Final Fantasy XI play thread

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 10:53 pm

Looks like you can either do autosplit like DAOC or a lotto system. So basically it's not a crappy ninja loot system like SB:

http://vnboards.ign.com/message.asp?top ... replies=10

Peijen · Post by **Peijen** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:01 pm

Alan wrote:Looks like you can either do autosplit like DAOC or a lotto system. So basically it's not a crappy ninja loot system like SB:

http://vnboards.ign.com/message.asp?top ... replies=10

but ninja loot system owns!!!

Peijen · Post by **Peijen** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:06 pm

In honor of our dnd sessions we should use the lottery system to simulate in-fighting/backstabbing within party to get the best item.

And then we can bitch about how jason cheated us all and george got crap

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:22 pm

all items stay on your corpse? or do you get tele ported back with all your stuff to the lifestone or whatever?

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:22 pm

I might be wrong, but there are only 2 options for loot. Lottery, or leader controled distribution. which i guess works, but i think a random rotation would work better-ish

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:32 pm

Dave wrote:I might be wrong, but there are only 2 options for loot. Lottery, or leader controled distribution. which i guess works, but i think a random rotation would work better-ish

Whenever a party picks up an item, everybody has to "cast lot" on the item, like they're rolling dice. The highest number gets the item. It's all random.

So I guess it's basically random but you have to actually say you want the item. DAOC had autosplit which was okay, but if you were in a good group what happened was people who could actually use an item would roll for it and the person who actually got the loot would pony it up to the winner. And if he didn't he'd get kicked and blacklisted.

Autosplit is better than ninja-looting, but lottery is even better than autosplit. As long as you don't get asshats who roll for everything even if they can't use it. But then you can just kick them.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:35 pm

Mithra: exotic dancing cat-women

http://home.comcast.net/~bensctw4/hotmithra.mov

tasheren · Post by **tasheren** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:06 am

So as I suspected, best buy doesn't sell FFXI (not even listed on their website) and I don't even know if they'll have it any time soon. That means the friend of mine who was trying to buy the game today couldn't get it. Thus no world pass from him any time soon.

Good news is, my game was shipped this afternoon and if all goes right, it should be here by tomorrow afternoon. Maybe after all it's up to me to get a world pass, but no guarantees. Work days are bad.

Keep fingers cross...FeDex you better not screw up like last time. They couldn't find my address last time, 2 days in a row...some dimwit needed to be shot.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:32 am

Yeah Best Buy always gets games late. I think I read they won't get it until the 9th.

tasheren · Post by **tasheren** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 2:00 am

so they don't sell FFXI on the day it's supposed to be released but they do allow preorders of FFX-2 which will be out later than FFXI...to me that's just odd

nu · Post by nu » Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:19 am

Some guy who knows Vinny from the nefarious realm of the IRC..

Probably a mithra red mage, going for an eventual summoner/something (probably just RM), if you guys are okay with unkempt outsiders..

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:02 am

Heh that's fine, just get us all world passes!

tasheren · Post by **tasheren** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:15 am

Judging by the number of people we'll probably end up needing more than one world pass

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:18 am

It'll be easier once the 5 people get on from the first WP.

And IGN's FF XI site went up. They were the best site and forums for DAOC, probably will end up the same for FFXI if ffxionline.com keeps sucking horribly.

http://ffvault.ign.com

tasheren · Post by **tasheren** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:29 am

and it's very nice to konw that people fought over the game in a store

except it's fake

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:49 am

we should buy the strategy guide!

tasheren · Post by **tasheren** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:51 am

and then scan a copy for everyone here!

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:56 am

hey nu, as a summoner you should be an onion head! you should name it "Punt Me"

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 5:00 am

"Kick da baby!"

"Nodunkickdababy.."

nu · Post by nu » Wed Oct 29, 2003 5:28 am

Ah hates der shorties!

I realise I'll probably be sorely lacking in the MP-ness, but.. blee. It's worth it to not be the size of a raccoon. ;p

Mohtalim

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