Why You Should Play Final Fantasy XI - Year of the JRPG Retrospective
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- 2023 is the Year of the JRPG on A Friend Remembers!
A retrospective revisit of the eleventh game, the first online experience of the series and an entry that would forever change the way we think of the franchise. Is it worth revisiting in 2023?
From Wikipedia:
Final Fantasy XI, also known as Final Fantasy XI Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), originally developed and published by Squaresoft and then published by Square Enix as the eleventh main installment of the Final Fantasy series. Designed and produced by Hiromichi Tanaka, it was released in Japan on May 16, 2002, for PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in November of that year. The game was the first MMORPG to offer cross-platform play between PlayStation 2 and PC. It was later released for the Xbox 360 in April 2006.[2] All versions of the game require a monthly subscription to play.
The story is set in the fantasy world of Vana'diel, where player-created avatars can both compete and cooperate in a variety of objectives to develop an assortment of jobs, skills, and earn in-game item rewards. Players can undertake an array of quests and progress through the in-game hierarchy and through the major plot of the game. Since its debut in 2002, five expansion packs have been released[4] along with six add-on scenarios. Each expansion pack and add-on brings a new major storyline to the Final Fantasy XI world, along with numerous areas, quests, events and item rewards.
In 2015, Square Enix released the final main scenario for Final Fantasy XI titled Rhapsodies of Vana'diel. Final Fantasy XI became the final active server on the PlayStation 2 online service. Support for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 versions was ultimately ended on March 31, 2016, leaving only the PC platform playable. A mobile client for the game was under development by Square Enix in collaboration with Korean developer Nexon, using Unreal Engine 4, but was cancelled in late 2020. A spin-off mobile game, Final Fantasy Grandmasters was released on September 30, 2015. A new, episodic story series titled The Voracious Resurgence was added to the game in 2020, concluding in June 2023.[citation needed] In May 2022 rumors had circulated that FFXI may soon be shutting down. Yoji Fujito released a statement noting that this was not the case and users should not worry about the services being shut down any time soon.
Do you have fond memories of FFXI? Think my take is too generous, or that i'm missing the games features? Please comment below and share your memories!
ive been trying to install on a steamdeck but one of those 75 cap servers ya know
The friends I made on FFXI have been some of my closest people to me in my adult live. We've known each other for well over 18+ years and still find new shenanigans all the time. There's many quality of life options that have been added such as seeing how long your buffs have before they wear off to easy to access mounts. The game has really become more solo friendly in past years but the core of this game will always be built upon meeting people and working together.
This game was so amazing.. it was hard and earning your level and items felt worth it.. you needed to party up and dedicate the day just to gain a level or 2 at certain levels.. this game needs a comeback. Everything else is just spammy and flashy.. this game was such a grind!!
Going through most of the game without maps lol lost
Best game ever made I just got back into it and it’s even better with them trust system
PUT IT BACK ON PS5
I still miss it after 20 years, it feels like a real life memory.
yeah thats why i'm on HorizonXI It's locked to the old lv75 era
Im so extremly happy my mother allowed me to use her creditcard back in the days to experience this game in its prime. Its an experience I cherish until my dying days. Modern FFXI is just a shadow of its glory. But Im happy it still exists and I can go there anytime I want.
Horizonxi friend
Yeah, definitely recommend Horizon XI if you want to experience the original 75 Era without having to pay. And they have their own launcher that saves you from the pain that is PlayOnline. lol
@@LevizGibsonright on!!!
I'm shantaru rdm/nin, blm/rdm, and geo(Idris) all 3 jobs master level 50 on this game over 22 years and still playing every night on Asura server with friends from over 15 years ago!
don't just remember but make new memories it's better than ever and continues to do so!
your welcome to join our adventures if your strong enough...smart enough you will prosper!
see you there
😎
Oh god... Asura, huh? I quit in 2013, but I might remember your name, considering I played it for a decade before that.
Name?
What i love most about FF Xi is the Music. It always gives me goosebumps when i hear it. For me it is the best Soundtrack ever made. Second is the job system with the subjobs. Third comes the Story. But many other things are unnecessarly complicated in this game (but i have to say that i played it 2-3 years ago just by myself) Oh and i loved the charakters too of course.
