kourath wrote:well i think FFXI is worth trying at least, its good for a while but gets old fast.
sorry for the butchering of the english language that is about to occur.
im just going to list cons;
same graphic engine as ps2.
shittiest UI you will EVER find.
you look for parties longer than you level.
when you do get a party usually everyone is a moron and you die a couple times, coming out to a big 0 exp gained for your 6 hours.
if your character gets to good square will nerf the !@#$%^&* out of it.
if you make to much money, square will nerf it.
Square WILL nerf it, no matter what. It will be nerfed.
if its too easy, square will make it too hard to even think about with a full alliance of 75s.
everything takes about 1 year to do.
horrible service.
GMs dont do !@#$%^&* !@#$%^&* worth a damn !@#$%^&*
crap !@#$%^&* customer support.
SE doesnt give a !@#$%^&* about you, they just want your money.
If its nots SEs way, its not right.
if you try to make the game better expect a ban
if you do anything expect a ban
updates are almost daily.
the servers are a !@#$%^&* joke.
expect a full day of maitenance at least 1 time a week.
The logon process takes longer than youll actually end up playing.
I actually think it would be impossible to make the game more uncustomizable by the user.
expect everyone to call you a noob and never help you out.
The game is flocking with "1337zor LOLZ!!!!" noobs that speak their own language; noobish, which is impossible to understand by anyone who has a brain.
the economy sucks !@#$%^&* because sqaure didnt want to do it right. so newcomers are so !@#$%^&* in the @$$ its not even funny.
inflation is through the roof.
everything costs to damn much.
you have to have Alot of money to make money, so, GL with that.
you have to farm or bot more than you play.
PVP system is just laughable.
The town layouts are just !@#$%^&* rediculous.
quests are useless.
Impossible to get anywhere without speedhacking.
It takes forever to get anywhere without speedhacking.
you have to devote about 12 hours just to start playing.
YOU CAN NOT SOLO.
EVERYTHING MUST MUST MUST BE DONE WITH PARTIES.
thats about 1/100 of the list of cons. I honestly cant think of any pros.
The only reason i even log on is to devolope bots and other tools for the community because I think its fun. (I know, im a freakin nerd)
yes, I do hate ffxi, a lot.
Everything quoted in bold is absolutely true. The rest of it, while I can understand, is not true, and believed out of resentment and frustration with the game system and immature peer players. The game targets young gamers, so the typical player has poor communication/team skills.