing that came to my mind when I glanced at this thread was, "OH MAN, POKÉMON."

[Zeroe]

You must have a lot of free time to waste.

Wow seriously? You couldnt come up with an idea like that if you even wanted to. Get out the forums if all you want to do is trash other peoples ideas. At least have some constructive ideas

[Harpalina]

You must have a lot of free time to waste.

I don't think of it as a 'waste'. This idea is actually something I can see SE implementing...illustrations and all lol. Now, do I think that it's a pipe dream? Kind of. I think one of FFXI players' chief complaints is the difficulty of skill ups and even though SE has taken a step forward in that direction, it's still difficult to cap skills past 250. Some people (such as I) would love to skill up while I'm seeking for a party. As a WAR (got only great axe capped atm), I would love to skill up my other weapons in my downtime and I think that an arena of some sort like the one presented here is a fascinating idea. More power to creativity!