Like you wouldn't believe.

I quit about a week after Chains of Promethia hit, but god damn I miss it so much when I think about it.

>>111960189
yeah OP we all miss it. Hehe, I still remember get my sub-job for the first time. Some kind level 52 Dragoon took me to the mines to help me get the Skull. Then I spent another 20 minutes scratching my head trying to figure out how to 'give' the NPC the items lol

God where did the time go?

FFXI was a bastard of a hard game but it did something fews other have and was to create a true brotherhood between shell mates. By the sheer amount of help you needed to do even the littitest things meant everyone was constantly helping each other.

At first it seemed like such an inconvinece, always having to travel to some random location and fight God knows what for no self gain... then it hit me. That was what the adventure was all about.

When I look back it wasn't the things I accomplished alone or for myself that made my happy. It was the time I spent with the shell and exploring that huge as fuck world.

03-06 FFXI was probably the best gaming experience of my life. The Aht Urghan expansion ruined the game for me. I quit shortly after it came out and I gave my account away to my LS (we were the top HNMLS on the server, and everyone basically shared their accounts around to make it possible to always have enough characters online to dominate everything). About a year later I found out my account got banned because someone was speedhacking on it. Oh well. I'd give anything to replay the game originally again.

Fucking abyssea ruined this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVYhcXmXSB0

oh god how I miss it

>>111960680
FFXI bros are god tier. I still talk to my old ls members over msn even though noone has played for years.

FFXIV may still has hope for a new haven for the old guard of FFXI players. Once they fix all the mistakes and bring back the more familiar job system it will at least be close enough to get settled in. Won't be nearly as difficult as we're used too but hell its better then nothing. Hopefully they will turn away from solo-minded content and focus more one making it profitable for grouping again and up the difficultly scale of everything.

It will just take another good year before that all happens though

>>111961122
Not it wont. FFXIV will never be able to recover from it's launch.

>you will never fight new HNMs for 2 hours with your LS and experience the rush of downing it server first again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws4_rwgurUs

>>111961245
FFXI had a pretty asstacular launch itself. Not nearly as bad nor as public as FFXIV but let's not kid ourselves. FFXI was an abortion on birth was well. Time healed all wounds however and that is exactly what I pray happens with FFXIV. They have shown they are not going to let it fail and will dump any amount of time and money into making it work. The progress will be slow but I think it will come into its own. In a year or so.

Even then though I think you're right, it will never be the block buster mega hit they were hoping for. Which bodes just fine with me. As long as there is a modest and dedicated community then we've have our FFXI back.

>you will never 7 man nidhogg in 58 minutes with 100 people watching again

>this fucking mountain....

A godamn troll rock was what it was. I remember falling off that thing so many times.

It's dead? Thank god.

Why would you ever miss it, it was some of the most UNPLAYABLE games I've ever seen and I've seen many.

I like challenge but this game outright said that it fucking hated you every time you tried to do anything.

>that feel when you miss the airship by 10 seconds and have to wait another 15 for the next on

>>111961726
That mountain made me resort to pos warping.
>that feel when you never got caught

>>111961829
That was what made it so fun. Playing that game and achieving your goals was like a slap in the face to it's evil as fuck programming. The game hated you as much as you hated it. Only though the power of FRIENDSHIP could it be bested.

The only way I'd play this game again is if someone finally managed to make a viable emulated server. I like the game, but I don't like grinding the same content over and over until I want to shoot myself. The experience gains could literally be increased by 10x and the game would still be just as fun and you'd experience all the same content, you just wouldn't be forced to repeat that same content for a ludicrous amount of time.

I bought FFXI 2 years ago and played for the free month with one of my friends, but the friend quit about 2 weeks in and near the end of the free month one of the in game friends i had offered to let me use his world of warcraft account so i could play it with my one friend

I tried to log back into my ffxi account last month to talk to this guy who i haven't talked to since he gave me his wow account info, and with all that nonsense of square turning playonline accounts into square enix accounts, even after going through customer support i couldn't retrieve my account.

feels bad man

>that feel when you beat the 30 chinese RMTs spread around the pond to pulling Simurgh and get the boots drop and make mad dosh every day

>>111962052
In abyssea you can level 30-95 in 1 day

>>111962052
You can do that now. If it weren't for level cap quests you could get 95 in less than a day

>that feel when switch to BLM and randomly join people out in the middle of fucking no where by offering to help them then casting Warp II

I can't play this anymore..It's just not the same game, there's no sense of accomplishment or even teamwork now.

