I want to play *This* game

[Skivvy]

Been legitimately thinking about it.. Might pull the trigger and check it out.

Ayeeee. It goes on sale for $10 starting this upcoming Friday the 12th (usually $30). I love the game, and think it's definitely worth checking out, but you really need to know what you're getting into. lol.

That game literally dumps you into the starting zone with 10 gil to your name, there are no NPCs to guide you around, no !'s peppering the map, you'll have to learn how to navigate the menu for everything, you'll basically live in a wiki, and that's just scratching the surface. It's not for the faint of heart. :3 But!..if you can get past the first couple of weeks of thinking "OMG why did I buy this game!?", things do usually start clicking and you can find your groove. Not trying to play the XIV vs. XI card, but there is sooo much more depth to the systems and jobs in XI. Some may love that, some find it annoying.

The XI subreddit is actually a pretty helpful place. The Bg Wiki will be one of your main sources for actual game information along with the ffxiclopedia site. This guide is pretty handy for just starting out. I'm not sure if this has changed in recent years, but the ffxiclopedia site used to be a bit better for older content (like 75-era content) while BG wiki has a lot more for the current endgame.

[R041]

It's on sale here soon with a free login campaign. Would be a good time to grab it, or try it.

Ayeeee. It goes on sale for $10 starting this upcoming Friday the 12th (usually $30). I love the game, and think it's definitely worth checking out, but you really need to know what you're getting into. lol.

That game literally dumps you into the starting zone with 10 gil to your name, there are no NPCs to guide you around, no !'s peppering the map, you'll have to learn how to navigate the menu for everything, you'll basically live in a wiki, and that's just scratching the surface. It's not for the faint of heart. :3 But!..if you can get past the first couple of weeks of thinking "OMG why did I buy this game!?", things do usually start clicking and you can find your groove. Not trying to play the XIV vs. XI card, but there is sooo much more depth to the systems and jobs in XI. Some may love that, some find it annoying.

The XI subreddit is actually a pretty helpful place. The Bg Wiki will be one of your main sources for actual game information along with the ffxiclopedia site. This guide is pretty handy for just starting out. I'm not sure if this has changed in recent years, but the ffxiclopedia site used to be a bit better for older content (like 75-era content) while BG wiki has a lot more for the current endgame.

Sounds perfect. Kinda like how MMOs are supposed to be - Complex and engaging.

I just wasn't sure how to get started, or what server to go to.

"So what do you do in FFXIV?" - "Well.. I.. Click the quest marker, then read text. Then I go to this next NPC and read some more text. For about 300 hours"

[Skivvy]

Sounds perfect. Kinda like how MMOs are supposed to be - Complex and engaging.

I just wasn't sure how to get started, or what server to go to.

"So what do you do in FFXIV?" - "Well.. I.. Click the quest marker, then read text. Then I go to this next NPC and read some more text. For about 300 hours"

As far as servers go, for NA, Asura is going to be the largest with Bahamut coming in 2nd. You may want to do a search for Asura vs. Bahamut to get an idea of the personalities of both to see what suits you better. If EU/JP......not sure on those server reqs. X:

[MikkoAkure]

you'll basically live in a wiki, and that's just scratching the surface. It's not for the faint of heart. :3

A wiki?! Back in my day we just had a Prima guide that said that Humes make good ninja because they look good in pajamas.

You had to rely on more seasoned linkshell members on how to do things and wild rumors would spread on the Valkurm Dunes about the spawning criteria of the Sea Horror and tales about ferries dropping off 20 dead bodies onto the docks of Selbina.

Altana save you if you DID want to play ninja because you would have to camp for hours for a rare NM for you BIS head, feet, body, and hands for many levels and even if you fight off the horde of treasure hunters for the claim, you’re not guaranteed the drop (though I think they fixed that?). All your spells cost items to use and the scrolls themselves sold for millions of gil.

Abyssea wouldn’t be a thing for years and you had to grind goblins and beetles in increasingly exotic locations for hours in order to level up.

The devs probably don’t do it anymore, but they gave no hints on how to do anything and would regularly punish players for playing jobs or fighting bosses “wrong”. They were surprised but eventually supportive of things like SAM becoming a DPS when it was made to be a tank class or NIN becoming a tank when it was meant to be a DPS, but on the other end they nerfed manaburn parties and all the BLM became RNG because they didn’t like that. Or when a group of people became physically ill fighting Pandaemonium Warden wrong for hours upon hours and they nerfed it after bad media coverage.

I wonder if they ever made Puppetmaster worth playing. I don’t know if it was meant to be a solo class because it seemed sort of like it but their own power was weak, they had a C in their main weapon type, and BST was much better at soloing things. It never seemed to have a role in a party either. I got it up to level 60 or so I’m the hopes it would get better but it didn’t really and I got nervous about spending time and effort on something that people might not even invite me into Dynamis on so I abandoned it.

[Yuella]

I wonder if they ever made Puppetmaster worth playing. I don’t know if it was meant to be a solo class because it seemed sort of like it but their own power was weak, they had a C in their main weapon type, and BST was much better at soloing things. It never seemed to have a role in a party either. I got it up to level 60 or so I’m the hopes it would get better but it didn’t really and I got nervous about spending time and effort on something that people might not even invite me into Dynamis on so I abandoned it.

They raised Puppetmaster's H2H to A+

[Jkap_Goat]

Anyone ever have an ex call up out of the blue years later to say "I'm doing great btw. I met someone. I'm soo happy."?

sounds like someone is salty, someone mentioned FFXI, and I responded

jealousy is really bad, just go do those old roulettes and just stand in lower limsa all day, lol and have fun with that " relic grinding"

[TowaIsBestGirl]

Prima guide

What the utter heckleberry fin, now I feel old. It's been ten thousand years since I last heard those words....

[StarRosie]

What the utter heckleberry fin, now I feel old. It's been ten thousand years since I last heard those words....

Oh I can one-up this. Back in my day, we got tips and hints for games from things like Nintendo Power! And Game Informer! Which arguably wasn't that big a time jump. Since NP started in 1988, Prima Games in 1990, and GI in 1991.

Suffice to say...this joke has made me feel ancient because god...1988 feels like it was 75 years ago, not 35.

[aveyond-dreams]

Vana'diel is my home

Same. Now that all's been said and done for XIV, I'm left with a world that holds very little left for me. The same isn't true of FFXI though. San d'Oria and Jeuno feel more alive to me and Limsa with it's...statues gathered around the aetheryte. My main class Summoner has a full host of summons to call upon and my other favorites like Blue Mage and Scholar don't suffer from the design limitations that plague them in XIV.

[Celine_Aurora]

As the topic title states, I quite literally want to play this game. As in FFXIV.

You do not.

You want to play "A FFXIV based game made by aveyond-dreams for aveyond-dreams".