new to ffxi

[Whiskey]

yeah, everyone i talked to about it beforehand told me it was a dull begining but amazing end game.

[Telera]

Which sucks for people like me who are not endgame-ers. If the journey to the top is no fun, I couldn't give less of a rat's ass about the endgame. But I don't know about the beginning being boring. I had most of my 'fun' when I was a newb. I'd say it's more beginning = fun middle = slow end = fun and hectic.

Endgame isn't my thing even on games I enjoy/still play. I like to get to the top, then find some nice newbies to make into my Padawans. That's how I get enjoyment out of my games. I spent more time at level cap on Monster Hunter and LotRO helping out newbies or giving advice than I do on 'level appropriate' content. I've yet to step foot in a raid on LotRO, and I'm proud of that fact. XD Especially with the first level cap raise coming in a few months, why bother? Besides I have better things to do with 6 hours of my life than killing huge bosses for gear that may or may not drop, which I may or may not win, because there's 4 other hunters in the raid.

But that's just me. And is probably why I ended up giving up on XI. But if you love endgame, XI has a very solid one. And it has Tarutarus, which no other game has, and I do miss my Tarutaru very much. She was so cute in her Santa Hat.

There should be an offline FF set in Vana'diel with customizable races/classes a la Oblivion. I'd so be a Taru again.