Yeah OP... I know that feel.

For me, it was Asheron's Call in the late 90s - early 2000s. Good shit, man. Good shit.

>that feel the first day scholars and corsairs came out

>that feel when you were the first few people on your server who got to level 75 scholar in a matter of days

>that feel when you quit a year later

>>111962159
I kind of doubt that without some sort of massive PL going on, but that's not the point. That'd just be bypassing the content, that wouldn't be fun. I'd rather experience all the normal content without being forced to repeat it until I hate the game. You know, like maybe spending 30 minutes grinding out that level in a corner of that dungeon instead of 8 hours. You're still experiencing the dungeon, but you don't have to live there for the next week.

>>111962310
>that feel when your sleep schedule revolved around Shikigami Weapon spawn for Yingyang robe

Man, I was pathetic. BUT I GOT THAT FUCKING ROBE

>>111962259
FUUUCK

YOOOOOOUUUUUU

THIS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GET TELE-YHOART ON MY 31 WHM AND GOT SENT BACK TO FUCKING SANDY HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE FUCK FUCK HATE

>that feel when you want to play ffxi again but all your friends quit

>>111962375
the low level content is gone, endgame is all there is now.

>>111962375
1 puller, 1 warrior, 1 white mage, 15 leeches
30-95 in a day

>>111962494
i can't believe after all this time there is still no decent server emulator

i would love to play this game with /v/bros

This thread makes me enraged at the fact that Square failed with FFXIV so hard. We could have had FFXI-2, but we got some outsourced unfinished chinese turd. What amazes me is that an entire year from release later, all they have to show for themselves is auto-attack and 2 leveling instances. Where's the fucking content?

>>111962556
With BLU charged whisker burn you dont even need the whm, or even the puller really.

>>111962556
Again, not my point. You're just bypassing the entire experience of the game. That's boring. It'd be a lot more fun if that same group could just run through all the 1-75 content from around the CoP era and level that way and actually get to see the game world and stuff.

>>111962635
at least they genuinely admit their mistake and say they are basically redoing the entire game

i hope it gets fixed and released on ps3, i'd love to play it but i don't want to buy a gaming pc for one game

Miss the sheer mindless grinding past level 10 in the dunes?


No, no I do not.

>>111962635

That's the problem. Even though they just dumped a huge patch none of it was really content.

The new classes don't capture the same feel as the classic FF jobs either.

>>111962635
It was a gambit. "To appeal to a wider audience" They knew the fans of FFXI were fucking hardcore but they were so few. They got greedy and tried to have their cake and eat it as well. They hoped the FFXI fanbase would migrate over and a new community would explode with their solo and little effort exp models that would allow those without 2+ hours to level.

What we got was a shitty compromise that neither party would be happy with. Now the would be first timers have the taste of rancid shit in their mouths and the FFXI-ers feel betrayed and angry. Now I hope they knee-jerk and recoil to appeasing the old players so we can finally get FFXI-2

It is the only way in fuck this thing will ever see profit.

>>111962635
>that feel when you had a linkshell of 20 bros from 4 different mmo's ready to play ff14
>that feel when we are waiting for gw2

It would be awesome if SE released a standalone version of FFXI. Something that you could play single player or co-op. Change the progression and regen mechanics so the game would be a lot more action oriented. They already have all the art, music, and content done - it'd practically be free money for them. It'd also appease all the fans of the series who hate MMOs.

It's a shame there aren't any private servers or what not, because they charge a small fucking fortune for subs.

>>111962935
fucking this

either that or someone makes a server emulator

seriously why is there no private servers

>>111962935
>4 player co-op version of FFXI c.a. 2005 where you can run around the entire world with a few buddies, leveling up, doing every mission in the game, kill every HNM on the Vita

Played the hell out of that game, quit shortly after Wings of the Goddess, and not a moment too soon, from the sound of it.