Craziest thing I noticed over the years... if you check out Xenoblade Chronicles (the original), Valak Mountain's music at night and the snowy mountain setting are OBVIOUSLY inspired by Xarcabard.
I played FFXI at launch. The grind was even worse at that time. I spent days fishing, losing multiple sets of gear to maybe gain 2 skill points. I camped rares for hours on end just for gear that didn't even give you that much better stats. I was killed by a sheep and had to lay dead for almost an hour while a friend ran to my position to rez me so I didn't lose progress by rez'ing at my save point. I made a ton of gil using player housing to grow crystals. It was a beast of a grind, and I loved it.
I also played at launch, with that terrible resolution they gave us. I remember the waiting around begging for people to rez me, so that I didn’t need to walk 30* minutes back to a zone and maybe die on the way back, or lose my group because they had to wait. Great times, but quality of life improvements, such as the teleport crystals is game changing.
@@Entrepreneurr the teleport crystals were ALWAYS there, though.
The only thing I regret was being afraid of Mage responsibility to go help res people for my first couple of years.
Just started playing the game again on a private server called Horizonxi. It's a level 75 area server and it's amazing. Screw retail where it's super boring and requires zero teamwork. Level 75 FFXI is the best mmo ever made.
Do they mess with lvl99 stuff?
Man, those are memories that I'll cherish forever. Hour long dynamis', being the thief dying over and over and over...and getting the first T4 in the guild. Sky and its gods. Seeing Kirin getting burned in under a minute and that becoming meta. Bahamut in CoP being a fuggin nightmare. Being outside jeuno summoning over and over and over to get the skill up. "Accidentally" provoking King Behemoth from a linkshell as a ninja. Killing those dang mandragoras in west sarutabaruta. Running from mobs in boyahda tree and apologizing to the parties you pass.
Sigh, where did that time go...
I played FFXI from 2006 to present day I still get on and play once in awhile because no other game I have played in 30+ years quite scratched the itch. I met so many people that I forged friendships and relationships with, and some of them still today we play games together. FFXI for most people is more than a game but a community and was something we all loved and sank every hour outside of normal life. I have personally played 500+ games over many many years including other mmos and FFXIV but nothing has ever compared to it and nothing has me coming back year after year to play. The nostalgia is always there and the music is top tier, the story is compelling and makes you feel truly small in such a vast world. I love the game so much I created my own private server for just me and some friends to play and I changed some things of course to make it more challenging and fun but also to have some of retails quality of life changes over the years but I gotta say I’ve never enjoyed the game more than now because of the freedom I have to make the game my own. Sadly many of the people from 15+ years ago either don’t play or some them even have passed away but I always remember them when I encounter areas we used to enjoy and now I have my own server that can never be deleted or wiped and I love that.
Love it. What is your server called and how does one make their own? How much does it cost? Thanks for your time.
@@felldoh9271 Look up a video by AirSkyBoat- Local server setup guide she does a wonderful job of explaining the setup process. it costs absolutely free dollars! Make sure you follow all the steps exact, as 1 misstep can cause it not to run. Once you get it working you will have your very own FFXI private server that you can modify to your liking or just play as is if you prefer and to me it's worth the setup time. Good luck!
Can I join? And what requirements are we talking?
@@Virjunior01 I highly recommend playing HorizonXI server its really easy to download and get into, also it is free. there is lots of people to interact with and learn the game.
This game was incredible, it will always have a place in my heart-I can still hear the music if I try.
I don't know why it surprised me given the franchise, but the strength of the music really was the thing that caught me most unprepared going into this one!
Absolutely phenomenal video! You did a phenomenal job balancing the discussion between being informative of how the game was, and offering commentary on how it's changed. This is something I wish I was a bit more proficient at, but I'm glad to see it here. There is so much to discuss when it comes to this game but you hit all of the points that most FF fans would want to know. Thank you for your work here.
I'm now looking forward to your newer FF videos, particularly FFXII and FFXVI. Keep up the great work in this series!
FFXI is literally in the Guinness book of world records for being the first cross platform MMO.
Worse yet, did you know the Guinness book of world records was made by the beer company? Yep.
