Campers banned in FFXI

[Margalis]

I guess my issues is, I'd rather NOT have specific things to do unless those things are actually interesting. I don't like busy work, which is what the WoW quests felt like.

If I have to run around and kill a bunch of stuff, I might as well be able to choose when and where to do it.

[Rasix]

Might as well do it for 8 hours at a time in the same spot so you might just hear that magical chime assuring you that you're life isn't a complete waste.  Really, back and forth, this conversation will go nowhere.  It's like argueing console v. pc or linux v. windows, the camps seem pretty polarized, except for Geldon who hasn't yet joined the vertibrate family.

[Margalis]

There's only one solution then:

Let's throw down!

[Calantus]

And if you truly, truly want a feel for how the races are, don't play with a UI mod that makes the quest text zip by. You can actually get more of the whole story if you stop to read some of the quests instead of insta hitting accept and then loading it up to see what you need to collect/kill/rescure/escort/bbq/whatever.

First time through, yes. Second time through, hell no. I nearly went batty watching quest text crawl onto my log when I already knew what was being said. Thank god for the speed mods. Also makes sharing a breeze.

[Glazius]

Oddly enough, what turned me off of FFXI was a buddy of mine explaining what a great time he'd had last time he logged in. He had to use every ounce of his class powers and exploit the minutiae of interactions between his subjob and mainjob to snatch victory from the edge of defeat! (Dragoon/White Mage, if it matters)

But of course I'm telling it to you in reverse, so here's the set up - he was whacking a monster half his level for cash and accidentally hit an AOE power and aggroed two more.

Sorry, but I'd rather feel like this (caution, large) when I'm playing a game.

To each his own.

--GF

[AcidCat]

Oddly enough, what turned me off of FFXI was a buddy of mine explaining what a great time he'd had last time he logged in. He had to use every ounce of his class powers and exploit the minutiae of interactions between his subjob and mainjob to snatch victory from the edge of defeat! (Dragoon/White Mage, if it matters)

But of course I'm telling it to you in reverse, so here's the set up - he was whacking a monster half his level for cash and accidentally hit an AOE power and aggroed two more.

Hah, it always did feel just wrong for my Warrior/Monk to be unable to take on creatures my own level by myself. I enjoyed the lower level game a lot more when it was still possible to solo.

I refuse to "camp"...it, quite literally, puts me to sleep.

Indeed. Being new to MMORPGs the whole camping dynamic was very strange to me. So, ... we just sit here in one spot, and someone brings us the monsters? And we do this ... for hours at a time? Eh ... ok. Combine this with the hour or more it took just to find the group and you end up with a very passive gaming experience. Something like WoW or CoH just feels so much better with its more active combat, as in actively moving through/around an environment as you would in any normal game.

[geldonyetich]

I just felt that FFXI's "world" was just unneccessarily large and barren. That damn beach with the snips comes to mind.

I guess our varying opinions aren't too surprising.  This is totally a "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" distinction, at best.

Also, last I checked (Yes, I could be wrong), FFXI was Square-Enix's first foray into the realm of the PC, and also their first true MMOG or RPG. Yes, I am excluding all their console "RPG's". They're just adventure games to me if I'm dragged along a rail andI have no actual role in the outcome of the game.

Under that qualification, the only MMORPG that should be any good is EQ2.   Judging by the success of both World of Warcraft and FFXI, my current belief is that skill making other games does directly translate over to making a good MMOG.

[Strazos]

Also, last I checked (Yes, I could be wrong), FFXI was Square-Enix's first foray into the realm of the PC, and also their first true MMOG or RPG. Yes, I am excluding all their console "RPG's". They're just adventure games to me if I'm dragged along a rail andI have no actual role in the outcome of the game.

Under that qualification, the only MMORPG that should be any good is EQ2. Judging by the success of both World of Warcraft and FFXI, my current belief is that skill making other games does directly translate over to making a good MMOG.

Ok, my fault. That was more a stab at the whole Console vs PC RPG thing (IE: FF vs Anything by Bioware/BIS).

[Margalis]

Actually FFXI is a PS2 game first and foremost. Not in the US, but that's how it started life and it runs great on a PS2.

Which, when you think about it, is pretty fucking incredible! It has some of the nicest PC MMORPG graphics around, yes was made for a system that pales in comparison to high-end PCs.

It also blows the whole "wah, programming for a PC is hard!" excuse out of the water. If you think programming for a PC is hard, try programming for a PC and a PS2, and a new PS2 hard drive to boot. (Which has it's own problems) Yet FFXI has very few bugs. Just another reason to not believe people when they cry about compatibility issues.

Some of what they can do is limited by the PS2, like the number of textures and that sort of thing I would imagine. The fact that it even holds water with a PC MMORPG is pretty damn incredible.

