| Re: Pro's and con's anyone? Pros:
-Multiple jobs can be played simultaneously
-Several great storylines and plots in the FF tradition
-Cooperation is a neccesity, binding the community together
-Huge amount of content from almost 4 years development
-Graphics and audio are second to none, at least I think so
-Auto translate lets you play with non-native english speakers
-Even the PvP content requires teamwork
Cons:
-Timesink: It can take a while to find a party in later levels, and once found they usually last 2+ hours
-Timesink: It also takes quite a while to level a craft, farm materials and acquire gil.
-Soloing for experience is extremley difficult for most classes after about level 20.
-RMT scum (gilsellers/gilbuyers) are a problem here as in every MMOG
-Prices can be extortionate for +1 and rare items, though NQ or normal quality versions are usually affordable.
-Cooperation is a neccesity, meaning you have to rely on strangers for a lot of things.
Compared to other MMOG's this is a very community based game, and while the better for it, this causes problems, mainly what to do when no-one is looking for a party. There are still plenty of things to do solo after level 20, except for levelling up, which you need a party for. Some people feel no sense of achivement if they don't get exp, and tend to skip the missions and quests. They are missing the better part of the game I think, you can solo the missions up to rank 5 fairly easy, and most quests you can do solo. THe timesink factor isn't too important, you can get by doing one or two 4-5 hour sessions a week for partying, and if you have less than 2 hours at your disposal, you can do some missions, quests, farming, crafting, duo with your NPC, find a BCNM party (instanced battle with a boss) and others. Most of these things increase your other levels rather than your main job level, ie. crafting level and fame level, and help[ you get more gil for better equipment/food/ammo.
I have been playing for 700+ hours ingame, here are my respective job levels:
RDM50~WHM24~BLM24~PLD21~THF19~WAR18~SAM18~RNG14~DR K10~DRG10~BST1
I also have over 5mil gil worth of equipment and furniture, most of it didn't cost me even 1 gil, I merely quested it. Those with money issues usually haven't done enough quests.
As you can see, even after all this time my main job (rdm) is still only level 50, I have spent my time exploring a wide variety of jobs and generally exploring the world. If I spent all that time levelling, I would probably have it at 75, and would also probably feel burnt out and bored of the game. I like taking my time in Vana'diel and not rushing through, it can be very pleasant just to visit an unexplored area.
So no, you don't need 5+ hours a day to play, four/five hours one or twice a week should be sufficient to level a main job and a subjob and one or two hours here and there will let you finish missions and quests, and do a little crafting or gardening on the side. 
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