I've played many MMOs, but that fucking game will always hold a special place in my heart. FFXIV is finally starting to pick up a little speed and make some headway from how horrendously unplayable it was at launch, but it still lacks that special something XI had.

I still remember getting my first job to 75 way back in the day, my Paladin, off of Weapons in Sky. Took quite a hefty amount of time too, but damned if I couldn't keep a smile off of my face for the rest of the day. In XIV, hit cap on Gladiator leveling casual as fuck, with very little effort. Oh sure, it's still 50 capped, but even when 75 hits, with how things are now, it wouldn't be difficult. I'd simply make obscene amounts of exp in leves/Behest, and then maybe party up to kill the newest version of raptors.

Making the game more accessible will attract more buyers, but it'll never have the dedicated fanbase XI had.

>that feel when every time you can afford to pay the monthly fee you don't have any free time to play
>that feel when you have tons of free time and no active account because you can't afford it
>that feel when nobody has the balls to make private server software

>>111963278
i don't think its that nobody has the balls, i just think it hasn't been possible

>>111963178

All of my dicks are cumming. Just make it 6 players for a full party. And figure out some way to implement the signet system.

>>111962860
Well, at least the Ifrit battle seems nice. Weapons are WoW as fuck, but it might be cool.

And viable fucking transportation, anima was an awful idea.

>>111963178
I hope to God Square Enix somehow reads this post.

>that feel when I read this thread and nostalgia so hard

I'm going to be depressed for days now...

>>111963178
Vita edition of FFXI would be terrible. No windower, extended macros, scipts, bots

>>111963412
>square enix reads this post
>instead decides to release crisis core 2 and a remake of FF8

>>111963178
That's exactly what I want, aside from the PSV part. I skipped a lot of the mission content back when I played, and because it was an MMO, I did the missions spread out over so much time that I barely remembered what the fuck was going on. Would be great to just be able to do a normal runthrough of the game and experience all the content in a logical way.

It'd also be great to actually do dungeon runs. The mechanics of leveling and overpopulation sort of forced players to pick a camp in some corner of a dungeon and grind there. It would be awesome to actually clear the dungeons and fight bosses and shit.

I don't miss the game at all.
It's own size was it's downfall and the high difficulty sure didn't help. God forbid you die in a far off land and no one nearby has raise. The worst part, however, is that the game never tells you anything at all. If you're not playing side-by-side with the wiki then you'll be stuck on how to proceed for months while Ninjas and Samurais shoot past you on rainbow chocobos. The fact that you were paying monthly for a game you already bought only fueled that sense of trying to rush through everything. While the mechanics were absolutely excellent, the overall game was just so shitty and my friends knew it; we all dropped out one by one 'till I was the only one left and I could deny it no longer.

All that being said, this topped my experiences with Phantasy Star Online. By far the absolute most fun I ever had in my life, as short lived (if you call 9 months short) as it might have been. Those memories will stay with me forever.

What I want is a FF11 where you can just point at a spot on the map and you're there. Dungeons and in-battle scenarios are the obvious exceptions but there's no fucking reason why I should have to walk through a giant empty field for the umpteenth time. Will it fuck with the economy by making farming super easy? Yeah, probably, but I'd rather have fun than worry about Gil. At the very fucking least, make this possible in the cities! Those places are waaaay too fucking huge and the flower girls don't help with this enough.

>>111963499
>implying Square can't just implement party TP in the UI
>implying you need long ass macros and scripts in a watered down 4-6 player version co-op game

>>111963540
Everyone just solos all of the missions now that the level cap is higher.

>>111963718
That sounds...really fucking depressing, actually.

I went through CoP when the fucking level caps were still there, jesus christ I still rage a little at having to buy level 25, 30, 40, and so on gear to get through that, but again, the satisfaction I got from completing it all and getting my Rajas Ring made it worthwhile, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

>>111963178
http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/07/13/final-fantasy-xi-may-be-ported-to-playstation-vita/

>>111963929
I would forgo sex for a month to relive that moment of gratification. People post Abbesya will never now how difficult and rewarding CoP was.

>>111962935
I'm sure that SE will do this once FFXI actually dies and they shut down the servers. Who knows how many years that'll be now that FFXIV failed, though. They probably would've retired FFXI if FFXIV had been successful, but now they probably need to keep it running to subsidize the loss they're taking with FFXIV.

