Well, chances are none of us are on the same server, but how is everyone doing who's playing? Level, character, server? What are you up too?
I only made one character so far.
Name: Miyara
Race: Mithra
Class: Red Mage
Level: 10
Server: Pheonix (Though i've signed up for world emmagration with friends)
City: San D'oria
So far i'm having a blast. FFXI has fixed a problem i've had with MMORPG's where it doens't feel like you're making progress. Yes, like the Penny Arcade guys I did get my butt kicked by a rabbit, but at only level 5 I was able to take on low level orcs and start making money. At level 10 I can fend for myself in a few dungeons and it just doens't feel as pointless as with say Ultima and Everquest. The aution system has a very quick learning curve and can be a good way to make money with the random items you get off kills.
The server thing can be a pain, but it really isn't that hard to pick your own server. You can create, view server, and delete a character in the span of about 60 seconds or so, so you can just keep doing this till you get the server you want. Pheonix must have been a full server, becasue it took me about 2ish hours to get in. But durring that time I saw a good dozen other servers so, again, you can get in. No clue how many there are total (Though there may be 3 more on the way next week). Ian from machall.com got onto pheonix, and with the large readership at the site, I think a lot of people went for it. Don't remember if the PA guys let out their server......probably good if they didn't.
The games pretty diverse, and people seem friendly enough. Only once have i gone to one of the town gathering points to hear two people arguing at eachother. There is a nice balance of races, and no race seems to be overwhelming the others. The Tarutaru (the real small characters) are much more popular than I thought, as are the Mithra (The female only cat people) and Galka (The huge male only race). I expected most people to be elvaan so it's nice to have the diversity. Only real downside (Though hasn't effected me to much being a red mage) is the lack of White mages to heal party's, though this is a problem in many MMORPG's. As such if you like to party up, be a white mage and you'll be very popular.
So if you're looking for a new MMORPG, or wanting to get started i'd definatly try it. If you've had bad experiences i'd still give it a shot on PC since you get the month free. It's a lot different than what I've palyed before.
Topic: Final Fantasy XI - Who's Playing? (Read 2855 times)
