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Nictathan
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 Posted: 07/27/03 - 18:47 Post subject: FFXI Online impressions
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So I've been playing this for a week now and all I can say is WOW...
cutscenes in a MMORPG? Got em... very cool
Two quest types, Missions and Quests...
Missions: These are based around the story of your kingdom and the help you do for them
Quests: General quests to do whatever for whoever, and they vary alot too.
Tons of job classes: I forget the exact number, but it's in the area of 13... the good news is is that you can be any one of them at anytime... I haven't switched jobs yet, but you can easily and then begin leveling it up.
The other positive is that you can turn one of your secondary jobs into a support job at a certain level (not sure of what this is yet, but damn cool concept), so when your lvl 20 warrior wants a support job from your lvl 10 white mage it will turn him into a lvl 20 warrior + lvl 5 white mage.
Items cannot be twinked
Great design of the areas
Decent graphics, they're pleasing to the eye for the most part
Good battle system (what FF doesn't have this though?)
Scripted events, I just got killed by one of these and this goes into not only the cutscenes but the missions as well. You have to go find these kids who were kidnapped by some orcs, and they tell you what zone/area it is in and also that it's a small hut. What they don't tell you is that when you try to open the door the orc chief and two lackeys appear on a rock behind you, cast a spell and send you to basically what could be called a cage to do battle with them... I got my ass soundly kicked around my ears.
Overall, it's been a damn good experience for the last week and my only complaint is the UI. It's a bit clunky, but FF interfaces have never been that good for the PC. After getting used to it it's not so bad.
Great potential in this game, very great potential.
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Minion
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Posted: 07/27/03 - 18:50 Post subject:
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Super c**k blocked but thanks for the info, wish I'd gotten into beta :(
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Nictathan
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Posted: 07/28/03 - 01:43 Post subject:
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Thanks Beels, no one really reads this forum anyways =P Didn't want it seen at all
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Zuldane
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Posted: 07/28/03 - 11:09 Post subject: Re: FFXI Online impressions
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Good battle system (what FF doesn't have this though?)
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Nictathan
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Posted: 07/28/03 - 12:57 Post subject:
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While the low point of the series to me, VIII still had an ok battle system overall... definetly have played worse.
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