Final Fantasy XIV

FFXI was my first MMO. I played it for 5 years. While I enjoyed the social aspect (and had made many close friends), I didn't get the fullest experience out of the game. End game was too spotty, soloing was poor (and I'm all about soloing), and the game altogether seemed more geared for groups than anything else.

I saw FFXIV was coming out, and am following the main page of it, but I'm not going to apply to the closed beta, and I doubt I'll play it when it comes out. My love is for STO, as I'm more of a 'Trek geek than I am a Final Fantasy geek.

-Tim

OMG yes! I LOVE FF ever since I was a kid, its what got me into RPGs. The moment I heard about and saw FF14 I flipped. I signed up for beta last night. :D

I played Final Fantasy XI, but wasn't all that impressed with it. I remember that after getting to lvl 11 or so, it became a royal pain in the ass to assemble the kind of group necessary to play it. I played way back when it launched though, and I've been told they've drastically retooled it since then.

I'll keep an eye on XIV, but I'm way more stoked about XIII's impending release.

chemkarate wrote:

I played Final Fantasy XI, but wasn't all that impressed with it. I remember that after getting to lvl 11 or so, it became a royal pain in the ass to assemble the kind of group necessary to play it. I played way back when it launched though, and I've been told they've drastically retooled it since then.

I'll keep an eye on XIV, but I'm way more stoked about XIII's impending release.

Oh yes, I understand all too well.. two words: Valkurm Dunes.. lol

I actually bought a new 360 so that I could play XIII when it drops

I played 11 for a few years and sadly.....will never get those years back. But I did sign up for the XIV beta just out of pure curiosity. I have a feeling I'll be playing STO endlessly at launch. :P

http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/090605.html ...lol hilarious

I agree im curious about FFXIV, the story for XI was just amazing and endgame sky and sea were just epic, only drwback and what eventually made me quit was that everything took forever, a hour to get to where you wanna go, a hour to set up, then 2 hours fighiting one boss, everything in FFXi that you did , well you were in for the night lol. If they can fix that and make the game more soloable it could top wow, but alas the japanese just dont know when to stop, if they dont jap it out the game has potential :cheer:

lol Garbage Shitadel.. I never heard that one before. Jap it out?! lol What a terrible thing to say.. though I totally understand what you mean. Lets hope its good.

"Japping it out"

Definition:

Crono Cross: you like lots of characters? We will give you 998739293793273 characters that can join your team and you will have to play our game 10 times just to get them all!!!!

Zone of Enders: you like explosions and robots? We will give you robots moving so fast you really dont see what you are doing and there will be so many flashing lights on the screen that you will probably get a seizure!!!!!

Final Fantasy Tactics: You like building diffrent jobs? We will give you 40 jobs and 10,000 skills and endless characters to build up that you can literally spend years on jobs alone!!!

All games i love i just don't think the japanese know the meaning of the word moderation, I guess it comes with being superior in creativity than other places in the world

lol i know what you meant by it.. and i agree they dont know when to stop. When they play a game they make it last, there are sociological reasons why I think but I wont get into that. I loved tactics. Crono cross was meh. Crono Trigger is one of the best RPGs in history. Ever. lol

As a huge fan of Chrono Trigger (I also think its one of the best RPGs in history), I have a very complicated view of Chrono Cross While the battle system and music were fantastic, the characters were deplorably one-dimensional (probably because they had a billion of them) and they proceeded to destroy the story that started in Chrono Trigger. On top of that, they pretty much took nearly all of the original characters from Chrono Trigger and just beat them in front of you like an abusive father.

My fondest wish is that Square-Enix makes Chrono Break and they just retcon the ever-loving hell out of Chrono Cross.

yeah i agree with you. not sure about chrono break though. i think a remake of chrono trigger would be better

Probably still too much running around in FFXI lol didnt the choco breeding last like a month and you only got 30 charges of a chocobo? lol not sure i stopped playing after sea

just a note for anyone interested myself and my friend are formers xi players and are starting a ffxiv linkshell/guild/company
Lux Nocturna - http://bit.ly/a9s2B3 check out the facebook link if your interested or message me here we are working on a website and hope to hear from everyone :)
thanks guys

and fyi our site is sorta up, still a work in progress but check out our lore section
http://www.lux-nocturna.org/

I tried the prior ff and didnt like the graphics at all, But this new one the graphics seem pretty amazing !!! Im temepted to give it a try lol