Trusts weren't in the game for like a decade, they massively ruined the experience. The only way you can meaningfully play the game now is on a classic server like Horizon.
You're not really playing an MMO if the game is only PVE content and all you do is party with a bunch of NPC's (that have stronger stats than players to make up for their dumb AI) and playing the game solo. The game is all about infomaxxing in every way - in how you use skills in combat, in how you gear, in the roles you pull in for parties, in judging players competencies. It's a MMO, and you're completely missing the experience if you're playing it with Trusts.
One of the strongest elements of the game is that it allowed gearswaps in combat. You can get as granular as using addons that script your gearswaps and perform them at the packet level for numerous optimizations/benefits. This might sound small, but eventually you can have a "precast" set that you put on before you cast a spell, then a "midcast" set you put on during your cast to confer both the fastcasting and the potency buffs on the same cast, then re-equip your idle set after the cast is complete. This is not something you're going to achieve with the in game macro systems. This can be super satisfying when all your gearsets are working perfectly. One of my favorites is the part that puts my parade gorget on if the latent is valid, so I can optimize for DPS or the gorgets refresh depending on my HP/MP automatically. RDM can build their INT/MND enfeeble sets for ALL white magic enfeebles and black magic enfeebles so they never have to worry about adding gearswaps to new spells, as low as lvl 10. It's awesome and powerful, and the old style of difficulty rewards this kind of perfect optimization. Competently navigating the games systems/world is highly rewarding - like unlocking outposts and using them to get around the game world. You could play the game for years and not know they exist.
I am so happy FFXI Horizon server is available, around 2K players peak everyday !
It's so nice reliving those memories today
I still remember stressing over WHM Maat fights.
Slight correction, leveling isn't hard anymore. Back then it took months or even years to get a job to 75. Now you can get from 1 to 99 on a weekend.
For real. When Abyssea was introduced, the whole game changed. Didn't even need to hit up the big tree's crabs to level your primary weapon skills anymore.
So in original release, there were many other things that you didn’t mention, and maybe that from lack of experience. You would lose experience at any level if you died, years later, they changed it so that pre-level 30 you could not. Enemies that rated “too weak to be worthwhile” now, still rated as “easy prey” back in the day. A couple years in, they changed how monsters stayed aggro to you, and it was much easier to lose aggro if you ran away. Solid video, and to anyone watching, still a solid game 21 years later
I miss the trains of Kazham... that aggro was legendary
Awesome video! I think you nailed the most important aspects of the game well. I am one of those who started playing the game when it was released on PS2 and still play to this day, every day.
Hello to everyone from the Bismarck Server!
~Buddah
I'm glad you enjoyed it - thanks for watching. I do plan to go back and experience some more of the expansions and get a taste of where the endgame is heading at some point - but there's a lot of other games out there demanding my attention so I need to find some clear space to prioritise it.
I still play FFXI in 2024. It comes and goes in waves. This was my first MMO, I will never forget it.
Things have changed a bit between today and back then, but still many mythic places like Sky keep me going back, perhaps create a new character and start the missions all over again.
At present, I have a character I'm leveling, SMN and BST lv 76 and the my subjobs are a work in progress before they become main jobs as well. With all the new designs and new technologies, this iteration of FF is still hands down the best of all MMOs.
I would LOVE to play FF11, if it were included with 14 sub or something. But the sub price is just too high to justify for a 2nd game for me.
@@Clarynaa You're absolutely right, the sub is quite at a high price. That's the reason why I'm playing it on my own private server nowadays.
I played it for the first 8 yrs it came out. Switched to Aion for a few years and have been back in it the last 6 years. It has still got me. One of the main things it has is the ability to change 'jobs' while on the same character. This allows you to layer and build on what you have already achieved. The subjob aspect adds an even further layer.
Another Aion player here. Aion used to be a great MMO. But sadly Aion is trash now. Meanwhile XI is the fine wine of MMOs.
Many years ago I was playing and made friends with a Japanese LS these guys helped me through everything although communication was difficult we successfully did most of the content. Love them guys but will never have the time to go back to 11.
I want to come back to this game.. I plan on buying a gaming laptop.. can anyone tell me what specs I need?
