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    Smile Ffxi update!

    I know theres a ffxi section but its dead. Ive been watching the forums and noticed there isnt much hype about the recent update today.

    So for those who havent heard, the experience gained per monster as of today has been nearly doubled. For those thinking to come back and turned off by the low exp gain, be reassured that once maintenance is complete, slow leveling is no longer a concern. The FoV pages that had an hrly timer no longer applies, you can do them as many times an hr as you want.

    I guess SE decided their abyssea expansion was taking away from the rest of the game so they made it closer so people would not abandon the normal means of exp anymore.

    For the details on the version update look here

    http://www.playonline.com/pcd/verup/...40/detail.html

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    Good news, I already bought the game again, but havn't made another account yet.

    (It was cheaper for me to rebuy the game, and make a new account then setting my old one up again)

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    good will buy once i get the money^^ always wanted to play this..
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    If anyone's looking to jump in, im on the Odin Server
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    XIV's failure made XI even more popular then it ever was.

    and its getting updates like crazy.. if it wasn't for Rift, id return to my old guild. had loads of fun when i used to play it. oh the memories.. ;3

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    as far as the lil WoW like discs they sold at gamestop a long time ago for a free trial, i dont think they do it anymore.

    you would have to buy the game. =/ unless someone still had a buddy pass laying around

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    pretty much opposite of what above guy said. its much better to use keyboard.
    ffxi is best pve experience you can get in any mmorpg.

    =/ above video makes me wanna go back.

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    just change the controls to compact for wasd.

    My FFXI memories were the best game times I've had on an MMORPG. I might reinstall.

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    So no trials?



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    Quote Originally Posted by Xeonswitch View Post
    This, FFXI may be one of the more 'slower' starting MMOs. But once you get into your first group, things become a lot more fun. I remember when I first started playing, my very first Valkurm Dunes party. We died to a goblin that dropped a bomb as he died. Was hilarious though.

    Dunes = Epic nub ragemode days ftw.

    "AMG I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF DUNES!!11!!11one! AFTER THIS PLAIN SAILING!"

    The amount of people I partied with who still wore bronze harness set or something along those lines. Q_Q'' And the funny times of seeing people who'd die and lose 10% exp and be like "ARGH I'M GOING BACK TO WOW. I'LL NEVER LEVEL. :@@@"

    Dunes was (at times) a bad place to get into the game and I know a lot of newbies who quit because of bad experiences there; but after you got past it, it was pretty sweet.

    Kazham levelling was a joy though, could go 23-32 in a day if you had a good Mandy raepsing party. <333

    Man, I'm going to have to get XI again nao. :x


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    Best MMO experiences on FFXI.

    I don't think I will go back, I will put my chips on XIV, which launched like XI and got better over time.

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    I'm still waiting for XIV to get fixed up by the new development team but I'd rather noob about on XI a while with this whole near-doubled EXP patch thing then just go on XIV for a few hours just to get my daily leves out the way just to log off again out of boredom. e_e''

    The unsure future and direction of XIV holds me back from actually putting any real effort in.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Vyntage View Post

    I'm still waiting for XIV to get fixed up by the new development team but I'd rather noob about on XI a while with this whole near-doubled EXP patch thing then just go on XIV for a few hours just to get my daily leves out the way just to log off again out of boredom. e_e''

    The unsure future and direction of XIV holds me back from actually putting any real effort in.

    Sounds like a good plan.

    Did you know that the team that stepped in to "save" FFXI when it launched is the same team that is working on XIV now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MinSu View Post
    Sounds like a good plan.

    Did you know that the team that stepped in to "save" FFXI when it launched is the same team that is working on XIV now?

    Yeah. I think that getting the XI team on it was a good plan. Tbh, me, my partner and friends had figured XIV would just be a remodelled/upgraded XI system with better graphics since the PS2 port limited opportunity for new skins/hairstyles and the likes.

    If it was like that you'd better believe we'd be stuck nose-to-screen no-lifing the hell out of that game. But then XIV came out and it was totally mindblowing to the XI vets how different it was, both good and bad.