>>111963929
It really is. I remember wiping to the omega/ultima fight something like 11 times. My fucking static disbanded over that fight.

>>111963598
Keep the combat, weapons and armor, and all that jazz exactly the same.

Change the overall level/world design to make it a generally shorter game. It doesn't have to be linear but the overall size and scope needs to be reduced if you and your buddies EVER plan to get ANYWHERE within a SINGLE FUCKING DAY.

Alternatively, design every area like it was Phantasy Star Online. Just a straight, corridor style linear romp with multiple exits leading to different parts of the world. Plus, areas you've completed can be teleported to for next time. Remember that this is a handheld, and worse a Vita, so don't expect this to be any fun if you spend your entire battery's life simply walking to your destination. Also, make the cities menu driven instead of exploration based or else you'll, again, spend your whole battery on talking to people before you could even start that side quest you finally found.

If it were like this, I would heavily consider buying a Vita on launch.

>>111963321

ProjectXI and MeteorXI worked out the server-side calculations and PlayOnline bypassing, respectively. Squeenix told them both to stop and they both pussied out.

>>111962635

its a real fucking shame too since the game was so aethetically pleasing, the sound/music/graphics almost ALMOST made me stick with it

>>111964098
I remember being the PLD for that mission. I have never felt more nervous and downright fucking Godlike after beating Ultima when half the party had wiped and I popped my 2hr at 21 HP

Ok technically I didn't land the killing blow but I gave the BLM enough time to recover MP to pull off one last Fira II

>>111964216
why didn't they just release it anonymously

fucking idiots

>>111964187
There's no need to change the world layout. All they would really need would be better quest indicators and remove the wait times from airships and shit for quicker travel. The entire engine would hopefully be replaced with something a bit more responsive and with faster load times since it wouldn't be limited by the restrictions of the MMO.

>>111964063
Well, they apparently think XIV is salvageable, because they have been doing overtime for several months now rebuilding it from the ground up.

Who knows, maybe they can do it. Tanaka was the full retard behind the abomination that was FFXIV at launch, now we have Yoshi at the helm, and he very much wants to see a game similar to XI. He's really pushing an eventual PvP also, which I like to hear. I know I'm in the minority, but I fucking loved me some Ballista back in XI.

>>111964462
6 people working on the game is not overtime.

Why is Square Enix trying to salvage FFXIV? Surely they realize it can't be saved?

>>111964503
But they are putting in 80 hours a week each!

Even if they fix the game, it won't matter. MMOs get one first impression, and if they fail, they die or go free to play.

I really can't wait for SE to introduce the monthly fee to 14. You know the majority of people are only playing because its free.

Does XI have private servers?

No thanks, Squeenix. I'll be sticking with my quality MMO.

>>111964623
except 14 still has a ps3 launch to look forward to when square "fixes" the game

though honestly if they don't do something huge before next summer or so its probably just too late to launch an mmo on the ps3 because by that time next gen consoles will be out and announced to be released soon

>>111964503
They have divisions, which is why we somehow managed to get that interminable summer swimsuit event, while getting the fixes for the Tuesday patch as long as a damn encyclopedia.

Nothing beats those horrifically gay swimsuits, though.

Can anyone tell me if you need an active FFXI account to play on this private server?

http://www.elitepvpers.com/forum/final-fantasy-xi/1164226-azure-sky-private-server.html

>>111964796
>MMO
>Consoles

>>111964850
Both 11 and 14 were designed for consoles.

If emulating the game is so hard, you'd think some group would just build a new client and load in all of FFXI's content. There's programs for extracting and viewing zones, models, animations, cutscenes, etc..., so it's not like an encryption problem or anything. This way you wouldn't have to reverse engineer any of the clientside shit.

I guess coding an MMO client is tougher than reverse engineering an existing one?

>>111964897

That explains why they're shit. DCUO too.

>>111964850
Why do you think both 11 and 14 have such a menu-heavy UI? Because gamepads with no hotkeys or mouse for quick access.

>>111964932
But PC only MMOs like Aion and Rift were fucking garbage too.

