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It took me about three months to see that the game just boils down to a more time consuming version of Everquest. It takes about twice as long to level, twice as long to travel to most areas, and twice as long to earn gil (good luck beating Asians during named camp or pulling 5 competant players out of your ass for BCNM).
The worst part of it all is the quality of the average player of FFXI. Now we decent folk, though not perfect, are at least competent enough to properly function in a group. We accept social norms labeled to our jobs, and preform the role our jobs must fulfill in order for the group to earn exp efficiently.
The problem with the player base lies in the game label. Unfortunately, the Final Fantasy game label attracts a very bad crowd. If the game was titled, "The wacky adventures of Humes, Tarus, Galkas, Elvaans, and Mancats" (any male RL that plays a mithra in game needs to be bashed up side the head with a rotten 2x4) you'd see a much smaller but mature player base.
When some of us purchased Everquest, we didn't do it because of the popularity assosiated to its franchise. Everquest was a new game, and created its own fan base. Many people, mostly immature teenagers with zero MMORPG experience or etiquitee, pick up the game so they can pick up the biggest sword and pretend to be a L33TZORZZZLOLOL version of Cloud that types like an average Counter Strike player.
Unless you play the game with a static group of 6 competent people, the trouble of player base is more than its worth. People in this game are complete idiots. Tanks can't pull correctly or lead groups. WHM's spam cure I in crawlers nest and yell at you when you advise them otherwise. BLM's either overnuke or just go AFK to play some fan boy garbage like FFX-2. The overall maturity of players is similar to a middle school Eminem fan club. People are extremely rude, can't type for shit, and have no idea how to play a MMORPG effectively. You know you've entered the hell of FFXI when you try to fish in Windhust and 3 people around you use fishing macros that spam say.
It's really sad that I, a bard, am forced to pull for 9/10 pick up groups because the tanks are so incompetent and slow. Leadership is really lacked in all groups, it's like shitty teenage player base of this game just likes to walk around like lemmings. Most groups just stand around for a few hours, taking democratic votes that take more time to tally than a Florida federal vote. It's a shame that I had to coin the phrase, "Grab them by the wrist, and fling them around until they do EXACTLY what you want them to do." Every group usually turns into teaching 4 members of the group how to play their class.
Unfortunately the benefits of a multicultural playerbase are almost nothing. You can't camp mobs, or communicate very well in groups (though Asian groups are usually a little better than the NA pickup world). You also can't really carry on any outside of group conversations. Not to mention that all asian players have a 3-5 second advantage when it comes to camping named. Mobs appear 3-5 seconds faster on their screens do to latency.
Realistic Everyday FFXI Dialouge
( Yes, I miss the days of EQ when not typing out pronouns could get you kicked out of some groups. If you haven't noticed, people in this game also type like the fucking 14 year old morons they are in real life. )
This is typically my experiance with 35+ NA pickup groups.
WHM: ok dudez @#%$ cumming 2 cn
WAR with RDM sub: OK, @#%$ hurry
Slow Paladin#2311: ok
Ninja with BST sub: Can @#%$ use staff 2 raise skill?
Me (Bard): Arrives from Jeuno via chocobo in just under 5 minutes.
30 minutes pass...
WHM: OK @#%$ HERE, had 2 do 3 rez 4 friends in qfim
WAR: coo
20 minutes pass..
WHM: should we start 2 pull?
10 minutes pass..
WAR: ok
15 minutes pass, two mobs killed.
BLM:SRY MUST GO LS
Slow Paladin#2311: I can pull
Mobs begin to die, but paladin waits 10 minutes between each pull.
Me: Okay, want good exp? Listen up. *Grab group by the wrist, jerk them down to the ball room, begin pulling/twisting songs/telling whm how to heal/making ninja use real weapons/teaching paladin to chain provoke and use heals between hits/making them use full pronouns*
Exp begins to flow at an acceptable rate..
Random Linkshell Spam:"So, anyone play FFX-2?"
Me:Insert 20 minute rant while grabbing group by the wrist, pulling to ball room/twisting songs/telling whm how to heal/making ninja use real weapons/teaching paladin to chain provoke and use heals between hits/making group use full pronouns
The sensible new BLM:Wow, Bard! You sure can pull well!
Slow Paladin#2311:Brd cnt pull. @#%$ stop.
Me: No, I don't feel like having a four minute gap between every mob. Just provoke them off of me when I get to camp.
Slow Paladin#2311: Takes a good 30 seconds to gain aggro on every pull
Me:*Dies* -- Bitches out Paladin -- Kicked out of group by paladin -- LFG in jeuno for 3 more hours, AFK dudes!
Everyone.. Please remember..
Exploring Vana'diel is a thrilling experience.
During your time here, you will be able to talk, join, and adventure with many other individuals (aka dumbasses) in an experience that is unique to online games (designed to take twice as long).
That being said, we have no desire to see your real life suffer as a consequence. Don't forget your family, your friends, your school, or your work.
Thank god Squarenix is so kind to remind me of this while I play their game designed to require 40,000 EXP TNL at 71, and camping a level 15 named with 10 asian players that spawns once a hour with a 2% drop rate of the best weapon in the game!
I can't commit to playing a game where skill is ultimately determined by free time and tolerance. Frankly I wouldn't want to freely spend either in their shittily designed world. The recycling of models is outright offensive.
FF XI Developer 1: We ended up reusing the Snipper model, only we called them Clippers and put them in Qufim.
FF XI Developer 2: Wtf? We can't just have two crab monsters, people will think it's a joke or something.
FF XI Developer 1: No, no, look; we've got it all worked out. The Snippers, being warm-climate creatures, are less physically endowed than their cool-climate cousins, the Clipper, as they live in a relaxed, giantless environment.
