Fighting Desperately...

[Firon]

We're kidding ourselves if we think we're ever going to get another good FF game. Without Hironobu Sakaguchi there is no Final Fantasy. The series died with his resignation, XI was his last FF and it was the last one that was any good.

I read something on his new company's website about surfing/business, something so simple but yet it was written so beautifully and poetic.

Yoshi P said he wanted XIV to have the same kind of impact 7 did... I like Yoshi P but come on he's no Sakaguchi, Nobody is. When he was Square's vice pres he put his special touch on each title that made it an FF, but now all SE tries to do is copy other games. ex: making XIV a WoW clone, or modeling 12's story off of a disney movie, 13/13-2 stories mainstream anime garbage.

I have hope for 2.0 like the rest of us but as the past decade has taught me, Final Fantasy under the 2004+ management will disappoint at every turn.

Lol heraderp If you knew anything about FF its all related to this anime garbage you speak of.

[ArnoMorley]

Lol heraderp If you knew anything about FF its all related to this anime garbage you speak of.

If you knew anything about FF you'd know they were always about being different than the mainstream. Sure it always contained elements because it was Japanese. 7 resembled an action movie more than anime, 8 got away from the anime element almost entirely and 9 was Shakespearean based.

[lord_Niax]

Lol heraderp If you knew anything about FF its all related to this anime garbage you speak of.

Wait wait wait, you must mean the card minigames, that was sooooooooooooooo yugiho based.Lemme hit that pipe, cmon bro.

With that being said I dont know if this is a troll attempt or he is that dumb.

[Haydest]

Well, going back to the OP's original topic:

If you intend to go back to FFXI re-live those "hardcore" days then you are going to get slapped with a huge of dose of post-2012 reality. Sure, you still have the rather restrictive PS2-port UI to deal with, so you won't get your flashy combo lights or "click here" prompts as you eloquently put. However, you are certainly not going to spending 3-4 months to get to level 99 unless you plan to play solo and in the most tedious way possible (meaning: no Grounds of Valor/Fields of Valor pages).

You think partying/power leveling is in bad in XIV? Squeezing your way into an Abyssea group post 30 will likely net you the 99 cap (presuming you have the cap quests done) in less than 5 sessions (1 or 2 if you have a good group that lasts the entire day). If that's not option, people typically level--ahem, "leech" in alliances nowadays at Gusgen Mines, Crawler's Nest, Garlaige Citadel, Bostineaux Obliquette, and so forth. Seriously, before I quit FFXI (again) there were people in C Nest--at the appropriate level of 40+ wearing...crap, level 1 gear and extra accessory pieces.

So no--if you return today, you are not going to feel FFXI from circa-2004.

[Enfarious]

Well, going back to the OP's original topic:

If you intend to go back to FFXI re-live those "hardcore" days then you are going to get slapped with a huge of dose of post-2012 reality. Sure, you still have the rather restrictive PS2-port UI to deal with, so you won't get your flashy combo lights or "click here" prompts as you eloquently put. However, you are certainly not going to spending 3-4 months to get to level 99 unless you plan to play solo and in the most tedious way possible (meaning: no Grounds of Valor/Fields of Valor pages).

You think partying/power leveling is in bad in XIV? Squeezing your way into an Abyssea group post 30 will likely net you the 99 cap (presuming you have the cap quests done) in less than 5 sessions (1 or 2 if you have a good group that lasts the entire day). If that's not option, people typically level--ahem, "leech" in alliances nowadays at Gusgen Mines, Crawler's Nest, Garlaige Citadel, Bostineaux Obliquette, and so forth. Seriously, before I quit FFXI (again) there were people in C Nest--at the appropriate level of 40+ wearing...crap, level 1 gear and extra accessory pieces.

So no--if you return today, you are not going to feel FFXI from circa-2004.

You left out the people that for what ever reason haven't got abyssea access and are @80 in a levelsync in CN w/ 40's, again wearing "Lizard Gear" w/ a bronze dagger ...

[Xoo]

Yanno Haydest, with all due respect and patience, again I repeat the very first sentence stated in the OP:

...with an ever-growing urge to just return to FFXI, get a much-needed nostalgia fix, and play all the jobs I used to love from Lv1 solo.

[Haydest]

Yanno Haydest, with all due respect and patience, again I repeat the very first sentence stated in the OP:

However, you are certainly not going to spending 3-4 months to get to level 99 unless you plan to play solo and in the most tedious way possible (meaning: no Grounds of Valor/Fields of Valor pages).

If you do either GoV or FoV I promise you will STILL level three times as fast as classic XI--SOLO.

[Xoo]

However, you are certainly not going to spending 3-4 months to get to level 99 unless you plan to play solo and in the most tedious way possible (meaning: no Grounds of Valor/Fields of Valor pages).

If you do either GoV or FoV I promise you will STILL level three times as fast as classic XI--SOLO.

I do plan on leveling in the most tedious way possible. I like and prefer that experience. It's called relaxing, sitting back, having fun and watching your character grow little by little. As well as being hyped up for that next level, the new ability you're anticipating, moving to a new solo camp and fighting new things.

[Heoki]

In my opinion. FFXI was more time consuming than difficult. It did take a great deal of commitment and you did feel accomplished, but it took a lot of time. I never had a moment in FFXI that I would consider hard, except for maybe the Maat fight.

I loved FFXI and I played it for a long time, but I'd rather not have my time wasted. Just because you can get to 50 fast doesn't make it bad. It's wasn't harder to get to 75 in FFXI it just took a lot longer.

[Haydest]

Hey, if you enjoy it--whose to say you can't do it that way? If you prefer to play in that style, I'd say go for it...I'm certainly not the one to argue or say otherwise; do what makes it fun for you!