>>111964990
Aion and Rift are both quality games. You take that back.

>Squeenix outsourced certain FFXIV elements to a Chinese company during the development
What were they thinking?

>>111964826
I just went to their IRC channel and one of the ops told me you do not need a real account

the irc is #darkstarproject on irc.rizon.net

>>111964990

Oh I know. PC MMOs can be shit. But they're also the only ones that can be good. Pic related.

>Had amazing journeys in Tibia and RO
>People keep telling me about FFXI, but I passed over it

I feel like I missed some crazy shit..

>>111965051
That they could save money by outsourcing the game and that it would sell on brand name alone. They were right.

>>111965072
>TOR
>good

Confirmed for not in the TOR beta. Enjoy your carefully choreographed and hand selected clips that BioWare chooses to feed the public.

>mfw excellent armor designs wasted on a 2/10 game

>>111965051
Well, no one knows MMOs like the Chinese! Just look at all those internationally acclaimed Chinese games out there.

>>111965173

I take it you are in the beta? What's wrong with it? Too much like WoW? Lack of polish? Lack of content?

>>111965072
I'm going to withhold any positive or negative comments about a game that isn't even out yet, but fuck Bioware, I don't trust those assholes.

Dear lord i want to play this game again. So many memories.

The only way i would play it again would be if some of my friends would be interested in it as well. But that'll never happen. Also wish they'd have introduced different payment options years ago.

>ffxi thread
>no mithra porn
fuck you /v/

>>111964536
From what I've seen, they are doing a good job at it.
Bout to launch a massive patch in a few days, shit is getting above decent.

>>111965292

>>111965253
Everything that could possible be wrong with it is wrong. But I digress, refresh the first page of /v/ a few times and I'm sure you'll find a TOR thread.

>Mfw I enjoy both XI and XIV.

>>111965341
>2011
>still refreshing /v/
http://catalog.neet.tv/v/
you're welcome

>>111965316
Have some ass

Remember when mithra dumps were semi-common on /v/? Good times.

>>111965179
Fucking this. FFXIV is probably the only MMO aside from AoC (which had shitty dresses everywhere) that got the whole quasi-realistic look with a fantasy spin. Such a bloody shame.

i don't know if anyone noticed but that private server someone posted a link about earlier in the thread seems to be rather legit

the guy who made the original post on that forum is still active in the irc channel, and they have an official website and stuff, im looking more into it now but i won't be able to play because of throttled internet, but will come back and tell you guys once i find out more

>>111965354
>mfw I enjoy cutting myself and rubbing fecal matter in the wounds

>FFXI Goes F2P.
>Elitist community nerd-rages
>Player base skyrockets

>>111965109
I was 16 when I started playing.
I am now 22 and in a deep depression.
I make 45k a year
I have sex every once in awhile
I have a group of close friends whom I play vidya with twice a week

And I STILL cringe and hold my head in sadness sometimes because I will never get to relive FFXI

>>111965503
I used to play FFXI. Now I play FFXIV mostly on the weekends with some bros. The game has improved a good bit since 4.0 days.

>>111965553
Are you me?

>>111965547
FFXI going f2p wouldn't increase the playerbase at all since the game is so old and would probably drive away what few diehards they have left. At this point, it wouldn't even be worth it to SE to invest in implementing a cash shop, anyways.

I read somewhere there is an active FFXI private server that has most things working

Beating the Chains of Promathia storyline defined my MMO playing career.

Abyssea killed the very reason we played FFXI; it's difficulty, longevity, and community.

SE had a hard-on for any class that was flavor of the month for the JP players; that means Red Mage and Samurai ALWAYS got buffs.

San d'Oria Bagpipes will be in your memory until the end of time.

Achieving Sea and Limbus access gave a feeling that no legendary item or dungeon in WoW could ever emulate.

Night time. BOGY!!!!! <raise> G-6 <Can I have it?> <Thank you.>

<Fisherman> <Who?>
Everyone in unison: I'm not pulling.

Every MMO from now on, will feel like a series of disappointments.

>>111965514
Yes I know about shittyness of XIV'
>Copy pasta landscapes
>Copy pasta monsters
>4.0
>Haves shit written on it

SE try something new and it failed ass but I like it still.

