Final Fantasy XI: Difference between revisions

The eleventh entry in the [[Running Gag|pinky-pullingly]] popular ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, '''''Final Fantasy XI''''' is the first [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] created by [[Square Enix]], and the first MMO in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' franchise, released in Japan in May 2002, with a North American release in October 2003, followed by a European release in September 2004. It is also the first MMORPG to be released both for home consoles (Playstation 2 and Xbox 360) and the PC. The game even mixes all these players together, as no world is region or console specific.

There is also a sometimes distressing issue of Player versus Player options. At this time, there are only 4 modes of [[Player Versus Player|PvP]]: Ballista, Brenner, Chocobo Racing, and Pankration (or you can try and get charmed by the Lamia during Besieged so they'll make you attack other players). Brenner and Chocobo Racing are rarely used at all, and Pankration has recently gotten some interest again (thanks to new [[Bonus Boss|NMs]] that can be spawned only though selling photos, when you can only buy photo equipment with Pankration jettons), while the amount of players involved in Ballista is based on the world. It also possesses a definite amount of [[Level Grinding]], like most [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]]s. Add in a necessity to party for a majority of the game's content, difficult [[Bonus Boss]]es (two formerly [[Nigh Invulnerable]]; now one is beatable and the other is [[Marathon Boss|basically impossible to kill before]] [[Rage Quit|the media-backlash-induced]] [[Time Limit Boss|arbitrary time limit]]), and all sorts of other stuff [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|designed to challenge you]], and you've got an [[MMORPG|MMO]] that's [[Nintendo Hard]] ([[Kingdom of Loathing|It's ridiculous. It's not even funny.]]). And then there's the fact that most things in the game require a time investment of 2 hours or more, so casual players may be a bit put off. The difficulty has been eased through updates, but many people still avoid the game and tend to jump to [[World of Warcraft|casual-friendly]] [[Guild Wars|MMOs.]]