How does this game compare to FFXI?
Some parts of FFXI are fun. Namely, when you don't have to make money. However, I've been making money in FFXI and nothing else for about 2 months, just so I can level my crafts high enough to be able to make a decent amount of money each day, to fund RNG and MNK. I haven't even succeeded yet -.-. However, I do find FFXI fun when I'm not doing anything stressfull like that. It's just, to do something fun, you have to go through alot of stress first.
I was wondering if someone could give me the basics of this game, and how it compares to FFXI.
I realise most people here will be biased, but I'd like to hear people's oppinions regardless.
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You just said you've spent 2 months paying SE for the privilege to work a 2nd job.
You are paying money to be stressed out for 2 months. You just said so yourself.
What would you say to a air traffic controller who paid the airports for the privilege to work such a stressful job???
Well, if you like paying to be stressed out and bored out of your mind why don't send me $200 out of every paycheck. Then every 3 month I'll send you the latest game of your choice and you can have some fun for a week or two. How's about Halo 2 to start you off?
You are paying money to be stressed out for 2 months. You just said so yourself.
What would you say to a air traffic controller who paid the airports for the privilege to work such a stressful job???
Well, if you like paying to be stressed out and bored out of your mind why don't send me $200 out of every paycheck. Then every 3 month I'll send you the latest game of your choice and you can have some fun for a week or two. How's about Halo 2 to start you off?
holy crap dude, what were you farming? Rarab Tails, Insect Wings and Yagudo Feathers? I dont know how people farm for that long and not make any money. I farmed Stroper Chymes one day for 6 hours and made 1.6 million gil. Or even Goobue Farmers in Santuary of Zitah are like 50k an hour.
anywho, enough about your ffxi woes.
-partying in ffxi is more fun. eq2 parties seem very hectic. Lots of spamming "weaponskills". Yeah, you can do Heroic Oppurtunities (Skillchains) but in the time everyone is waiting for them to execute you could be spamming for a lot more damage. A good comparison to ffxi would be if all 6 party members had 100% TP all the time. And weaponskills dont draw nearly as much hate in everquest. So imagine 100% TP for all six party members at all times with a lot less hate. The thing i DO enjoy about exping with people in eq2 is that you dont have to have a 6 man party. A 3 person party can do fine, just on different mobs
-soloing in eq2 is awesome. you can get good exp, or at least i can get awesome solo exp as a Swashbuckler 20. soloing in ffxi for good exp is an oxymoron.
-player to player selling in everquest sucks. FFXI's Auction House system is superb, probably the best concept ever.
-crafting in eq2 is a lot more fun and interactive. and theres no relying on moon phases or random skill ups. Everything you succeed with gives you skill ups. usable abilities allow you to craft interactivly. HQ results are much easier to obtain in eq2.
-fishing, mining, gathering, trapping, foresting are much easier compared to ffxi counterparts. I didnt say better, i just said easier. IN ffxi, its harder to go out and mine the exact components you need. In eq2, if you need something mined, you know exactly where to get it.
-NM's SUCK in eq2. If the mob is Grey (Too Weak to Be Worthwhile in FFXI terms) it wont drop you anything. No way to make big money soloing NM's. You cant camp lower lvl NM's to get good drops. I hate this facet of eq2.
-eq2 is much much much more laggy but its still new and hopefull time will fix it.
-eq2 has better eye and ear candy
-eq2 has a much less diverse food and drink selection. So far everything i eat/drink only gives me health or power.
-South Qeynos = Lower Jeuno Lag x 500
-ffxi's subjob system absolutely rocks
-you cant change jobs in eq2 ><
-its called Everquest because every npc you talk to gives you a quest..or two..or three..or four.
-zoning in ffxi is much much faster
-eq2 you cant lose exp when dying, but rather when you die you go into debt which makes further exping slower. Like dying without the deleveling :P
-eq2 if a party member dies, you share his debt.
-you cant jump or swim in ffxi :P
-linkshells = guilds but in guilds you actually have to do things for your guilds.
-eq2 graphics are better but of course take a much better system to run well.
-tarus are WAY cooler then gnomes, and galkas are WAY cooler then Ogres. FFXI player models arent so ugly. EQ2 tried to make them more realistic looking and they end up ugly.
-eq2 emotes are more in depth.
-no auto translator = no fun
-inventory is a pain in the butt in eq2, but equipped items do not take up inventory
-quests give you exp and so does finding new areas in eq2
-"genkei5" is complete at lvl20 hehe
-dual weild available at super low lvls and dual weilding fast weapons is like having two Kraken Clubs.
-as far as HNM comparisons go, i dont know because im only lvl20 in everquest.
if i think of any more, ill add or something
anywho, enough about your ffxi woes.
-partying in ffxi is more fun. eq2 parties seem very hectic. Lots of spamming "weaponskills". Yeah, you can do Heroic Oppurtunities (Skillchains) but in the time everyone is waiting for them to execute you could be spamming for a lot more damage. A good comparison to ffxi would be if all 6 party members had 100% TP all the time. And weaponskills dont draw nearly as much hate in everquest. So imagine 100% TP for all six party members at all times with a lot less hate. The thing i DO enjoy about exping with people in eq2 is that you dont have to have a 6 man party. A 3 person party can do fine, just on different mobs
-soloing in eq2 is awesome. you can get good exp, or at least i can get awesome solo exp as a Swashbuckler 20. soloing in ffxi for good exp is an oxymoron.
-player to player selling in everquest sucks. FFXI's Auction House system is superb, probably the best concept ever.
-crafting in eq2 is a lot more fun and interactive. and theres no relying on moon phases or random skill ups. Everything you succeed with gives you skill ups. usable abilities allow you to craft interactivly. HQ results are much easier to obtain in eq2.
-fishing, mining, gathering, trapping, foresting are much easier compared to ffxi counterparts. I didnt say better, i just said easier. IN ffxi, its harder to go out and mine the exact components you need. In eq2, if you need something mined, you know exactly where to get it.
-NM's SUCK in eq2. If the mob is Grey (Too Weak to Be Worthwhile in FFXI terms) it wont drop you anything. No way to make big money soloing NM's. You cant camp lower lvl NM's to get good drops. I hate this facet of eq2.
-eq2 is much much much more laggy but its still new and hopefull time will fix it.
-eq2 has better eye and ear candy
-eq2 has a much less diverse food and drink selection. So far everything i eat/drink only gives me health or power.
-South Qeynos = Lower Jeuno Lag x 500
-ffxi's subjob system absolutely rocks
-you cant change jobs in eq2 ><
-its called Everquest because every npc you talk to gives you a quest..or two..or three..or four.
-zoning in ffxi is much much faster
-eq2 you cant lose exp when dying, but rather when you die you go into debt which makes further exping slower. Like dying without the deleveling :P
-eq2 if a party member dies, you share his debt.
-you cant jump or swim in ffxi :P
-linkshells = guilds but in guilds you actually have to do things for your guilds.
-eq2 graphics are better but of course take a much better system to run well.
-tarus are WAY cooler then gnomes, and galkas are WAY cooler then Ogres. FFXI player models arent so ugly. EQ2 tried to make them more realistic looking and they end up ugly.
-eq2 emotes are more in depth.
-no auto translator = no fun
-inventory is a pain in the butt in eq2, but equipped items do not take up inventory
-quests give you exp and so does finding new areas in eq2
-"genkei5" is complete at lvl20 hehe
-dual weild available at super low lvls and dual weilding fast weapons is like having two Kraken Clubs.
-as far as HNM comparisons go, i dont know because im only lvl20 in everquest.
if i think of any more, ill add or something
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