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Mishaela said:
Not to mention that playing on the PS2 is much easier than playing on PC, especially when it comes to tabbing through characters (because for some reason you can't even go through targets counter-clockwise on PC...)
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shift+tab?
 
Well, at least the Quest can't be called Making the Grade...

Honestly I'd be surprised if they weren't hiding a third job from us. SE seems to like adding jobs in three's.


Dammit, ANOTHER sub to level.... curse you SE.
 
Bajaratt said:
The graphics, the look is fine. I'd love more variety in the armors/characters, but that's mostly solved through .dat mods. The problem is the massive limitations on the graphics imposed by the ps2; the low frame rate, the low amount of characters on the screen, the almost complete ignoring of the power of your graphics card. They're wasting 75% of your computer's power just to keep it on the same level as a PS2. People just want their $2000 rigs to actually mean something.
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Changing to DirectX9 should (...should...) mean the game utilizes the video card more and CPU less. Either way, with a "$2000 rig" it doesn't matter, so long as your four-core CPU is fine at dealing with very high resolution registry-edited rendering. I'd really like to keep the framerate pegged at 29.95 in Besieged and draw all characters and monsters on screen, though, I agree there.

So we know about shift+tab, is there a keyboard way to cycle through alliance members?

P.S. Scholar Hat > all.
 
o.o I thought this game had pretty much the widest variety of armor out of any mmorpg i've played :O Stuff like Guildwars have like 5 sets of armor and then a crapload of color dye, which is a cop out.
 
Oh joy... People are spouting the same tired senile old bullshit about ps2 holding em back. Holding you back from what exactly? Do ya seriously think SE cares to spend as much money as it takes to develop a new game on upgrading an old one that will have the same number of subscribers the following day?
I think it's time for me to go find my original version of pokemon and bitch to nintendo about the my gray GameBoy not having color, wifi, shoulder buttons , and requiring me to actualy use batteries.
 
DirectX 6(or was it 5?) held EverQuest back, but then they jumped to 8.

Same idea here. You design for newer hardware, you get new features. You keep yourself teathered by old hardware, theres only so much you can do. This is especially so in the case of MMOs, where things are very memory intensive. Sure, it sucks having to upgrade, but theres no where in your contract stating you can expect them to keep the game limited by awful hardware. Those that don't want to can quit. Those that want to play will just have to bite the bullet. But honestly, building a computer that far exceeds the Playstation 2 is incredibly cheap these days. And theres always the option to bump yourself up to a 360 or a PS3.
 
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Are you even listening to yourself?
" You can go buy a $500+ machine instead for the sake of one game."
Not only that but you actually think that square enix, a company trying to earn money will cutoff a nice big chunk of thier customer base and money for the sake of whiny bitches that are still going to pay the same per month when even at it's low point the graphics are better than the "competition"?
 
Khajit said:
Are you even listening to yourself?
" You can go buy a $500+ machine instead for the sake of one game."
Not only that but you actually think that square enix, a company trying to earn money will cutoff a nice big chunk of thier customer base and money for the sake of whiny bitches that are still going to pay the same per month when even at it's low point the graphics are better than the "competition"?
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It's not like a new computer or a 360/PS3 can only play FFXI. The majority of players would likely play games in addition to FFXI on those systems.

Think of it as investing in the future.

If you really plan on playing only FFXI for the rest of your life, the PS2 may be sufficient. Back here in Reality World, we know that FFXI has a limited lifespan, just like every other game.
 
Technically speaking, nothing prevents SE from simply leaving the PS2 the way it is, graphics-wise, and simply updating the graphics of the more advanced machines. Hell, it might even be easier for them that way, in a lot of respects.
 
Nyosan~ said:
It's not like a new computer or a 360/PS3 can only play FFXI. The majority of players would likely play games in addition to FFXI on those systems.

Think of it as investing in the future.

