FINAL FANTASY XI REVIEW PC
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Frustration can also stem from partying with incompetent gamers or not being able to find a party. Certain roles must be filled, as unbalanced parties will have trouble leveling in a safe manner. This begins a journey of frustration for some, as they are forced to form balanced parties. Upon reaching the mid to upper teen levels, characters can progress much faster and safer in parties of up to six. For only the first few levels are characters able to progress alone. The battle system of Final Fantasy XI is rather diverse due to the fact that the majority of combat takes place through interaction with other people. Moving past character creation is the heart of the game: combat.

With six races, each with their own strengths, eighteen jobs with unique functions, and the ability to equip support jobs, the level of character customization is almost limitless. The latest expansion, FFXI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan, added three new advanced jobs: Puppet Master, Blue Mage, and Corsair. These jobs include Paladin, Dark Knight, Ranger, Beastmaster, Bard, Dragoon, Ninja, Samurai, and Summoner. Upon reaching level thirty, gamers will gain access to advanced job quests. This adds a massive variety of character customization options, though some are more useful than others. For example, if a characterвЂ™s Warrior job is level twenty and their Monk job is level fifteen, that character can equip the Monk job as a support at level ten, half of the main jobвЂ™s level. The support job ability can boost a characterвЂ™s stats and give job abilities to a maximum of half of the main job level. Upon reaching level 18 in any of the starting jobs, players can undertake a quest to obtain the ability to equip a support job. This decision is not a permanent one, as gamers can change jobs at specified areas as they wish later on. Player can choose from Warrior, Monk, Thief, Red Mage, White Mage, and Black Mage. The second step in the character creation process is job selection. Finally, Humes are well balanced in all areas. Mithra are quick and agile, fair with magic but not physically powerful. Elvaan are very strong, fair with magic but slower and slightly less accurate than other races. Tarutaru are physically weak but very powerful with magic. Galka are strong with high HP but have low magical ability. Each race has their own strengths and weaknesses. Gamers begin with a character creation process, picking a race from Hume, Elvaan, Galka, Mithra, and Tarutaru.

FINAL FANTASY XI REVIEW SERIES

Regardless, Final Fantasy XI tests the waters by taking the series in a completely new direction. Having to pay a monthly fee in order to play is also a new and unwelcome change from other games in the series, but is an almost unavoidable problem of taking the RPG genre online. For some, this comes as a welcome distraction, but for others, it is less than appealing. As a role-playing game built completely around interacting with other players in a virtual world, FFXI takes the series and turns it on its head. Within the world of Final Fantasy, there is nothing else like this. Taking the series in a controversial direction was a risky venture for Square Enix, but it paid off as people from all over the world travel throughout VanaвЂ™diel destroying great beasts, hunting for treasure, and becoming heroes. This title features a persistent, online world called VanaвЂ™diel in which RPGamers from the US to Japan and beyond would interact through adventuring and creating an online world economy.

FINAL FANTASY XI REVIEW PC

Launching for the PC in the fall of 2003, Final Fantasy XI quickly brought Final Fantasy fans into the world of online role playing.

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