I might get hate or banned but hey w/e

[MaeIsMean]

This was my FFXI experience.

I started as a WHM, because I wanted to heal. I played, for what felt like a long time, and finally got to 20. My friend, who was the reason I picked up the game, helped me do the quest you needed to pick a second job. Then he tells me that I need to pick BLM (I think that's what he said) so I changed, and started leveling that, and made it about 2 levels before I went "Wait.... so... basically I am expected to always keep this sub-job leveled up as I level up my 'main' job... so I am FORCED into leveling 2 at the same time, because being a lvl 40 mage without a subjob at 20 would make me a slacker." and I logged out and never logged back in.

It wasn't so much that I disliked the idea of subjobs and how that whole thing worked, it's just that you couldn't be a "real" WHM without also spending an assload of time leveling up a subjob that, frankly, I didn't give a crap about at the time. It felt like a really artificial way to keep me playing.

[Sparktacus]

SMN was very good at soloing, and commonly solo'd to level up as they weren't wanted by parties. I leveled up solo from 50-75, with a few levels in Beastmaster parties as supplemental, hateless dmg.


*Stuff

i miss killing imps now!

[Undeadfire]

The sub job helps you boost your stats, you could use Smn for more HP, or Rdm for self refresh, Blm for Warping people. Regardless of sub, Whm had barely anything to do damage.

[Norleas]

ew... kotaku

[Evangela]

The day FFXI gets shutdown I'll have a small party with some wine and snacks. If it's that great, people should go play it.

[Undeadfire]

It's not what it used to be, that's why.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

I played it and was fun, but vastly prefer solo friendly gameplay to old school games that require grouping to do anything.

Mhm. This is what turned me off too. I like having the option to group, not be forced into it for any meaningful progression. Probably has to do with having played mostly single player games.

[Mikai]

ew... kotaku

I know but the points are still there and great

[Mikai]

The day FFXI gets shutdown I'll have a small party with some wine and snacks. If it's that great, people should go play it.

what killed XI was Abysea, its fine if you never experienced how great it was to begin with but don't hate it due to your lack of knowledge and there of the game and its community.

[Niqote]

It's not what it used to be, that's why.

I also think people remember it with a rose tint.

One of the big drawbacks of XI was that it took you hours to do ANYTHING progressive. You were so dependant on the community.
Nothing is perfect. I remember some amazing TP burn parties, but I also remember hunting/fighting the claim bots for that 8 legged bastard for my Husbands Joyeuse.
My favourite was soloing the SMN fights. These fights seemed to make everyone heart beat increase when soloed XD