Just a cheap simple laptop can run it
I can see where you're coming from comparing this to the first three games. Especially FFII, from what you're saying. Another great installment 😎👌
I praised FF7 for being the most seamless transition from a 2D game series to 3D game in video game history - I don't think anyone did it better.
But this really feels as though they went back to Final Fantasy 3 and said ''we need a sequel to this series'.
And... I kind of dig it, now they've put all the quality of life changes in to make it possible to play solo. Not enough to commit 100s of more hours to see the rest of Vana'Diel though!
Retail is a lot of fun and requires you to coordinate with other RL players. Trusts are useful to fill in a missing job, but in end game, the power and skill gap is tremendous. Using that high-end gear to burn through EXP mobs takes skill and coordination, and end game raids are challenging. Modern FF11 is still incredibly grindy and time-intensive, but you can get at least a little something done each time you log in. It does a much better job of respecting your time. I've been playing since the beta release with friends for over 20 years. We all prefer retail to private servers.
i was 9 years old when i first saw this game. my cousin was obessed with this game. hes that older cousin that you look up to as a child. beside him i would play adventure quest worlds on my uncles pc, to try and be just like him. i think about this game daily and i really wish i could have played it during its peak. i think this game should move off of the subscription payment, to get more players on board. i definitely would be playing this if it ever does happen
Thank you for making this, great video!
Thankyou, that's really appreciated, i'm glad you enjoyed!
DID YOUJUST CALL IT ... "JILL"
Gil as in Girl
Gil as in Glamour
Gil as in Gif
I am eagerly awaiting for when they either drop the sub or have an option where your FFXIV could cover the FFXI similar to how WOW does it just because still charging a sub for a game that is in maintenance mode is a bit absurd, especially because the playonline sign up is still a nightmare
Nothing will ever replicate this game again. a true mmorpg in its golden age. How anyone is content with running around overworlds where enemies are virtually incapable of killing you is beyond me. Wow classic was a good balance but ff14 is a massive over correction.
If they re released this on Xbox and PS5 would be insane for the population
XI will never be matched and as for XIV it's boring a hell :)
know of any steam deck friendly servers? sad part is ive bought at least 3 unique keys over the years 4:44 sussy music
9:29 looks like a deathclaw from
10:10 maybe next time
Sadly these days, I can't find anybody other than old folks like me who play FF11, retail or private servers. If you go on Twitch, almost NOBODY plays 11. Thousands of people stream FF14, but you couldn't scrape together 100 viewers of 11 at any given time. Such a shame, because I still play it on the Horizon server. But then again, I'm in my mid-40s and well out of touch with the kids in their 20s who expect much faster and flashier gamers.
I’m 24 and have played since I was 10 back when Abyssea first dropped. Catch me on HorizonXI as Sporkonafork these days 😁
The Eden server is pretty dang decent
Eden is pretty good, I prefer HorizonXI.
This game is one of the few outlets I had during some of the worst times of my life. The people on there were generally friendly and cooperative and nearly everybody I ever knew who played that game made friends they would go on to keep in touch with long after they left the game.
I was Artremis on the Ifrit Server and all I can say to everyone on there is thank you for the fun times, the friendship and camaraderie.
Back then when people wanted to quit the game, some de-leveled their character to level one, later on lvl 30 exp punishment on death was implemented.
*Level 1* Yay! *rabbit kills you* Oh, no...
So many hours spent retracing my steps to get back to where I'd just died... just to die again from something I wasn't prepared for but would spot me from a mile away and chase me across the entire map.
The agony of de leveling still haunts me lol
I'm currently playing XIV and will continue for a while. But this game really looks interesting to me. I hope it will not be shut down until I get to play it.
Just picked this up on steam been playing it for a week its the first mmo I ever played and probaly the best, absolute gem just like every other game sakaguchi touches the man really was leading square to success with his formula
FFXI is the best mmo ever made. It's the best of the FF series. The original days were truly wonderful. There will never be another game like it or another gaming experience like it. When people talk gaming memories, this one is always top of the list for those that played it. Anytime I play an mmo, all I can think is "man I wish this was FFXI".
Single player was always trash, and honestly a big problem as someone who once spent 3 straight months LFG as a thief and farming for a scorpion harness which was rapidly spiking in price.
