Why is this game such a chore...

[abzoluut]

The overall difficulty of the game is more like it was designed for Japanese audiences who never really do anything else but play this game. However there is virtually no real support in the game for more casual players.

Then why was WoW made easier for the Asian market, because Japanese people (in your case) play 24/7? Get you facts straight and don't blame an entire race because you disagree with something (with a very poor argument I might add).

Lag can be an issue, there is a nice post on these forums explaining why this lags. Maybe it will help you, can't seem to find the thread this quickly.

[Kuwagami]

If this would be more of a "true" Final Fantasy and for the Japanese Audience, most people would not be able to get past the first Job-Quests.

Korean style grinding

Without joking, I wouldn't mind FF2's grinding in a MMO... but maybe that's just me

(for those who might not know it, in FF2 you had to grind your stats and skills. ie, if you wanted more HP/defense, you had to take a lot of hits, be them friendly or enemy. For more damage, hit more, etc etc...)

Then why was WoW made easier for the Asian market, because Japanese people (in your case) play 24/7? Get you facts straight and don't blame an entire country because you disagree with something (with a very poor argument I might add).

fixed it for you

[Souljacker]

I agree there is some weird latency with the AoE effects. I'll be completely on the other side of the room, thinking I dodged the attack and it still somehow hits me. Once or twice, yea that's just me not looking quickly enough. I could see that.. but it's REALLY consistent here and I never had this issue in other games even on really hard raiding content. There's something else going on here than just a percentage of the playerbase sucks at dodging.

[abzoluut]

fixed it for you

Thnx a bunch

[DukeBurden]

This game is a joke in difficulty compared to FFXI. This is super casual. Idk how seasoned you are as a gamer but if THIS game is too much work/difficult for you then there\\'s no hope lol.

[Nadrojj]

No lag here. Game is great. What were you expecting from an MMO? They are designed to be major time sinks. The minimal amount of time it takes to get things done in this and seeing people complain everything takes too long or is too hard is laughable.

[Noshpan]

The only thing I can agree on is the occasional bout of latency. But that issue is described thoroughly in at least one other thread in the General forums alone.

[Sparky]

I don't experience AoE lag.

You might not but many people do, its more of mild latency issues but it is enough to get you killed in things like weight of the land, landslides, etc. I play on a NA server using on a not-so-great ISP connection in Japan run by an American company (military), and some days I'll have great speeds/latency and can dodge like a pro... other days, I cant get out of an aoe to save my life. It has nothing to do with my play style since on my screen I'll be on the edge of the arena but a weight of the land in the center somehow kills me even though I obviously ran out of it and am miles away :P

Well there is the problem I would imagine. Not really the game's fault that you're stuck with a patchy internet service.

[Duranu]

Korean style grinding

Without joking, I wouldn't mind FF2's grinding in a MMO... but maybe that's just me

(for those who might not know it, in FF2 you had to grind your stats and skills. ie, if you wanted more HP/defense, you had to take a lot of hits, be them friendly or enemy. For more damage, hit more, etc etc...)

*Cough*FFXI*Cough*

[Kuwagami]

*Cough*FFXI*Cough*

From what I know, besides the farming, FFXI's levelling has nothing in common with FFII's levelling