[aman4trulove]

I keep trying to sign into playonline and it keeps saying Server Busy or wrong info I know i got my information right Im wondering do you have to have the money right up when you sign up or do is there a problem with their servers because I am starting to get ready to Delete playonline and try to find something better even though I want to try finaly fantasy xi really bad. what should I do?

[Slyfeind]

I read through half this thread before I realized it's 3 years old. 

[Montague]

I keep trying to sign into playonline and it keeps saying Server Busy or wrong info I know i got my information right Im wondering do you have to have the money right up when you sign up or do is there a problem with their servers because I am starting to get ready to Delete playonline and try to find something better even though I want to try finaly fantasy xi really bad. what should I do?

 

[Hoax]

This thread fucking delivered.

[Morfiend]

I read through half this thread before I realized it's 3 years old. 

Same here, I got to a Geldon post before I looked at the post date.

I think we need a little smilie version of the necropost image.

[aman4trulove]

oh well playonline is full of problems so I'm going back to myst uru online ta ta

[Moosehands]

oh well playonline is full of problems so I'm going back to myst uru online ta ta

No!  Wait!  Come back!

I need tru love.    

[Ratman_tf]

[Triforcer]

I like it when we have wacky two-post guests.  Its like we are a sitcom with a constant strem of hilarious guest stars!

[tazelbain]

oh well playonline is full of problems so I'm going back to myst uru online ta ta

batting 1000 I see

[schild]

Honestly thought this person was a russian bride spambot. Whatever, deleting the account.

[schild]

Oh and his email address was:

angelofmyheartandsoul@*****.com

Just being nice, don't need to post the email address to the world publically.

Nice as in OMG LAUGH AT THAT EMAIL ADDRESS.

[Margalis]

Same here, I got to a Geldon post before I looked at the post date.

Yup. For a second I even thought "wow, Geldon is back?"

[Hutch]

angelofmyheartandsoul@*****.com

Anyone else think of T'Pau? Or am I alone with 80s on the brain.

[Lantyssa]

I'm a child of the 80's.  Half my playlist is music from that decade.

[Calantus]

Same here, I got to a Geldon post before I looked at the post date.

Yup. For a second I even thought "wow, Geldon is back?"

Thirded. Although it was actually his post that made me think WTF because I didn't notice the name at first. But he said FFXI was higher than WoW and I wondered how the fuck that could be. Then I looked over to see it was Geldon. Then looked at the timestamp.

[Ratman_tf]

Oh and his email address was:

angelofmyheartandsoul@*****.com

Just being nice, don't need to post the email address to the world publically.

Nice as in OMG LAUGH AT THAT EMAIL ADDRESS.

Oshit. That's my mom's email! 

[Slyfeind]

oh well playonline is full of problems so I'm going back to myst uru online ta ta

That is so funny in so many unusual ways.

This is the best thread ever!

[Dtrain]

I think FFXI deletes your account after a period of innactivity. This is part of a design philosophy that people have begun to refer to as cockupuncture.

[Tige]

This thread fucking delivered.

.....and how!

[sam, an eggplant]

I just noticed that picture had the agents from the matrix chasing the retarded kid. I'm sure it's all over the internet and I somehow missed it, but that is truly comic genius.

[rk47]

i never saw the original thread either. lmao i need to read the timestamps more carefully next time. Goddamn this thread delivered after its death.

[WayAbvPar]

I read the first post and was amazed. Then I read the third post and was amazed that I had already responded..3 years ago! Holy necromantics.

angelofmyheartandsoul@*****.com

I was scheduled to sit in on an interview for a position we need filled (I used to do it, and wrote most of the training manuals for it, and will likely get stuck training the latest chimp to do it). As a responsible potential employer, I read her resume before the interview. Her email address:

sunshineandrainbowsforever@*insertnameoffreeemailservicehere*.com

This is on her RESUME. WTF?

Her interview was scheduled 4-5 on Friday afternoon (thanks for nothing, HR department). I stayed late just to attend. And the bitch never showed. No call, nothing.

Were I in charge of choosing potential candidates, an email address like that would get you stuck in the rejected pile immediately. You can get any number of free email addresses if you either aren't bright enough to get one through your ISP, or don't actually have Internet access at home. Find one with some combination of your initials/name and use THAT for your professional contacts, mmkay?

[Draegan]

I don't think there is anything wrong with gmail or yahoo on a professional resume.  However using rainbowsforever@... is a big no no.

[sam, an eggplant]

Depends on the job. I wouldn't have any problems hiring a secretary or cute perky PR chick (CPPC) with a unicornsinmyheart@hotmail.com email address. Actually my company just started hiring in Amsterdam, where it's legal to ask for a full body photograph to accompany the CV.

Yeah. Good times.

[Draegan]

Wow that's like real life "tits or grfo".  Sweet.