Blame the capitalist microcosm and DL gil-buyers.
Even so, Beastmaster was there for people who wanted to solo, and were the absolute most powerful players for over 7 years.
Linkshells ALWAYS tried to get one, because they could basically hold a boss by themselves while everyone else had to take time forming up, however, BSTs were rare, and as human beings, often did their own thing so much that even the scummiest leaders could only ask for their help in respect.
22years.... I've never left. It's the only game!
If you were afraid of later expansion content, look into Blue Mage.
You get to re-explore even old areas (often with other BLUs) to gain all sorts of spell options with tons of utility, beyond even a RDM.
Great video! Love to see FFXI not get ignored when talking about "mainline" FF titles.
A small correction: the game might predate mainstream voice chat, but not voice chat itself! Roger Wilco, which was like an early Ventrilo, came out in 1999, and had multiple millions of users within the first year of release! I think something called Talk and Chat released several years before this, but I never used it so I couldn't say!
Man... I miss XI. Nothing like 3k+ Sidewinders back in the 75 era. If only I could get reikaiden back ; ;
Unfortunately, PlayOnline is the backbone of this game and the only way to get away from it is a full on remake. We all want this, but it's highly unlikely, as I doubt SE can justify the budget for it, nor do they want to compete against themselves with XIV
Come Play on Horizon XI 75 Era FFXI experience its population is booming!
no
Tried it for the first 6 months.. then the LS leader showed is how to duped item and I was done. Now he has 4 relics.
@@rashid2898yes
@@jubjuba1982 Wow, you quit over someone showing you something that literally will not affect you at all.
Pretty sure that was a bug that got fixed immediately.
@@dragumkirisute1998 nah its still going. My LS leader has 4 relics now. The staff is lazy, missed their goal of a already working expansion by a year. And many many other cheats and hacks going in, I still talk to a few friends from the LS often. They just laugh at how endgame is a shit show.
Also breaking the economy effects everyone. This server currently has the worst economy of any server, due to the ongoing duping.
I remember playing SAM/BLM in ballista to dispel shadows. everyone played /nin in pvp and shadows were so annoying.
The Orcs just get thinking of really ugly Ninja Turtles.
I just started XI about a year ago been on and off with it until the last month where I finally asked someone for help for a sidequest. They were able to get what I need, this player even handed me a million gil to buy all the maps and showed me how to get a linkshell to get me started. That was most memorable memory I had in a videogame. Now my character is lvl 50 and am trying to get through the lvl cap, but the lvl cap for me has been the most frustrating part about the game for me.
If you're playing the retail version then most of the level caps have been made easier than before.
Welcome to the craziness that is XI.
@@daryl6900 I am playing retail, I was really frustrated with it, probably more-so with the guides themselves. However I took a short break and came back to it tonight and now I'm making tons of progress! :D
@@slerplederp6655 ah I knew your name was familiar. I saw ff14 project vid awhile back; I hope you continue it. I played FFXIV 1.0 during its alpha to 2.0. If possible, I definitely would like to help someday.
Anyways, FFXI is amazing so don't give up on it! I played it during its prime though. I'm sure modern FFXI is amazing now in its own ways, even if it's just for the amount of content it must have now. But Pservers would be the only real way to experience something close to what it was like these days. Experiencing it in its "prime" is worth it, but you do have to enjoy challenge/socializing.. and have patience(the pacing is part of what it makes it fantastic).
There are a decent amount of private servers that are flat out amazing imo, and if they dont 100% recreate that nostalgic feeling of old, they come very close to duplicating it, and in some cases changing things much for the better
I actually made it through the first plot, but after completing it and trying to get to the next few levels after 50 were where I stopped.
of course you should! As a tarutaru on Bahamut it's always be playing it!
I would play but I am not very familiar with “private” servers or whatnot . Retail or anything. When this first came out I wanted to play it but never got around to doing it. Looks kinda fun still .
Dude jump on HorizonXI very easy to understand 75 Era experience. Just google HorizonXI.
do people still pay for this game ? should be free by now love it but after finishing most of it became a bazzar sell in jeuno
This game frequently does free log in campaigns (one is literally starting today) and go for about a month. So claiming it to be dead software is a stretch.
