Why I can't stop playing FFXIV

[Ryios]

People who love this game are either first time or new MMO'ers or are FF Fanatics, that and you never played FFXI to end game. Because FFXI was easily the better game here content/zone/end game wise.

To me having all the classes on one character is frustrating and it counter's the system. Sweet I have a tank and a dps to 50!!!. Oh wait, I can only run BCB on one of them.... So pretty much, since I have a tank, I'll never get to DPS anything, EVER.

Can't tell you how many times my FC wants to do something so I join on my blm, then we sit there looking for a tank for 2 hours and it's only a matter of time before one of them goes "dude... Just tank, your tank is geared and your good." And I end up sucking one up so that 7 other people can have a good time and me being miserable.

Tanking Titan HM 28374893749873489398327498732 times get's old.

[DeceptionsWrath]

People who love this game are either first time or new MMO'ers or are FF Fanatics, that and you never played FFXI to end game. Because FFXI was easily the better game here content/zone/end game wise.

I played FFXI for almost 7 years. I only quit after abyssea(sp). Once the level cap got raised i didn't feel like leveling up my 13 75's haha. But i did everything in FFXI, well all but finished a relic. Which was rather rare @ that time. Now i hear relics are common. Even beat Vrtra with only 12 people. Ahhh those were the days! But i digress, i also feel that FFXI was a much better put together game. Yes the combat wasn't amazing compared to games now. But it was great for the time i guess. It had everything. You could even capture pets and have them fight and become champion. And they had NMs to hunt while waiting for a party or something. I miss it now.

[Whiz]

People who love this game are either first time or new MMO'ers or are FF Fanatics, that and you never played FFXI to end game. Because FFXI was easily the better game here content/zone/end game wise.

To me having all the classes on one character is frustrating and it counter's the system. Sweet I have a tank and a dps to 50!!!. Oh wait, I can only run BCB on one of them.... So pretty much, since I have a tank, I'll never get to DPS anything, EVER.

Can't tell you how many times my FC wants to do something so I join on my blm, then we sit there looking for a tank for 2 hours and it's only a matter of time before one of them goes "dude... Just tank, your tank is geared and your good." And I end up sucking one up so that 7 other people can have a good time and me being miserable.

Tanking Titan HM 28374893749873489398327498732 times get's old.

11 was terrible. Only people whom never played mmo's before but 11 think 11 was so fantastic. After I quit 11 and played a real MMO like Rift I didn't realize myself how terrible 11 really was. The entire design of the game with the grind fest was just so outdated and fail. I'd never play another game like 11 if it was released now a day. I quit rift right b4 it went f2p because it became so grindy.

[Magis]

After I quit 11 and played a real MMO like Rift I didn't realize myself how terrible 11 really was.

lol. I literally laughed out loud.



Rift did reeeeeeeal good for a "real" MMO.

[Ryios]

11 was terrible. Only people whom never played mmo's before but 11 think 11 was so fantastic. After I quit 11 and played a real MMO like Rift I didn't realize myself how terrible 11 really was. The entire design of the game with the grind fest was just so outdated and fail. I'd never play another game like 11 if it was released now a day. I quit rift right b4 it went f2p because it became so grindy.

You had to play FFXI at launch to think it was good and enjoy it into it's future. When 11 Launched there was no Wow and there was no Rift. All there that was out worth mentioning was Ultima Online, EQ1, Asheron's Call, Lineage, etc.

You can't compare FFXI to a game that game out almost a decade after FFXI was launched (9 Years) to be exact. That would be like waiting 9 years and saying FFXIV sucks because (insert new game here).

And you say the game was outdated and fail.... couple points to consider here,

1. It was the first Cross Platform MMORPG EVER created, you can play on PS2, PC, or Xbox 360
2. At launch it really wasn't so outdated, it had the best graphics of any MMO at the time in my opinion
3. Exp Parties were a ton of fun
4. End game was a ton of fun
5. These new games your referring do didn't exist for 5-9 years after the fact, not even WOW was out.

You really are comparing today's games to a game from over a decade ago.....

[Size]

People who love this game are either first time or new MMO'ers or are FF Fanatics, that and you never played FFXI to end game. Because FFXI was easily the better game here content/zone/end game wise.

To me having all the classes on one character is frustrating and it counter's the system. Sweet I have a tank and a dps to 50!!!. Oh wait, I can only run BCB on one of them.... So pretty much, since I have a tank, I'll never get to DPS anything, EVER.

Can't tell you how many times my FC wants to do something so I join on my blm, then we sit there looking for a tank for 2 hours and it's only a matter of time before one of them goes "dude... Just tank, your tank is geared and your good." And I end up sucking one up so that 7 other people can have a good time and me being miserable.

Tanking Titan HM 28374893749873489398327498732 times get's old.

Solution? Shouldn't have leveled a tank! xD