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Hello all, been a couple years since I last checked up on FFXI, the poor moogle in my house is probably dead by now.
I'm curious about how the game's been doing since I left, seeing as it's gotten a couple of expansions in that time.
At the time I left because the user interface was driving me up the wall, the muted colors of the people and cities were kinda unpleasant, there were no clear instructions on how to do things like tradeskills (this was just after the US release), and leveling seemed like a huge, grindy treadmill. I spent most of my time being confused, or beating on little bird monsters with a stick and being poor.
So, two years and two expansions later, are things better?
Did they ever implement a control scheme friendlier to mouse and keyboard?
Did they add a UI that fits more naturally on a high-resolution computer monitor?
Did they make the leveling process more fun? I recall working with quests to be akin to dental surgery compared to how easy they were to find in, say, WoW or EQ.
Any information that anyone can give me would be appreciated. I've forgotten most of the details in the years since I played last, though, so anything involving technical stuff about stats, weapons, or spells will probably be over my head.
Double Post Edited:
Annnd only now do I notice that they added a 'returning player' subforum to this one. If any mods could move this thread in there, I'd feel less silly.
I'm curious about how the game's been doing since I left, seeing as it's gotten a couple of expansions in that time.
At the time I left because the user interface was driving me up the wall, the muted colors of the people and cities were kinda unpleasant, there were no clear instructions on how to do things like tradeskills (this was just after the US release), and leveling seemed like a huge, grindy treadmill. I spent most of my time being confused, or beating on little bird monsters with a stick and being poor.
So, two years and two expansions later, are things better?
Did they ever implement a control scheme friendlier to mouse and keyboard?
Did they add a UI that fits more naturally on a high-resolution computer monitor?
Did they make the leveling process more fun? I recall working with quests to be akin to dental surgery compared to how easy they were to find in, say, WoW or EQ.
Any information that anyone can give me would be appreciated. I've forgotten most of the details in the years since I played last, though, so anything involving technical stuff about stats, weapons, or spells will probably be over my head.
Double Post Edited:
Annnd only now do I notice that they added a 'returning player' subforum to this one. If any mods could move this thread in there, I'd feel less silly.
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