Play FF XI?

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:18 am

Answer and comment.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:21 am

I'll play if someone else plays too, pending reviews from various game sites/mags. Since it's been out for a while already in Japan I'd be willing to try it out early, unless there are stability issues.

Peijen · Post by **Peijen** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:10 am

I will play if alan and dave plays

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 6:22 am

I'll play it if there's a medium consensus. I'm not doing any of the heavy lifting, though.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:11 pm

as much as i'd like to start playing, I dont think I have any extra time as it is.

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 6:52 pm

Hooray! I'll definitely play if there's no Dave.

http://cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessa ... c=10449320

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 7:04 pm

I take it back. Dave should play this game nonstop for 2 weeks, join an uberguild, and then twink us to the max! Then he should decide he doesn't have enough time to play it.

Every mage should invest 5-10 skill points in cooking, if only to carry as much orange juice as possible.

That's all I have to say.

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 7:05 pm

Monday or Tuesday nights are going to be the only times I play, if we play.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 3:27 am

I was talking to Paul, he mentioned that he was considering getting FF XI.

Peijen · Post by **Peijen** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:59 pm

Alan wrote:I was talking to Paul, he mentioned that he was considering getting FF XI.

you ... ... TALKED TO PAUL???!!! I think this is a sign for something, I don't know what but something

Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 3:12 pm

Peijen wrote:
Alan wrote:I was talking to Paul, he mentioned that he was considering getting FF XI.
you ... ... TALKED TO PAUL???!!! I think this is a sign for something, I don't know what but something

Second sign of the Apocalypse? Tell Paul to sign his ass back up on this board!

Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 5:55 pm

More, uh, stuff:

Addition of PvP System Announced!

On September 26 at the Tokyo Game Show, the following future updates for FINAL FANTASY XI were announced:

* December 2003: Addition of Limbo areas and raising of the level cap.
* Between Jan. 2004 to March 2004: Further addition of Limbo areas.
* Between Jan. 2004 to March 2004: PvP in the form of fighting among nations (not PK style)

Details will be announced at a later date.

Good and bad. Good: PvP. Bad: It's going to be patched in. Good: It's apparently PvP with a point, at least as much as RvR in DAOC, maybe more. Bad: If we start this, we'll essentially be beta-testing the PvP.

Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 6:35 pm

http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1910&p=10

Just had to share. Heh.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:51 pm

You know what's sad? I had to check to see what vid card I had. It's a good thing I spent all that money for it and don't even remember what it is.

Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 12:34 am

http://www.shadow-dragons.com/index2.htm

Assloads of data. Check the Skills section. It supposedly has all the Skill Chains that you can make. Or something.

Man, I gotta quit posting shit about this game.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 4:32 am

I think I've read that you can do combos too. Or something.

Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 7:12 pm

It pains me to admit that I know about the combos. I gotta quit reading shit about this game.

Anyhow, every weapon has a set of special maneuvers that you can pull off. They may require some experience levels, too. Anyhow, instead of a pool of stamina that starts out full and gets drained, you have a pool of Tactical Points that starts out empty and gets filled. Attacking shit fills your TP pool. Over time, the pool gradually empties. You need like 100% TP to pull a special maneuver and that causes the pool to empty. The pool can go to 300%. The different special maneuvers have side effects like stun and such or do extra damage, that sort of thing.

The combo effect comes in that every maneuver is part of a skillchain. Each skillchain is a collection of maneuvers, that, when pulled off in succession, do much greater damage than they would individually. You have to learn the skillchains for your weapons and recognize when is a good time to pull off your maneuver. It also depends on your party's weapons: with a different party, you might need to do different maneuvers or even use a different weapons. If somebody pulls off the wrong maneuver in the skillchain, he's a fuckwit and the chain is broken. Mages can also contribute to the skillchain by matching the elemental aspect of the skillchain to the spell they cast. This creates a magic burst. For instance, if there's a fire skillchain and the mage casts Firaga, this creates a Firaga Burst which does more damage than a usual Firaga.

It's a pretty nice system, because it emphasizes player skill without requiring action skills.

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 11:07 pm

Sounds cool. Btw, voted on the if at least 2 people play. Note, these two others need not be from the board, but must be non-fuckwits we can adventure with

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 4:12 am

So it looks like:

I voted for if at least one other person plays.

Jonathan, Peijen, and Vinny voted for if 2 others play.

And Paul might play too.

So in other words we'll be playing, pending reviews and 3rd party reports on the game/servers' stability.

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 6:55 am

Hmm... definitely looking at Mithra, probably thief/blk mage, with a little monk for hp until lvl 30. Then it's ranger/ninja and maybe samurai ass-kicking

So, who's for starting in Windurst? (I want a ring!)

Mohtalim

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