
Originally Posted by
MirielleLavandre
Hi all,
After playing Eureka more, I have to adjust my initial post a bit. As far as being like FFXI, I stick by the idea that it is like FFXI but in only a few ways // that is, making a party, finding a camping spot, and pulling IT mobs to chain xp. In essence, it is like FFXI as far as leveling up goes - not endgame. Reflecting on what I liked mostabout FFXI, it was two things -- during leveling, it was the camaraderie and fun of chatting in party while grinding, and making new friends while doing so. During endgame, it was having so much to do that was varied and different, and having reachable goals that were directed and organized. I absolutely loved getting my Empyrean Armor +2 on both my WHM and NIN in Abyssea, because getting that armor was so detailed and had so many different steps and so many different NMs I needed to organize alliances for in order to get (stone, card, coin, jewel farming - almost all requiring different NMs with many different ways to spawn them, etc.).
I agree with the people who claim, as I did, that Eureka is like FFXI, but only insofar as it is like the grind of leveling pre-cap. It also lacks the 'friend building' that FFXI had during leveling due to the nature of FF14 combat, as others have said. We can't chat in party like we did while hanging out in the Dunes or Crawlers Nest, etc. The skill spam is just too much.
So, in essence after 3 days of release, I feel that Eureka has indeed taken the grind of FFXI leveling, but applied it to a game that lacks the sociability FFXI had and lacks the combat mechanics (slower and more methodical in FFXI, so we could chat during combat) FFXI had. It is nothing like Abyssea capped AF (Empyrean) farming, or even atma farming. I loved atma farming, too, as it took organization and also had so many different atma to attain and/or help others get [atma of Razed Ruins, etc. - or even atma of the apocalypse].
Eureka is fine for those who need a little taste of the FFXI leveling grind -- but I have to agree with others that it took the 'worst' aspect of FFXI and applied it erroneously to FF14.