LOL -- man i got derp'd!

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01-31-2013, 10:51 PM
SinisterJoint

LOL -- man i got derp'd!

So I open my email this morning ans see something from square-enix!!! I was all stoked and so excited, I just clicked it!!

Could this be my beta DL??

And thennn.......

It says FFXI Double XP!! /wrists :(
01-31-2013, 10:55 PM
Kagato

FFXI already has double EXP.

It's called "Abyssea."
01-31-2013, 10:59 PM
Xatsh

XI double xp, because getting to lvl 99 in 2 days is just not fast enough.
01-31-2013, 11:02 PM
SinisterJoint

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/new...301/index.html
01-31-2013, 11:09 PM
Altena

Double EXP in all areas excluding Abyssea in fine print.

Yep, people will still be EXP'ing in Abyssea that weekend..
01-31-2013, 11:17 PM
KiriA500

Oh great, now Square-Enix is trying to market FFXI to Call of Duty players! Double exp is like crack to them!
01-31-2013, 11:29 PM
SinisterJoint

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xatsh

XI double xp, because getting to lvl 99 in 2 days is just not fast enough.

People can get a job that high in 2 days?? Damn I might go back and play some more to lvl my pld
01-31-2013, 11:31 PM
vax

Quote:

Originally Posted by SinisterJoint

People can get a job that high in 2 days?? Damn I might go back and play some more to lvl my pld

You can get a job in less a day paying a leech party on Abyssea.
02-01-2013, 12:37 AM
Quesse

Wow I don't miss FFXI.
02-01-2013, 12:44 AM
Eekiki

Quote:

Originally Posted by vax

You can get a job in less a day paying a leech party on Abyssea.

But you risk getting banned if you do that.

Don't ask me why, but I've seen it happen.
02-01-2013, 12:49 AM
Delsus

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eekiki

But you risk getting banned if you do that.

Don't ask me why, but I've seen it happen.

Since when, when I played (up to 90) I didn't hear of that happening once.
02-01-2013, 01:50 AM
vax

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eekiki

But you risk getting banned if you do that.

Don't ask me why, but I've seen it happen.

Never got that problem, I used to pay a lot of leech party on XI and never got banned, or even the ppl who do the PL got banned. I remember once on Aby mis coast i was on a leech PT and people who was doing leech party on altepa came because they want to take that spot, so i called a GM because our leader asked if someone could do it. No one got banned, but the other people left the place on peace and i got my money back because i helped xD.
02-01-2013, 01:58 AM
EinSoFZ

I remember when it took like 7 months or more to get to 75 on one job alone. It can't be a good sign when the game changes that much lol
02-01-2013, 02:00 AM
Zezlar

Quote:

Originally Posted by EinSoFZ

I remember when it took like 7 months or more to get to 75 on one job alone. It can't be a good sign when the game changes that much lol

Which is why the "Go back to XI" comments can't be taken seriously. Final Fantasy XI isn't the same game anymore.
02-01-2013, 02:07 AM
Myono_Mhigo

The jobs on XI are still the best (imo) anywhere, but yeah leveling is WoW easy now. CoPs, sky, sea, dynamis are all a joke too, solo'able if not duo'able...
02-01-2013, 02:28 AM
Allesasi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quesse

Wow I don't miss FFXI.

Me either, somebody stole the color from that game.
02-01-2013, 02:36 AM
Len

I knew the thread starter would be Miqo'te before I even clicked. :o
02-01-2013, 02:37 AM
Norack

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eekiki

But you risk getting banned if you do that.

Don't ask me why, but I've seen it happen.

well, it depends how are you paying them?

if your paying them in money = banned

if your paying them in gil = who cares?
02-01-2013, 02:42 AM
Lady

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myono_Mhigo

The jobs on XI are still the best (imo) anywhere, but yeah leveling is WoW easy now. CoPs, sky, sea, dynamis are all a joke too, solo'able if not duo'able...

Seriously? Dynamis is duo'able.... geez I remember the days when 64 people couldn't do it unless everything went perfect.
02-01-2013, 02:46 AM
Norack

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lady

Seriously? Dynamis is duo'able.... geez I remember the days when 64 people couldn't do it unless everything went perfect.

yeah and the hourglass is only like 50k now, i think limbus is free err, forgot what its called dynamis but for sea, where you had to buy that soap to cleanse yourself.

i would say you can duo dynamis to win, you can't really solo to win but lots of ppl solo just for farming relics, which everyone freaking has now.
02-01-2013, 02:51 AM
Pandastirfry

Quote:

Originally Posted by EinSoFZ

I remember when it took like 7 months or more to get to 75 on one job alone. It can't be a good sign when the game changes that much lol

It might have something to do with the actual wording of the email...

