Problems letting go of XI? Japanese too.

[ThePatriarch]

I want XI all over again.

Serious, not joking.

[Rydin]

I want XI all over again.

Serious, not joking.

You want the experience you had and want a similar one now? or you want the exact game?

[ThePatriarch]

You want the experience you had and want a similar one now? or you want the exact game?

This.. is an excellent question. I want the experience. In Final Fantasy XI I was excited to go to new places, explore new zones. Kill big NM's! I was so excited my first time in Dynamis. Getting to sea and seeing the zone for the first time?

My first fafnir kill and I got Ridill, back in 2005... I was in shock. Now don't get me wrong, FFXI has its share of flaws, but the nearly overwhelming sense of adventure and accomplishment was amazing. FFXIV does not have that captivating quality.

I logged into FFXIV for the first time yesterday in about 2 months, this is how it went:

Logged in, to find a broken inn unto which I could not enter. But hey, lets go do some Leves. My game crashed as soon as I started my 2nd leve. I then waited for 1 hour to find an EXP party that never came to be. I logged off. I have several 50's but its just not worth leveling anything now because the game in itself is so boring.

After typing this wall of text, I just want to say I fully approve this game becoming like FFXI, just not take every idea from it.

[Exn]

This.. is an excellent question. I want the experience. In Final Fantasy XI I was excited to go to new places, explore new zones. Kill big NM's! I was so excited my first time in Dynamis. Getting to sea and seeing the zone for the first time?

This. I feel pretty much the same way. I also hear this alot from other people who played XI. Someone then explained to me that because XI was my first MMO, alot of that "epic feeling" was proly just due to that fact, and most people feel that way for their first MMO (that they enjoyed). According to him, you never really fully get that shock and awe again that you had from the 1st time..

Now I dunno if I agree with that, but I've tried a couple different mmo's since XI, and while XIV might get there, can't say that I've found anything that really does it for me yet.

[Jinko]

This. I feel pretty much the same way. I also hear this alot from other people who played XI. Someone then explained to me that because XI was my first MMO, alot of that "epic feeling" was proly just due to that fact, and most people feel that way for their first MMO (that they enjoyed). According to him, you never really fully get that shock and awe again that you had from the 1st time..

Now I dunno if I agree with that, but I've tried a couple different mmo's since XI, and while XIV might get there, can't say that I've found anything that really does it for me yet.

Yup hes right you don't get it back, FF11 was my first mmo and probably my most memorable, that's not to say its my favourite though, it was far too convoluted and time sinky for my liking.

Saying that I have places and times whilst playing WoW that I remember with similar nostalgia, they still don't' compare to the fresh new world that 11 offered.