>>111965671
Don't private servers have a tendency to die 3-4 months in?

>>111965671
Cool imagination, kid

>>111965692
>every single line of that post struck me like a hammer to the chest
>actually contemplating drinking myself to sleep tonight to make this horrible feeling go away

>>111965692
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaGaGqejQqI

>>111965736
>I like horrible things

Why are you bragging about this, exactly?

>>111965671
i'm looking into it right now

check this forum post

http://www.elitepvpers.com/forum/final-fantasy-xi/1164226-azure-sky-private-server.html

also apparently this is the official site

http://darkstarproject.freeforums.org/index.php

also i talked to one of the admins in irc briefly to answer someone elses question in thsi thread

the irc is #darkstarproject on irc.rizon.net

>>111965505

FFXI was designed with 56k in mind. Throttled bandwidth shouldn't matter.

Don't worry guys, Gochou still makes mithra porn. All is right in the world.

>2006
>Rolled Paladin
>Always used 2h sword for DPS and tanking
>Fuck the police

>>111965514
Maps will be getting a serious overhaul too, because yes, that shit is infuriating. You shouldn't even look at maps in The Black Shroud, it's a goddamn mess.

Also, they encouraged exploring Eorzea, and yet every goddamn mob in the game has a ranged attack, meaning monsters that aggro you will hit you at least once guaranteed. So don't bother exploring areas much higher than your own level. That's being adjusted to be less retarded, also.

The funny thing is, after Tanaka ruined XIV before it even got out of the gates, rather than firing his worthless ass, they gave him a position on the XI team.

>>111965814
well the throttling is more of a problem with downloading the updates, since i only have the 2008 vanadiel collection retail disc

>>111965849
So the XI team is where they are putting worthless cunts?
Damn shame.

>>111965882
I'm installing the 2007 vanadiel collection disc, and then WotG on top of that, and then the update linked on the thread. Hopefully that should be everything needed? I don't have an account anymore, so I don't have any way to log into FFXI to get the official game patches.

>dat 1st time registration

I feel like I should be making a sacrifice to some unknown god first. Seriously SE, get with the program.

>make an account
>register your key
>account ready for play

>>111965805
Im not but tends people bash on me on the things I like like this guy here >>111965514.

>>111965999
nice quads

all i can say is check the darkstarproject freeforums page i linked earlier, im still reading stuff

also go onto the irc and ask

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrGQR9Qx3mI&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

I remember being so hyped with this trailer, goddamn you Square.

>>111965846
You and my irl friend who played with me were THAT guy. The melee rdm, the scythe war, refused to heal on smn. I always staticed with him on everything and was always so embarrassed when someone would /tell me about it. He knew what he was doing it and I know for a fact he just did it to embarass me haha

fuck I miss this game

>>111965999

The thread has a link to some update files in it. Make sure you get those and log in to POL to check the files. You don't need an active FFXI account, just a free POL one.

>>111965849
Huh, I explored the entire world map the first few days after the game launched. Dodging mobs was easy as tits. And the entire thing was the same grid-like repetitive bullshit with monsters literally randomly placed in areas on the map. At least in games like EQ and WoW, if you have bandits, they're probably at a bandit camp. If you have wolves, they're probably in a forest. There's no microhabitats like that in FFXIV, it's all just the same repetitive landscape, these monsters spawn here, those monsters spawn there, it's like a shallow background to grind on.

>>111966057
Oh jesus fuck that playonline system...

Everyone said FFXI was one of the hardest more unforgiving cunt punchiest MMO's out there. They never said the hurt began before you even created your first character though.

>that feel when I pull out my dusty FFXI box untouched since 2003

There are tears rolling down my eyes right now... I hope this private server works

>>111965999
ok here is what you need

http://darkstarproject.freeforums.org/azure-sky-installing-ffxi-t114.html

The last post in that thread (its locked, only like the 3rd post) has a very detailed guide on installing and playing

>>111966124

Welcome to China.