    The fact that it might get a little touch of XI makes me a little happy, even if some people dislike the system themselves. It'd bring a sense of nostalgia I know some of us hoped for than just the remodelled races.

    One thing I do like about XIV though is the current uselessness of gil because you can get so much of it. (=A = ) Makes you not feel tied to keep on playing the game now just to be able to afford things when things actually pick up. (Only way economy can be screwed up in XIV is if things start costing double-digit mills per piece.)

    12M Scorpion Harnesses back in the day in XI were just bad times and damn near impossible for most people who didn't take a whole month out to farm. (._.'' )

    P.S. Excuse me for rambling on. I sound like an old hag now.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Vyntage View Post

    Dunes = Epic nub ragemode days ftw.

    "AMG I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF DUNES!!11!!11one! AFTER THIS PLAIN SAILING!"

    The amount of people I partied with who still wore bronze harness set or something along those lines. Q_Q'' And the funny times of seeing people who'd die and lose 10% exp and be like "ARGH I'M GOING BACK TO WOW. I'LL NEVER LEVEL. :@@@"

    Dunes was (at times) a bad place to get into the game and I know a lot of newbies who quit because of bad experiences there; but after you got past it, it was pretty sweet.

    Kazham levelling was a joy though, could go 23-32 in a day if you had a good Mandy raepsing party. <333

    Man, I'm going to have to get XI again nao. :x

    What was that one place in Jeuno...Quifm or something? I liked that place. Just set up a little camp with some pals, killing crabs all day. AND THEN THAT ONE WIGHT WOULD SPAWN ONTOP OF YOU AND MAKE YOU CRY.

    A farmed forever to get a Scorpion Harness and Hauby.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kbe2k6 View Post
    $5 on Steam atm
    http://store.steampowered.com/app/23390/

    So anyone interested should pick it up asap cause they're doing week long sales on Square-Enix games so it's probably a 24hr sale.
    Don't think its a 24 hour sale, i think its gonna be on sale for the whole week. I'm gonna wait and see if they drop it to $2 because i saw this at gogamer yesterday for $2 for a physical copy, but that sale is over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kenshin213 View Post
    Don't think its a 24 hour sale, i think its gonna be on sale for the whole week. I'm gonna wait and see if they drop it to $2 because i saw this at gogamer yesterday for $2 for a physical copy, but that sale is over.
    Well they usually do different games each day when they do publisher sales for example a while back they had a Rockstar week long sale had a different game each day but who knows with Valve it's hard to predict their sales.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kbe2k6 View Post
    Well they usually do different games each day when they do publisher sales for example a while back they had a Rockstar week long sale had a different game each day but who knows with Valve it's hard to predict their sales.
    yeah that's true, but i thought batman AA was the daily deal. Like i thought they only put up one game for a daily deal

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    same reason RIFT is being talked about here

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    Quote Originally Posted by cultist View Post
    Where is the logic in promoting a p2p mmo in a free mmo section
    If you look at the Screenshot thread and OnRPG for a while you'd figure out by now P2Ps and Offline games have been floating around this forum for ages. It's absolutely irrelevant to point this out nowadays, just go with the flow. ;x

    Edit: Fffuuuu--- Ressurection beat me to it.

    @Karkelo: Also, the fact that POL charged you three months worth of subscription due to one activation and two cancels is because they build up the months they couldn't charge you for due to cancellage because your account stays open for the rest of the month until next payday and when you keep it open past the 1st-2nd then BOOM, they get their money. Like loansharks.

    P.S. About activity, it's probably what I mentioned in a previous post which is why they upped the EXP rates. Best strategy is to find a friend to play with or a friendly LS willing to level sync with you.

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    is it just me or does resurrection's sig describe cultist?

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    To be honest... the game just has too many servers for its current population... They need more mergers, even the populated ones (with 10k active players) need merged.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dbuman View Post
    is it just me or does resurrection's sig describe cultist?
    It is just you dumb kid that is described in my sig,

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    Crap. I buy and install the game just to find out the nVidia card series I use has got jittery fps bugs with XI and other older games for some crap reason or another.

    Good thing I only spent £5 and not £20.


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    This is great news, purchased the game for about 20 days ago so still got 10 days left.

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