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• • New to FFXI

  • Welcome to FFXI! I've also been playing the series since VII (though I've now played the older titles as well as new ones) and FFXI is definitely something different as far as FFs go.

     

    Anywho, A friend and I just started the game again recently and we decided to roll on Asura, seeing as it's one of the two most popular servers (the other being Odin of course). I can't say much because I've only been around Bastok since playing on the server, but it seems nice enough. If you decide to make a character there, feel free to look me up! My character's name is Shamandalie. Regardless though, hope that you enjoy FFXI!

  • Posted: 7/14/08 9:58 PM
    Final Fantasy XI
• • Starting FFXI again...

  • So, finally bought a new Content ID yesterday and rolled a WHM on Asura.  Didn't have time to really play at the moment and still need to refamiliarize myself with the controls, but if anyone would like to look me up or add me as a friend the character's name is Shamandalie. Going to reactivate my RDM on Lakshmi too (name is Wolfiesan). Also, one of my friends that used to play is gonna rejoin with me, and I'm giving another friend my buddy pass so that he can try out the game. Thanks to everyone who posted and gave advice! Hope to see some of you in-game :D

  • Posted: 7/12/08 4:25 PM
    Final Fantasy XI
• • Coming back to FFXI

  • Originally posted by raystantz
    

    I used to play FFXI back in the day, quit right after ToAU was released. I had a 65 white mage, 3 years strong. I've ran the gamut of mmo's... WoW, LoTRO, etc. Currently casually playing EQ2, and Vanguard. Tried the epic fail known as Age of Conan, and I realized that I MISS the challenge of this game. All these other games are fun in their own right but, they are EZ mode. I miss the grouping and the sheer amount of content that FFXI has. I was wanting to do all of the RoZ and CoP as well as ToAU and wings of the goddess. Is that still possible? I'm installing right now, and awaiting the long grueling patch. I used to play on Asura, and heard its now one of THE servers to play on, weird.

     

    So, now I have a few questions.

     

    1. I was a white mage before. Those still needed in groups constantly? I thought about rolling a war for a change of pace, however I will eventually level white mage anyway for the teles if nothing else.

    2. Can I still do the old content? How hard will it be to get a group?

    3. Anyone starting over on Asura want to form a static or at least group together to complete all the rank missions, Zilart missions, and CoP stuff?

     

    Yo! I'm also coming back to FFXI! Pretty much I'm coming back because of similar reasons to yours. I've played WoW, CoH/CoV, LotRO (since beta), Tabula Rasa and plenty of F2P MMOs but I can't seem to enjoy any of them as much anymore so, I decided to fire up FFXI once again. I never reached any of the end game content (Highest lvl character is a...36ish RDM) because I had to quit the game for the time being, and then eventually got sucked into WoW and never looked back.

    Anywho, I'm looking to start anew and have been looking for a good server to roll on. I hear that Asura and Odin are the most popular ones, so I'll probably end up going with one or the other. If I do come to Asura though, I'd definitely be up for forming a static group. I was thinking of playing WHM myself since I've always wanted to give it a try. Not to mention they can get a party pretty easily.

  • Posted: 7/10/08 1:32 AM
    Final Fantasy XI
• • Starting FFXI again...

  • Originally posted by reid424
    

    well congrats on going back I did awhile back ago and had to leave due to not enough free time, Asura is one of the two hot servers (the second one is escaping my memory at this time) and is the server I played on, you'll feel just as if you left the game as to I notice no difference in the people running about in the 3 major cities and the benefit is jeuno is not as lagged up as it once was (at least my take). White Mages and warriors are in demand for low level grinding parties yes but anything will do whatever you want go for it, sounds like someone from your old server is playing and from my take FFXI community is ranked up as the best in my own opinion as to everyone is nice , cheerful and helpful. You'll have no trouble finding a LS on asura as I had about 4 pearls and making new friends is just as easy when you get to the dunes as long as you are a social butterfly.

     

    Aww, sucks that you had to quit man. That was one of the reasons that I quit when I did actually. Not enough free time. I believe that the other really popular server though is Odin, from what I've read. I've heard positives and negatives with populated servers but, I would think it'd definitely be better for getting parties. If I start a new character though, I'm pretty sure I'm going with WHM to begin with, now though, I'm thinking about reactivating my old character and picking up from there. /shrug I do agree about the community in FFXI though, it is one of the better MMO communities from my experience. Hopefully though, whatever server I end up going to, I'll find a LS just as nice and helpful as my old one :D Thanks for your thoughts!

  • Posted: 7/09/08 3:06 PM
    Final Fantasy XI
• • Starting FFXI again...

  • Originally posted by Noimi
    

    Congratulations on deciding that the inner urge to put yourself through pain and misery has won >_>

    I play on lakshmi, have been for over a year, and while parties exist, expect to end up soloing with lfp up, especially if you play later in the evening. Though its not as difficult as it used to be to solo (not really due to any change in the game itself, but some of the newer classes seem built around the diea of soloing [with exception of course]), it gets dull quick so please don't sell yourself short and keep that lfp flag up x_x or start your own parties.

    White mages aren't as in demand, but you can't go wrong with red mage (on lakshmi anyway, not sure if this is the case in other servers. we're pretty oddball) with white mage sub. scholar/white mage can be popular too at higher levels. The only class i think you'll go wrong playing is cor, and to some, ranger. expensive, and tend to get little attention (and in the case of cor, little understanding).

     

    Ugh, soloing >.< Just what I'm trying to get away from lol. Surprisingly though, my main character (a 30 something Galka RDM) can apparently, after two years of inactivity, be reactivated. So, I'm contemplating on doing that but, if I do, I may end up buying the server change thing. I'm still thinking hard on that. I kind of want to start a clean slate, but at the same time I don't just want to let my old guy go to waste.

     

    Thanks for your input!

  • Posted: 7/09/08 2:57 PM
    Final Fantasy XI