>BST/WHM
>Grinding in the basement of Garliage Citdadel
>Lower level party pulls up on my spot and starts pulling mobs
>Tell them I just got there and need to exp for a while
>They all taunt and do rude emotes
>Send pet to aggro a Bomb and park it right next to them
>Their BLM warps out the party

>>111966124
Mobs have been repositioned and added since then. Repositioned in ways where if you're traveling say, through the frequently bottlenecked Shroud, aggro mobs will be placed within the corridor. Because hey, fuck you player.

>>111966228
oh also this

http://darkstarproject.freeforums.org/azure-sky-connecting-info-t138.html

for connecting to the server i guess

>You will never be a scholar mithra ever again

Oh god yes. I loved FFXI so much and it hurt when I left my friends and guildmates. Let me see if I can find my old FFXI photobucket... ah, here it is.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v134/Mystywysty/Final%20Fantasy%20XI/

>>111966244
BST Brofist!

>Leveling in boyahda tree
>Call out when Aquarius is up
>Kill Aquarius for people
>Parties harassing you and claiming the place as their own even though you've been there for hours
>;_;

So, are private servers worth it?

>Play Mithra as a Mithra Monk
>Absolutely loved it
>Spent money for dressing her up because I was a fucking dork
>Nobody wanted Monks that much
>Go Dragoon
>Significantly less dress up options, didn't have much fun in combat
>Still not really wanted
>Go Paladin
>Tons of outfits to choose from
>Fun to play as
>Everyone was skeptical because Mithras didn't make good Paladins
>Felt happy when they said I did very well

This was a little before the Promathia expansion.
I miss FFXI.
Probably couldn't get into it now though.

>>111966437
They are if you enjoy playing for a month before fucking everything disappears.

>>111966437
Having just discovered they even exist for this game I will say its probably like all mmo private servers, its only worth it if you have a group of friends either irl, or like a /v/ group or something to play with

> implying you didn't fall asleep to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=808iE1jxfQE
XI lullaby

Apparently they're doing away with the semi realistic armor and weapons with the new event gear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzi-L_l35YI

>>111966666

>>111966599
To be fair it is stuff made from like a god of fire or some shit.
Doesn't have to be too realistic.
Would be nice if it had straight blades for the sword though.

>>111966572
That's not Zi'Tah.

>>111966599
Nah, those weapons are still realistic. I wish all fantasy did their magical weapons like that instead of WoW neon colored glow lights.

>>111966572
less "falling asleep" and more "passing out from utter exhaustion while on a 34 hour rampage trying to finish CoP and blacking out while running into your mog house to switch to RDM while the party leaves the most vile hateful slander in your chat log"

I love it forever <3

>>111966706
>First time stepping into Zi'Tah
>oh my lawd

>>111966706
then your a gil farmer
and nobody likes gil farmers

>that feel when you join a JP group and they praise you for not being a complete baka gaijin because you know how to renkei

FFXI prior to the first level cap increase was perfect. Solo viability, but partying still superior. The only thing lacking was a second method of obtaining certain abjurations. I miss it, FFXI was the hallmark of my teenage years and it was only made better by all my RL bros playing it alongside me.

>mfw now that wow is awful and nobody i know plays ffxi anymore

there are no games to replace the feeling of community ffxi and wow had in their respective great days

i don't want to live anymore

i just want to sit in juno and look for a party....

>>111966827
whats renkei!?
no seriously
late night/early morning jp parties where they took you to their secret spots. Fucking fannntastic

>>111966820
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHGUmnrkYi8

Is this real life?

>>111966826
It's the most soothing song in the game, I would Teleport-Mea and choco to there at night just so I could go to sleep listening to the song.

In fact, time to youtube that shit, it's late anyway, I'm going to sleep well tonight.

>>111966932
>he doesn't know how to renkei

Confirmed for baka gaijin

>>111966932
>post ToAU newbie detected

>>111966889
my life feels so empty

>>111966413
Oh god manly tears. I miss my Taru BLM so much... No other MMO has ever felt like that one did.

;_;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARghlVjBab0

Info down memory lane:

A Dragoon's 2 hour ability used to be Summon Wyvern; instead of Spirit Surge.

Dark Knight has an A- in dark magic; the same skill level as a Black Mage.

Galka have the unique ability to eat raw meat; while Mithra have the unique ability to eat raw fish.

