Silly question.  You should be familiar with dense individuals like this
already from your time here.

Balthasar

Because if you didn't like to play games that you have to gain levels
in then you wouldn't sit in a game specific forum and bitch about one
game. There is "alt.games.rpg" forum that would be glad to listen to
you and defend RPG's/ or MMORPG's for that matter.

This group is not about what type of games you like. It is Final
Fantasy series. Saying that you dont like it because it is a MMORPG is
fine, but then nit picking about everything that makes it a MMORPG is
just pointless. Anyone that reads these threads trying to decide to
buy it or not isn't getting any useful information. IF someone is
thinking of trying it they obviously already got past the fact that
there is a fee to play, it may take a day to gain a level, and quests
are long, that is what makes it an MMORPG.

Now talking about world passes, job classes, magic, abilities,
summons, etc. compared to other FF games assuming of course you
actually played FFXI i would consider a valid argument . Of course
once again saying you dont like FFXI because it is MMORPG isn't an
invalid argument (i think even people who like FFXI thinks it should
have been called FFO). You have stated your point that you dont like
MMORPG's, so lets actually talk about something in the game. I dont
read this forum to hear you bitch about how much you dont like
MMORPG's.

Whether i liked FFXI or not i would still be telling you this same
thing.

OK, I haven't had time to read thru all the way yet, but so far, my first,
and easiest, impression is that the guy that wrote it is an idiot.  Half the
stuff he says can be directly contradicted by simply playing the game and
paying better attention.  At one point in page 2 he claims theres no map
function.  No, he's just too f.cking stupid to use it... it's there, and its
very useful.  Any competent 12 yr old can accomplish opening the map after 2
hours of play.  The list of incorrect babble even after the first page and
half the second is too lengthy for me to write all of, but to put it simply,
about half of what he says is wrong, and teh other other half he really
overestimates (except the lvling and hiking taking too long, but what do you
expect, its an MMORPG).

Coren

Well, now for reply 2 (I got kindof hasty in my first reply, and have since
read the entire article).  I'm now completely convinced this guy is a
complete dumbass.  In the first page he's claiming theres no map, then he
clearly says he used the map in page 3... make up your damn mind.  Anyway,
if somebody wants me to post a paragraph by paragraph argument to this guys
"review", I will.  But, from somebody thats already played FFXI way too long
for my own good, done 30-40 missions, etc etc, and gotten my main character
up to lvl 25 (max lvl is 70, so in the grand scheme of things, this isn't
too bad), the game is good, and the writer of that "review" really has no
f.cking idea what he's talking about basing an entire review on 5 hours of
playtime...

Really, I'll post an entire counter-review to explain everything he
complained about (if somebody thats considering playing the game asks,
anyway).  The ONLY 2 things he was right on was the lvling is slow, and the
hiking is slow... and even then he grossly over-exaggerates how bad it is...
that or he's even more incompetant than I thought and went the wrong way,
even though he clearly was using his map (by the 3rd page at least).

Coren