question for current ffxi players

[JonLuso]

I don't think you'd have much trouble experiencing the game. If you are brand new to XI, it may be a little rough when you first land. You literally get dropped into town, with a voucher for 50g. No real instruction, no !'s all over the place to indicate where quests are, and you may question your sanity for deciding to pick up the game at all. lol. But I do think you'd enjoy it once you start to explore and get your feet wet. Graphics are obviously outdated, but it has a great story, and there is an amazing depth to it that XIV will never have.

They've introduced a lot of NPCs in the starting cities that are standing basically where you first spawn into the game. Their names are very straight-forward: they're there to guide you and explain various things about the nature of the game. For instance, the Linkshell Concierge explains everything LS's while the starting NPC that you give the voucher to has new/replaced dialogue and options that explain how to play the game, not to mention a mini-tutorial.

The UI has seen much refinement, as well, to try and consolidate various items, such as Currencies, gear sets and macro sets, chat settings and communication settings.

They even have updated the Help Desk with information on almost everything you could possibly find in the game with screenshot guides and requirements displayed at the top (nearly everything; Limbus and other things like Fame are left out, but they're there for players to discern via quests).

SE was trying to make the game more casual-friendly and user-accessible; these small but needed touches are more than welcomed.