For FFXI players

Does anyone else feel this game lacks the magical feeling of XI and accomplishment. I have 3 lv 50s and not one came within a hair of how happy i was back in 04 to hit 75BLM. Also when i was lv 20 and first made it to jeuno after a long epic run from sandy, man nothing compares to the adventurous and spine-chilling felling walking through the zones leading to jeunos enchanting music. I'm still trying to figure out if I lost interest in FF or if this game just lacks the content to make it magical. Does anyone else feel the same?

Your comparing XIV to a game that had allready been out a year prior to you ever even thinking about touching it.

I wonder how the JP community felt when there were only 8 zones for the whole game. Hell land-mass wise even smaller than XIV. NM's didn't exist for a few months "sound familliar" and job were super unbalanced and Sub-jobs didn't exist.

The only real difference I see is there is less travel and it is easier to level.

I remember getting to 75 was a massive accomplishment, it took most people over a year of playing to get thier first capped level job. I think the ease of leveling in this game took some of that feeling away.

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Originally Posted by Xatsh

The only real difference I see is there is less travel and it is easier to level.

I remember getting to 75 was a massive accomplishment, it took most people over a year of playing to get thier first capped level job. I think the ease of leveling in this game took some of that feeling away.

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Yea I know I can get to 18 with about 7 leves lol.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

Your comparing XIV to a game that had allready been out a year prior to you ever even thinking about touching it.

I wonder how the JP community felt when there were only 8 zones for the whole game. Hell land-mass wise even smaller than XIV. NM's didn't exist for a few months "sound familliar" and job were super unbalanced and Sub-jobs didn't exist.

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I'm comparing the feeling each game gave me doesn't matter how long it has been out.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

Your comparing XIV to a game that had allready been out a year prior to you ever even thinking about touching it.

I wonder how the JP community felt when there were only 8 zones for the whole game. Hell land-mass wise even smaller than XIV. NM's didn't exist for a few months "sound familliar" and job were super unbalanced and Sub-jobs didn't exist.

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They felt like crap, they hated it, they complained, people can look this up. Google FFXI first year, or something like that, its the 21st century people use them fingers, those JPs were pissed, believe this guys post.

Getting to 50 took me less than half as long as it took me to go 50-75 in ffxi. Don't worry guys... When the final level cap has been decided, it won't be easy to obtain. Probably.

I'm sure it won't be easy to obtain, but it will be more crappy boring monotonous guildleves right? I hope not. ; ;

I had a friend who played FFXI at Japanese release, he said the game was so laggy and buggy and horrible it made him want to punch babies. He said it took a good 8 months for the game to run at optimal condition and not be in the same state FFXIV was in before some of the new patches. (lacking content)

Two years from now a 16 year old is going to be lucky enough to find Square's timeless classics on the PlayStation Network. After playing through them he is going to want something, anything else by this company. He will find FFXIV: Collection for $19.95 and join his first MMO.

He will get all the "feelings" "friends" and "sense of accomplishment" that FFXI players attribute to their game but in reality got from their first true MMO love affair.

8 years from now that kid is going to be on the FFXIX forums bashing the crap out of it, asking why the friends, feelings and accomplishments are now missing from the genre.

FFXIV might be great some day but it sure as Slth won't ever bring back fond memories of days past.

Sorry.