I don't think I called it dead software (I think? This isn't scripted content, it's a discussion piece so I may be wrong) just old software.
I'm honestly amazed at how vibrant I still felt the community during my recent playthrough, and i'll enjoy diving back in if there's free log in campaigns in the future?
(Do you know where they are announced? I've been trying to keep an eye out but your comment is the first i've seen....
11 will be back in 14
yes
The music is too loud.
When you have multiple enemies locked on you, you can switch targets as soon as you finish the current monster. That way you avoid the down time when switching mobs.
Retail was good prob is player intraction is not there as much. I love the game but soo many rmts, and toxic players now. I personally like to play with ppl not npcs.
I know it's splitting hairs, but there was a head set for the PS2 around the same time as FFXI. It was released with SOCOM Navy Seals. I'm glad you had fun playing. I'd recommend to any new player to look into some of the "private" servers. Eden shoots for a 2008ish era experience, more-over there is an actual player base. It's difficult to see for a new player now, but it was the Community that made this game awesome. Without it... meh. Go play Genshin Impact. It's just as deep. ; ;
Right now there is a private server you can play for free thats in the 75 classic era named HorizonXI lots of players on there and i played 11 when it first came out on the PS2 never finished it as a kid but now i get the chance just like back in 2003 i think it was
slight correction: Darksouls and elden ring are modern games designed in the same frustrating way
FFxi forever
As a 14 player, I will play 11 if it gets a rework / reboot / remaster but I'm not messing with it as is. I want to sign up, download and login in less than half an hour and I want the game to simply run on my computer without issues. Ill be waiting for that.
Horizonxi it is
Retail FFXI is great, would recommend. All the private servers are not FFXI and are bad.
Its great if you prefer getting carried to end game with literally no combat and magic skills what so ever.
Retail XI now is only good if you want to experience the storylines of past expansions, even then good luck finding someone to do seekers of adoulin or rhapsodies of vana'diel with.
End game in current retail XI is also not good because if you dont have max job points or at least master level 25, or an aeonic weapon you are not getting into anything. At all.
the ff9 port on the switch is atrocious minute long battle load times
It's the one thing that I felt really held me back. I'm all for 'accurate' porting - I want a release that maintains the look and feel of the original with Quality of Life improvements in resolution etc.... but the load times at the start of battle on this game demanded attention that it just didn't get.
Only if they bring it back to console. Hopefully as a duel package with XIV when they release in 2024
Doubt they will re-release on console. That's why they dumped console to be able to put out more features that could only be used on pc. They would have to rebuild from the ground up.
I still have all my old loggings from 20 years ago if not more I wonder if they still would log in to an account that's still there or if they erased it
It’s still there, as long as you have everything. Play online id the email you used, and your password. You just have to setup on square Enix first then you can install the content that you have for free again , the expansions that you don’t have will have to paid for
For me, FFXI is one of the best FF games. However, the game is extremely user unfriendly. I disagree with a few comments you made about the game being a grind, combat being slow, and losing progress. It may feel like that to new players but there are lots of features and mechanics in the game to make the game play and travel be much faster. Gil is also not a problem at all in the early game. The problem is more that new players don't know about the features and don't have any knowledge of game mechanics (and looking at your game footage here, it is obvious you must be unaware of them.). To have a good experience of the game you either you do the homework of reading guides or have someone guide you because the vast majority of features and mechanics are not explained in the game itself.
Private servers are your friend if you want to play FFXI without paying the monthly sub. Some people on those will strongly disagree with someone playing on PSs without actively paying the monthly sub, but pay them no mind. I played on private servers for close to a decade before I had the privilege of purchasing the retail version and paying for its sub. If it wasn't for private servers, I don't think I would've gotten into FFXI at all.
Can switch on autotarget : )
Always love to see new people enjoying FFXI
Just one feature to comment on that you mentioned; auto-targeting
Auto-targeting works when you're entirely solo (no Trust), or in a party of other adventurers (again, no Trust)
If you kill an enemy and there's another enemy with aggro on your party within line of sight, it will auto-target the new one without having to manually re-engage
For some reason, this does not work for enemies your Trusts have aggro on. They're not treated as party members with aggro
So this was once a feature that worked great, but it's effectively broken with the Trust system and has sadly never been fixed. It is indeed very annoying to not have this anymore.
