Too Weak To Be Worthwhile - Teleporting

[Corrderio]

ffxi was successful
this wasn't
point prooven

And XI had a crapload of problems when it launched in Japan. It also didn't have much competition back then either since MMOs were still fairly new.

[Etienn]

And XI had a crapload of problems when it launched in Japan. It also didn't have much competition back then either since MMOs were still fairly new.

fairly new? ever quest was not the first MMo's just so you know....

[Jynx]

fairly new? ever quest was not the first MMo's just so you know....

It's too bad Ultima Online is such a shadow of it's former self...

[Azurymber]

And XI had a crapload of problems when it launched in Japan. It also didn't have much competition back then either since MMOs were still fairly new.

doesn't matter. it was successful in NA, and continued to be successful over time. It also got... dun dun dun, good reviews.

CoP was its shining star. The story was epic, had TONS to do (was like 50times longer than this games entire mission set), and is considered to be one of the best MMO stories of all time. The zones were unique, the gear and jobs were cool, etc. Then you have ToAu which again, was EPIC. The zones were massive, well put together, and besieged was amazing. And then WoTG while just a rehash of past zones was amazing as well. Campaign was incredibly fun, the quests and missions were deeper than anything in this game, and the sense of exploration and journey you felt traveling through the war-torn past was awesome.

For story, immersion, and sense of adventure, no MMO has even come close to touching FFXI. Cept now cuz abyssea kinda killed everything lol.

[Corrderio]

doesn't matter. it was successful in NA, and continued to be successful over time. It also got... dun dun dun, good reviews.

Did you seriously miss the point I made of XI being in a crap state when it hit Japan? And how it came to NA about a year after the JP release? No crap it had good reviews back then since the NA market wasn't aware of how bad of a state it was in the initial launch.

fairly new? ever quest was not the first MMo's just so you know....

Faur enough I suppose, although I MMOs weren't a dime a dozen back then like they are now.