FF XI Developer 2: Screw you.
The funniest thing? The player base is only going to get fifty times worse when the PS2 version of the game comes out.
The worst part of it all is the quality of the average player of FFXI. Now we decent folk, though not perfect, are at least competent enough to properly function in a group. We accept social norms labeled to our jobs, and preform the role our jobs must fulfill in order for the group to earn exp efficiently.
The problem with the player base lies in the game label. Unfortunately, the Final Fantasy game label attracts a very bad crowd. If the game was titled, "The wacky adventures of Humes, Tarus, Galkas, Elvaans, and Mancats" (any male RL that plays a mithra in game needs to be bashed up side the head with a rotten 2x4) you'd see a much smaller but mature player base.
When some of us purchased Everquest, we didn't do it because of the popularity assosiated to its franchise. Everquest was a new game, and created its own fan base. Many people, mostly immature teenagers with zero MMORPG experience or etiquitee, pick up the game so they can pick up the biggest sword and pretend to be a L33TZORZZZLOLOL version of Cloud that types like an average Counter Strike player.
Unless you play the game with a static group of 6 competent people, the trouble of player base is more than its worth. People in this game are complete idiots. Tanks can't pull correctly or lead groups. WHM's spam cure I in crawlers nest and yell at you when you advise them otherwise. BLM's either overnuke or just go AFK to play some fan boy garbage like FFX-2. The overall maturity of players is similar to a middle school Eminem fan club. People are extremely rude, can't type for shit, and have no idea how to play a MMORPG effectively. You know you've entered the hell of FFXI when you try to fish in Windhust and 3 people around you use fishing macros that spam say.
It's really sad that I, a bard, am forced to pull for 9/10 pick up groups because the tanks are so incompetent and slow. Leadership is really lacked in all groups, it's like shitty teenage player base of this game just likes to walk around like lemmings. Most groups just stand around for a few hours, taking democratic votes that take more time to tally than a Florida federal vote. It's a shame that I had to coin the phrase, "Grab them by the wrist, and fling them around until they do EXACTLY what you want them to do." Every group usually turns into teaching 4 members of the group how to play their class.
Unfortunately the benefits of a multicultural playerbase are almost nothing. You can't camp mobs, or communicate very well in groups (though Asian groups are usually a little better than the NA pickup world). You also can't really carry on any outside of group conversations. Not to mention that all asian players have a 3-5 second advantage when it comes to camping named. Mobs appear 3-5 seconds faster on their screens do to latency.
Realistic Everyday FFXI Dialouge
( Yes, I miss the days of EQ when not typing out pronouns could get you kicked out of some groups. If you haven't noticed, people in this game also type like the fucking 14 year old morons they are in real life. )
This is typically my experiance with 35+ NA pickup groups.
WHM: ok dudez @#%$ cumming 2 cn
WAR with RDM sub: OK, @#%$ hurry
Slow Paladin#2311: ok
Ninja with BST sub: Can @#%$ use staff 2 raise skill?
Me (Bard): Arrives from Jeuno via chocobo in just under 5 minutes.
30 minutes pass...
WHM: OK @#%$ HERE, had 2 do 3 rez 4 friends in qfim
WAR: coo
20 minutes pass..
WHM: should we start 2 pull?
10 minutes pass..
WAR: ok
15 minutes pass, two mobs killed.
BLM:SRY MUST GO LS
Slow Paladin#2311: I can pull
Mobs begin to die, but paladin waits 10 minutes between each pull.
Me: Okay, want good exp? Listen up. *Grab group by the wrist, jerk them down to the ball room, begin pulling/twisting songs/telling whm how to heal/making ninja use real weapons/teaching paladin to chain provoke and use heals between hits/making them use full pronouns*
Exp begins to flow at an acceptable rate..
Random Linkshell Spam:"So, anyone play FFX-2?"
Me:Insert 20 minute rant while grabbing group by the wrist, pulling to ball room/twisting songs/telling whm how to heal/making ninja use real weapons/teaching paladin to chain provoke and use heals between hits/making group use full pronouns
The sensible new BLM:Wow, Bard! You sure can pull well!
Slow Paladin#2311:Brd cnt pull. @#%$ stop.
Me: No, I don't feel like having a four minute gap between every mob. Just provoke them off of me when I get to camp.
Slow Paladin#2311: Takes a good 30 seconds to gain aggro on every pull
Me:*Dies* -- Bitches out Paladin -- Kicked out of group by paladin -- LFG in jeuno for 3 more hours, AFK dudes!
Everyone.. Please remember..
Exploring Vana'diel is a thrilling experience.
During your time here, you will be able to talk, join, and adventure with many other individuals (aka dumbasses) in an experience that is unique to online games (designed to take twice as long).
That being said, we have no desire to see your real life suffer as a consequence. Don't forget your family, your friends, your school, or your work.
Thank god Squarenix is so kind to remind me of this while I play their game designed to require 40,000 EXP TNL at 71, and camping a level 15 named with 10 asian players that spawns once a hour with a 2% drop rate of the best weapon in the game!
I can't commit to playing a game where skill is ultimately determined by free time and tolerance. Frankly I wouldn't want to freely spend either in their shittily designed world. The recycling of models is outright offensive.
FF XI Developer 1: We ended up reusing the Snipper model, only we called them Clippers and put them in Qufim.
FF XI Developer 2: Wtf? We can't just have two crab monsters, people will think it's a joke or something.
FF XI Developer 1: No, no, look; we've got it all worked out. The Snippers, being warm-climate creatures, are less physically endowed than their cool-climate cousins, the Clipper, as they live in a relaxed, giantless environment.
FF XI Developer 2: Screw you.
The funniest thing? The player base is only going to get fifty times worse when the PS2 version of the game comes out.
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