Thanks 🙏
great video mate.
Yeah, WoW ruined MMOs. I loved XI, played it for many years.
Horizon XI has the best leveling experiance for XI plus it has alot players everyday.
Best part about XI is community game cant be beaten without finding friends to help out. Even today game is better then most mmo
Just started playing the game a few weeks ago! While I'm enjoying it, ive tried talking to other players even just to say hello and I've been ignored every time. Any tips for making friends and communicating with other players?
stop trying to speak with gold spamming bots
@@itsrin868 i dont even know what you mean
just play horizon xi, its a time locked private server for 2006 era :D
no
@@rashid2898 stop being wrong and just play horizon xi
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I WANT OFFICIAL CLASSIC
@@rashid2898 Official and classic are two separate things. The only way to have official classic at the same time is to build a time machine and go back to 2007
@rashid So does everyone else man but that’s probably not gonna happen. Horizon XI is the next best thing. Now please, it’s time to come back home. We’re waiting for you friend…
The only thing that stops me from replaying is it still uses the same notorious Playonline client. If they just updated the client to modern standards I bet FFXi would have a resurgence.
I tried Final Fantasy XI for the first time last month. There's no obvious main story to follow to way to progress it, which is kind of making me regret giving it a try. I need more structure in a game to make it feel worth the effort.
Game might not be for you then. This is a game that rewards curious exploration and open socialization to figure things out. But if you really wanted to know how to start the missions, just look it up 😅
@@Sporkonafork1 The game doesn't reward curious exploration, it punishes it. I love RPGs, primarily for their explorative element. In this game, I go off the beaten path to explore and immediately get killed by a monster that's way more powerful than me or my trust NPCs. The game is primarily grinding. I looked up how to start the missions. But if you want more space in your inventory, to get higher levels to accomplish higher level missions, etc., you have to spend hours grinding to get the items that you need.
Come play on HorizonXI and experience the game exactly how it was in its prime and how the developers intended it to be played.
Exactly? Not quite. Hxi is different in many ways, but it's similar in the important ways.
Too many hacks/duping going on there.
horizon is for poor people trying to relive the past from 20 years ago. don't tarnish the memory of such a great game by playing on a crappy private server
That is such a weird take lol. Cleary one from someone who did not experience horizon. It’s an amazing server and as someone who played from 2002 to 2007 and came back in 2020 (to retail), it’s just not the same. Not saying retail isn’t a great experience, but it wasn’t long that I canceled my retail account to play on horizon and haven’t looked back. Horizon is an amazing experience, true to what made ffxi the greatest mmorpg with qol improvements. So for anyone wondering, don’t listen to this clown saying horizon is for poor people, it genuinely is for anyone wanting to relive the golden age of this game. Now go play with your trusts…
Horizon is a great attempt at capturing the magic of FFXI in its prime to many of us fans. It doesn't have to be for everyone, you don't have to enjoy it. However yucking someone else's yum, just because you lack the patience or empathy to understand it is quite pathetic. Do better. Be better. Don't be like the OP of this comment.
That crappy server is user friendly though. When SE updates play online I'll come back
Worst take ever lol! Horizon Xi is the definitive way to play Ff11 to date. Retail 11 is just a sad lonely fest 😂😂😂
@@midnitdragoonwhat’s horizon xi and what’s retail xi? I use to love this game on ps2.. even played it on xbox360.. I’d play this rn if I knew how
I would love to play ffXI again. I even try every now and than. Than I realize that the developers never even bothered getting rid of unnecessary quests and gates that kept players from advancing, Rank, Level break, influence, all mechanics that gatekeep those with busy lives and not.. They might have added Trusts to do content but its the wasting of time that is the issues (conditional travel, inventory & management .. It's still the best party mechanics for variety and leveling up. But until they get rid of a lot of the questing or bypass them to focus on leveling so players can get to endgame so they can party with actual players I don't see why anyone would try this game unless they are making content.
Theres some great private servers that try to mimic when Ffxi was in the peak of its glory back in mid 2000s
Currently playing on HorizonXI and I love it.
@commirevo89 a lot of us are playing on horizonxi and it is indeed awesome.
