Beta Test Emails Now Released

[Alkar]

No girl, some of them crabs in ToaU are grey, ok?

The only thing I remember from ToAU is pink. Lots and lots of pink.

[Grey Jorildyn]

I remember heads. Lots and lots of heads.

[Fievel]

No girl, some of them crabs in ToaU are grey, ok?

Blasphemy, don't ruin my FF feel.

[Elona]

It's to easy to get anywhere. I want the old days of riding a chocobo for 10 minutes to get to the spot I needed then zone into the place where the party was and have to run another 10 minutes to the camp (with sneak and inv). Now that's Adventure.

Everyone is in such a rush these days. It's all about the journey not the destination.

Also bring back level cap quests.

Not sure if serious... but party grind was like the only viable exp option in that game from what I remember. In ARR we got questing, instance exping, hunting logs, and the open world party grind. Why would you want to go back to XI version of exping?

[Shimbo]

Sorry my Sarcasm is rusty. =[

[Lucavi]

Not sure if serious... but party grind was like the only viable exp option in that game from what I remember. In ARR we got questing, instance exping, hunting logs, and the open world party grind. Why would you want to go back to XI version of exping?

Ask the OF purists. They'll give you plenty of (one) reasons

[Elona]

Sorry my Sarcasm is rusty. =[

It's all good, let's go to top of Uleguerand Range for the exp!

[Takiwaki]

It's all good, let's go to top of Uleguerand Range for the exp!

Oh comon i loved that.. getting to the xp camp took all night and then by the time we got there had to find a replacement lol.

[Charismatic]

Even for the prolific JYB, that would be a bit of a stretch.

Especialle the female roles. (O.O ) Imagine some hot Highlander chick blowing the stuffing out of a Magitek armor, a new NPC central to the story (because it's high time we stopped having teenage girls be the vehicles for story exposition in FFMMO's - looking at you, XI). Badass armor, razor-edged longsword, eyes that burn like cigarettes, short skirt, long jacket, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand when she opens her mouth, the first thing you hear is Vash the Stampede.

Pictured it in my mind's eye. Ended up snorting some root beer up my nose. >.<;

<o.o> Also, as a PSA unrelated to this particular post: certain game content has been mentioned that should vanish in a hurry. It's for the best. Don't want anyone to get banned just 'cause everyone's excited. ; ;

Female roles were thought of. JYB as everyone, yes.

[Agito]

Thinking back on it, we all must've been a bunch of masochists in the eyes of those who didn't play ffxi, lol. There was so much torture we had to put ourselves through to get anything done.

[arus2001]

Frame of reference wasn't too hot back then.

Would be sort of like playing Mega Man on the NES and then suddenly having Mega Man X on the SNES. Anyone who says the NES version is superior is just trippin' on nostalgia.

[Lucavi]

Thinking back on it, we all must've been a bunch of masochists in the eyes of those who didn't play ffxi, lol. There was so much torture we had to put ourselves through to get anything done.

To be fair, most MMOs were just as grindy. XI didn't just draw its ideas up out of thin air; they pulled that shit straight from EQ, slapped that good ol' SE coat of paint on the graphics and classes, and presto.

[shepardG]

"Shepardg starts casting sneak on shepardg"
"Shepardg casts Sneak"
"Shepardg gains the effect of sneak"

"Shepardg starts casting invisible on shepardg"
"The effect of sneak is wearing off"
"Shepardg casts Invisible"
"Theeffect of sneak is wearing off"
"Shepardg gains the effect of Invisible"

.......

only took them 9 years to fix that wack ass shit.

[Cichy]

"Shepardg starts casting sneak on shepardg"
"Shepardg casts Sneak"
"Shepardg gains the effect of sneak"

"Shepardg starts casting invisible on shepardg"
"The effect of sneak is wearing off"
"Shepardg casts Invisible"
"Theeffect of sneak is wearing off"
"Shepardg gains the effect of Invisible"

.......

only took them 9 years to fix that wack ass shit.

lets not forget the exhilarating adventure of going Sky to exp and having person not bring sneak, whm going to sneak him, proceed to magic aggro, get raped, end party

[Elcura]

So many things were wrong/bad in XI, SO MANY. I think like 90% of the game was just flat out badly designed or shit. I honestly have no idea why I liked XI so much because for every good thing I think of there are at least 2 negatives you could put to them.

Which is why people who pine for XI's glory days fucking confuse me. Do they not realise that XI was a shit game?

[Grey Jorildyn]

Hard to know that pizza isn't your favorite food when it's all you eat. Savvy?

[Takiwaki]

The human race is at its best in the face of adversity .. FFXI proved that. lol

[Siya]

*Farming as SMN/THF while seeking group*
*Comment lists WHM as subjob for group*
Guy>> [Hello!] [Party] [Do you need it?] [White Mage] [Subjob] [Do you have it?]

[Eagleheart]

*Farming as SMN/THF while seeking group*
*Comment lists WHM as subjob for group*
Guy>> [Hello!] [Party] [Do you need it?] [White Mage] [Subjob] [Do you have it?]

See that makes it even worse!

Right now there is a thread up petitoning to bring the subjob system from XI to ARR.

(o.O ) While I'm scratching my head in disbelief, you post abruptly reminds me what was wrong with subjobs.

"Oh yeah! They pigeonholed poorly-designed classes into roles they were not particularly meant for. Prime victim: SUMMONER."

Honestly don't know what to make of these people. x_____x Time to prepare dinner and forget the boards exist for a while!

[Stanislaw]

Speaking of subjobs, exactly what does enabling subjobs in FFXIV do when the cross-classing ability system already in place does it even better? Sure cross-classing restricts the use of some abilities, but FFXI subjobs already do that too. Stats? Nobody subjobed classes for stats.

Seriously. I can't find a good reason.