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cm628's Final Fantasy XI (PC)
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| [March 28, 2011 07:02:39 PM]
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=Summary=
Final Fantasy XI (FFXI) is a game created by Square Enix and it part of the Final Fantasy collection. FFXI is the first Final Fantasy to be massively multiplayer. It uses some of the same themes from the older Final Fantasy’s and adds a few new ones. Players fight either alone or in groups to develop their characters. There are many jobs and crafts in the game each with their own benefits and drawbacks. FFXI was one of the first MMORPG’s to allow a player to change jobs (classes, i.e. Warrior, Paladin, etc.) on the same character.
=The World=
The world of FFXI is called Vana’diel. Vana’diel has two main continents and four main islands. The landscape consists of everything from deserts to frozen tundra’s. There are indoor and outdoor areas, several dungeons, and four main cities.
=Job System=
Many of the jobs of FFXI were adopted from Final Fantasy III. A player can have all the classes on one character and can switch between them at a city. Each job has passive and active abilities. The passive abilities require no action from the player and are active all the time. Active abilities require some sort of input from the player. Each job also has different “2-hour” ability; this ability is very strong and can only be used once every two hours.
There are many jobs in the world of Vana’diel. The player can choose from six standard jobs: Warrior, Monk, White Mage, Black Mage, Red Mage, and Thief. When the player reaches level 30 they open up the opportunity to complete quests to unlock 14 more jobs. The 14 extra jobs are Paladin, Dark Knight, Beastmaster, Ranger, Bard, Summoner, Samurai, Ninja, Dragoon, Blue Mage, Corsair, Puppet Master, Dancer, and Scholar.
=Subjob System=
When a player first reaches level 18 the can do a quest that allows them to have a subjob also known as a support job. The player may choose any of the jobs that they have available besides their current main job as their subjob. The subjob is half the level of the player’s current main job (rounded down) and the player gains all the abilities up to this level besides the subjobs “2-hour” ability.
=Gameplay Overview=
>Servers
There are 32 servers that the player may choose to create a character on. There are anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 players on each server. The player may choose to play the game on a PC, Play Station 2 or xbox 360. The platform that they play on does not matter as they connect to the same servers.
>Quests and Missions
There are two main components to the story: missions and quests. Missions advance the player through the main story line and unlock new areas and items. Quests do not advance the player through the main story line but they do offer rewards for completing them. A player must choose a “home nation” to do missions for. Each player has a rank; this rank show how far they have advanced through the main story line of their home nation. Different nations offer different rewards for completion.
>Battles
Players fight monsters to gain experience points, quest reward, Gil, items. Monsters are claimed or unclaimed. An unclaimed monster can be attacked by any player. Once a player attacks a monster it becomes claimed to them. Players use their spells and abilities to defeat the monster.
>Party
Players form parties with other players so that they can all attack the same monster. Most of player’s time in FFXI is spent searching for a party or in a party, as it is the main way to level your character. Parties can have up to six players in them. Alliances can be formed with other parties allowing multiple parties to fight the same monster. Players may use the game’s “seeking for party” menu to find other players who want to join a party.
=Gameplay One=
I logged into FFXI at about 3:00 PM. I wanted to level my level 11 Samurai so I put up my seeking for party flag. I browsed the auction house for awhile and did some chatting with the linkshell. About 45 minutes later I got an invite to Valkrum dunes. I asked the linkshell if anyone could give me a teleport to La Theine Plateau, which connects to Valkrum dunes. Someone was available so they teleported me. I walked to Valkrum dunes and then walked to my party. We were fighting Sand Lizards at the southernmost tip of Valkrum dunes. We had a Warrior, two Black Mages, Scholar, White Mage, and me a Samurai. The party decided that I should be the puller (the person who pulls monsters by claiming them and brings them back to the party) so I began pulling Sand Lizards to the party. The White Mage healed us and the rest of us killed the monster. When we were all level 12 I started pulling both Sand Lizards and Goblins. I hit level 13 and that is when things turned for the worse. The Warrior disconnected from the server and all but the Scholar and I died. We waited a short time for the Warrior, but he did not reconnect so we decided to disband the party. I logged out of the game and stopped playing; it was about 7:00 PM.
=Gameplay Two=
I logged into FFXI about 5:00 PM. I decided today that I wanted to get level 85 on my 84 Monk, so I changed jobs to Monk, with a Ninja subjob, and headed to Abyssea – Tahrongi were my linkshell had a party with an open slot. Abyssea works a little different than normal parties in FFXI. It works by killing monsters extremely fast with a full alliance of people. It gives the most experience points per hour in the game. The linkshell was at the Pachypodium camp in the middle of the map. I got there at about 5:20 PM and started killing the Mandragoras there with the linkshell. This particular party was excellent. I hit level 85 in no time at all and began maxing out my merits. Merits are used to enhance your job; a character can only have ten unspent merits at one time. After a few hours I had maxed out my merits and was level 85, so I decided to leave the party. I decided to browse the auction house for a bit and then logged off at 11:00 PM.
=Overall=
Final Fantasy is a very fun game that requires a player to devote many hours into it. The main drawback to this game is the amount of time that it takes a player to level their character. This is mainly due to the time it takes to find a party. I have spent many hours playing this game and I still enjoy playing it today.
This entry has been edited 1 time. It was last edited on Mar 28th, 2011 at 19:04:07.
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cm628's Final Fantasy XI (PC)
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GameLog started on: Monday 1 December, 2003
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