Some Galka consider names like Bright Moon and Shark Teeth offensive, because they are names Humes gave to them during their indentured servitude. Humes disliked pronouncing Galka ancestral names, so they renamed them individually, like slaves.

Al'Taieu, or Sea as most people call it, is believed to reside in another dimension.

Although Corsairs were considered masters of the Hexaguns that they carried, their skill with Marksmanship was actually only a B.

>>111966827
>that feel when you're a weeaboo faggot and don't use the translator and try to type kanji

>>111966932
skillchain

>>111966982
Totally misses the "no seriously"
nigger i know what it means

Nattack of Valefor here

I miss this game, but none of my old buddies are playing anymore.

Mithra > FXIV Catbitches

>>111967173
Oh god, I quit before any of that was changed. The dragoon 2 hour changed? Really?

>that feel when your favorite porn artist also does a FFXI comic with so much cheesecake it causes obesity

So who here likes Lvl UP!

http://lvlup.gd-tangent.com/View.aspx?Rec=321

Man, I had to check my own photobucket after this thread, goddamn trip down memory lane, we need to do this more often, /v/.

>>111967338
Fuck yes!

Hope some bros are gonna be on this private server after the shitfest of this 8 hour install of Playonline is taking me

>>111967360
Only when the kiddies are asleep.

>>111967395
>no matter how fast your internet it it will always take a full day to update FFXI

>>111967338
you LIKE fred perry?

well... i guess someone has to.

>>111967395
I want to play this shit, but i don't want to buy an account just to update. Do i have to?

>>111967479
He is a huge black animboo porn artist who draws women with so much DEM EVERYTHING that they look like they are constantly lined with pudding

What's not to like about him?

>you will never accidentally call for help on jailer of love again

>>111967547
Apparently not
http://darkstarproject.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?forum_uri=azure-sky-installing-ffxi&t=114&am
p;start=&sid=68f3c31ef3abd4463b3f2f157cda6a1c

>>111967579
OH SHIT NIGGER WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!

>>111967561
about fred in general or his work?

is this duck?

Somebody cuttin' onions in here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeeqDADjIsM

>>111967479
Mithra lolis are adorable.

I wonder if my character is still in that /v/ link shell.

>>111967607
Sweet!

Time to install POL all day long

For bros getting on the private server, don't install POL off your disks, get it from here
http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/download/media/vista01.html

>>111967579
please tell me there are videos of this happening

>>111967625
Well I know little about the man himself beyond what I just posted. I don't really care for Gold Digger. All I know is readying LVL UP every time it updated during my FFXI years was one of my most favorite times of the day.

>>111967699
no, i have a few screenshots but i wont post them here

>>111967626

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np4RN091TBo

>that feel when you know you can never go back.

WHAT are you motherfuckers doing!?

THIS is how you nostalgia! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVYhcXmXSB0&feature=related

Don't mind me, just keeping the required amount of mithra in the thread.

That feel when moat carpin'...

No other MMO rewarded my desire to fish at low levels...

>>111967607
>Dat feel when finding my ffxi box complete with manual that's nearly falling apart from reading it all the fucking time years ago.

So what do I do to get on that FFXI Private Server if I don't have any of the game discs anymore? Out of luck or what?

>>111967626
>not even manly tears
>just big bitch blubbery saltly weeping trails of completely sadness

WHY DID THE FANTASY END?!

>that feel when you go 1/1 on okotes
be jelly
0/40+ on fumas

You don't have nostalgia rights unless you played EQ or even earlier (ultima online, etc.)

EQ had a lot of flaws, but I do think they did an amazing job of worldbuilding and making it feel both exciting and very very dangerous. And the ga,e never just told you outright, it expected you to figure things like quests out largely on your own.

Fuck this, I'm reinstalling this shit.

Oh boy oh boy can't wait to log in and pl-

We'll never get those incredible adrenaline rushes of getting a claim on an NM, and then fighting for your life with your linkshell for 30 minutes against it, only to triumph and have that brief second or so of waiting to see what loot dropped in XIV because of the ridiculously fast NM repop times.

It takes all the fun out of it, when the damn thing respawns every 5-10 minutes.

I quit a few months ago. Is Guku still botted 24/7?

>>111967909
>8:32:21