@@alanlee67 heck yeah! I'm playing on it right now! Character name is Kourake hit me up if you want to exp grind sometime
Yep! You'll find me on horizon as well!
Horizon is home.
Come play on the HorizonXI private server. Ditch the trusts and solo play and enjoy the game as it was meant to be enjoyed--with other people.
HXI all day
horizon is a piece of shit, a poor imitation. Nobody wants to team up with a bunch of neck beards to do a fake version of 20yr old content.
How about you go play retail and Horizon can Burn? Anyways would be nice if you could stop telling people what to do on every video and forum.
@@Retail_Is_GR8 lmao dude so mad he made a dedicated hater account
You get banned for botting, sis?
bro im new and horizon seems to be BIS shut up lolser @@Retail_Is_GR8
Anyone interested should look into HorizonXI.
Nah Everyone should play retail and it would be perfect.
So I'm with you on these videos but I'll say eleven is definitely a no from me. I actually wish that eleven and fourteen weren't named in the chronological titled games.
This is how I felt for years. The MMO's don't count... But then I played them and, oh boy was I wrong. Both MMOs are more 'Final Fantasy' than certain single player entries since the mid 2000s. They are master pieces, and phenomenal entries to Final Fantasy.
So.... I've thought long and hard about this.
When it came out, FF11 'demanded' you play online. But over the following decades they have made it far more accessible, to the point you can play it essentially solo. Are you getting the true experience? No, definitely not, but you can experience the game and the story and the narrative and the 'feel' of the game. BUT you still need to pay a monthly subscription, you have to be online and you have to pay to be online.
FF14 both the base game and the first expansion are free to play, so whilst you need to be online the server access wont cost you anything. This, combined with the fact the game has always been much more accessible to play alone, you don't 'need' other players, makes it far more enticing.
So, the problem is twofold. First, to play it you are going to need to put a hundreds of hours in to get the content.
They are slow, poorly paced single player games.
Then, secondly, you have to be online and you have to (at some point, to get everything) pay a monthly subscription fee.
I understand its necessity to exist but I am against it on principal....
I think they are both worthy titles - and FF11 has luckily escaped its original predestined fate to be switched off when the PS2 hardware faded away.
But.... Had it been 'FF ONLINE' not 'FF11 online' I wouldn't have weeped.
I would have been sad though if they had done a Warcraft, essentially abandoned the mainline games to focus on the online series instead of the main games. We escaped that fate at least!
Same argument how Bethesda named elder scrolls online and blizzard with world of war craft. It’s definitely ballsy. But then again…. They are also owners of Dragon Quest X which is also online but they DID make it “offline” but at the same time it’s Also Japanese Only. So then again. The fact that final fantasy 2,4, and 5 was also Japanese only and took a while for English version to be translated. So I think Square is definitely to blame for prioritizing Japan instead and would’ve been called Final Fantasy Online, I mean…. They did make a “mainline” variant in the form of tactics and mystic quest and crystal chronicles. Also Diablo 4 is more MMORPG like than ARPG.
Yiu gonna play on horizon xi? Its free. 75 era cap
Playing a private server is detrimental to retail. People need to play retail to keep it alive.
@@Retail_Is_GR8 nobody plays retail anyways lol
@@celestiangaming87 yea they do, over 3000 people online on asura atm, more than that fake server
@@Retail_Is_GR8 maybe they should release classic era server and stuff
@@Retail_Is_GR8retail is a different game than the game I want to play. If it was between retail and nothing, I'd rather play nothing.
If SE offered a classic server, I'd gladly pay to play on that, instead of playing for free on buggy private servers.
Retail is horrible. One person playing 5 toons at once, nothing but merc shouts, everyone is hacking, everyone uses RMT.
i love retail
No U.
Lol. You're right, but there is so much to do.
how? @@traumatizedwick1760
Great video!
Man I would love to see your thoughts on a 75 Era server like HorizonXI. download and sign up takes 5 minutes NO JOKE, sign in UI is modernized, and there are so many people to play the og way with.
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@@ImmortalDraylo kick rocks.
@@Ephremjlm1 no u
@@ImmortalDraylo no
You don't want to know my thoughts on private servers because it would destroy you, sorry.