"To Celebrate the upcoming release of FINAL FANTASY XI's 5th expansion, "Seekers of Adoulin," we're pleased to announce that we will be holding our very first "Double EXP Campaign"

Don't miss this opportunity to sharpen your skills, hone your magic, and grow even stronger in preparation for the dangers that await you in the untamed lands of Ulbuka"

sounds like they understand that lvling up in XI can seem daunting to new players and actually want anyone that may have never played the game before but are being drawn in by the new expansion to actually be able to experiance said expansion, rather than people like me... played since NA release, but fianlly quit when it got up to "Wings of the Goddess" but I'm still struggling to put together parties to finish Rank 6 missions for the first time.
02-01-2013, 03:11 AM
xXHalloweenTrixXx

Meh.. people complaining about how easy it is to level in ff11 yet in ff14 it was just as easy to get to level cap xD. It took one or two days to get from 1 to 50 from being leeched in 14 1.0.

And somehow I doubt in 2.0 it will change the difficulty of the game, actually I feel they will probably make it easier since everyone is applying WoW systems to their mmorpgs.
02-01-2013, 03:48 AM
vax

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norack

yeah and the hourglass is only like 50k now, i think limbus is free err, forgot what its called dynamis but for sea, where you had to buy that soap to cleanse yourself.

i would say you can duo dynamis to win, you can't really solo to win but lots of ppl solo just for farming relics, which everyone freaking has now.

Dynamis is free, you pay once and then you can got in once per jp midnight. Limbus i think it's 15k or 25k everytime you want to go in.

The game is different now, but it isn't bad, also XIV 1.0 was much easier to get to 50 than a job to 99 on XI.
02-01-2013, 03:50 AM
Andrien

I got that ffxi double exp mail, and a 75% off sale notice on the square enix store.
02-01-2013, 03:53 AM
Myono_Mhigo

Days of /shouting in jueno and /sea all to build parties for weeks/months are long gone in MMOs, but for whatever it's worth I'm proud and honored that I had the opportunity to be apart of it.
I guess I was doing it wrong but it took me about a month to get my one and only 50 on XIV :(
02-01-2013, 04:08 AM
vax

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myono_Mhigo

Days of /shouting in jueno and /sea all to build parties for weeks/months are long gone in MMOs, but for whatever it's worth I'm proud and honored that I had the opportunity to be apart of it.
I guess I was doing it wrong but it took me about a month to get my one and only 50 on XIV :(

Are different way to level, on XI you can level a job to 1 to 99 on 2 days, 1 - 30 outside aby and then leech fast 30 to 99, but you could do it old way too, and that will take more time than two days.
Same thing happened on XIV 1.0, you could level parying taking more time or with PL really fast.
02-01-2013, 05:15 AM
Firon

Quote:

Originally Posted by EinSoFZ

I remember when it took like 7 months or more to get to 75 on one job alone. It can't be a good sign when the game changes that much lol

7 months? never took me more than 1 except the first which took me 3 <.<.
02-01-2013, 06:04 AM
Akira_Tenshi

You will know when invites are being sent out they will make an announcement. Double exp weekends, good idea for an MMO.
02-01-2013, 07:24 AM
Elexia

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delsus

Since when, when I played (up to 90) I didn't hear of that happening once.

The only risk was if you did it via RMT.
02-01-2013, 09:48 AM
finiteHP

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firon

7 months? never took me more than 1 except the first which took me 3 <.<.

Took me 5 years of playing every day to get my first job to 75.
02-01-2013, 10:11 AM
Colino

Quote:

Originally Posted by xXHalloweenTrixXx

Meh.. people complaining about how easy it is to level in ff11 yet in ff14 it was just as easy to get to level cap xD. It took one or two days to get from 1 to 50 from being leeched in 14 1.0.

Not until chains and natalan came around, it actually took quite a while before then.
02-01-2013, 02:56 PM
Feln

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colino

Not until chains and natalan came around, it actually took quite a while before then.

Abyssea wasn't always there. I remember it taking me nearly a year to reach 75 for my very first time. :d

I've been leveling Blue Mage outside of abyssea lately, and I have to say it's a lot more enjoyable than the burn, if a bit slow. I welcome this double exp. Doubles the reason that I don't have to go through a maw.