If you really plan on playing only FFXI for the rest of your life, the PS2 may be sufficient. Back here in Reality World, we know that FFXI has a limited lifespan, just like every other game.
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Yes and here's my reason to not buy either of those systems.
360 sucks breaks every other minute. I also live in bermuda so getting a refund involves buying a plane ticket and bitching at microsoft who wont support you since you arent technically in the usa or go try for a refund at the store that wont take the refund when they realize the 360 is broken. There are also very few games i'm even interested in on 360 and the ones i might care about i can just play at a freind's house until we grow bored of it after a week.

Ps3: what games? I dont see any games on it. Do you see any games? I dont see any games.( future ones dont count since they dont exist yet and can still suck) The only logical reason for me to even buy a pS3 atm is for soul calibur 4 which doesnt even exist yet.
 
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Khajit said:
Yes and here's my reason to not buy either of those systems.
360 sucks breaks every other minute. I also live in bermuda so getting a refund involves buying a plane ticket and bitching at microsoft who wont support you since you arent technically in the usa or go try for a refund at the store that wont take the refund when they realize the 360 is broken. There are also very few games i'm even interested in on 360 and the ones i might care about i can just play at a freind's house until we grow bored of it after a week.

Ps3: what games? I dont see any games on it. Do you see any games? I dont see any games.( future ones dont count since they dont exist yet and can still suck) The only logical reason for me to even buy a pS3 atm is for soul calibur 4 which doesnt even exist yet.
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To be honest, my 360 has never broke yet, its 2 years old and I got it one month after the originals came out, no Red ring, no problems, no nothing. Reason: I've placed my 360 by an open air vent where cool breezes can flow through and not kill the motherboard (The only good use for British weather).

PS3... true it hasn't got many good games at the moment... save one which will be out this month, Assassin's Creed.

Anyways, the PS2 is limiting what FFXI could potentially do, so the PC and 360 users have to suffer because of it. I play on PC btw as FFXI never came out in the UK on PS2... thank god. PS2's online services suck ass anyway whereas 360, PC and... maybe... PS3 users have a better online service. All those consoles (And PCs) were designed specifically for online, however, PS2's online service was just a inferior copy of the original Xbox's LIVE service, which the original Xbox was designed for.

The Original Xbox had Ethernet port and a hard drive inside the console when it came out. 360 was practically the same save for instead of paying with credit cards you can now top up LIVE instead and came with a month free LIVE in the premium packages. PS3 came out with the Ethernet ports, free online service and a hard drive. PS2 needed 2 attachments, a modem which you needed to buy and a 40gb hard drive which came with FFXI.

Which reminds me... Hard Drive space. The 360 came out with the 20gb detachable Hard Drive attached with the Premium consoles (Kinda rip off but at least there was a months gold live service with it) and has now got a 120gb Hard Drive with the release of the 360 Elite. PS3 came out with 2 models to compete with the 360, a 20gb model and a 60gb model. Now they've stopped 20gb and 60gb and attached 20 more gb to each, so PS3 users can now chose the 40gb and 80gb models. Both consoles have More than enough space for several FFXI expansions, including updates and all that. PCs however can have a lot of hard drive space, I've even heard of some Hard Drives going up to 1 terrabyte now! (O_O) Also PCs can be upgraded a lot as its life goes on.

I can go on like this for ages saying why PS2 sucks for online and so on.

So basically, its just like what Nyosan~ said. Its investing in the future. Its the next generation.
 
So if you don't want a 360 or PS3, you can still get a $500 computer which will easily outdo a PS2, play a gazillion other games, *and* have non-gaming usefulness (shock, horror) on top of all that. And unless your income to expense ratio has you only just barely living paycheck to paycheck (in which case I might suggest dropping the video games and their monthly fees and time investments, and getting a better job, second job, or the education needed for the above), it's really not that hard for an adult to save up $500.
 
That would be nice if anything on that island cost $500. if you can get a computer for 1k on that island, you've found a bargain.

I don't think it's entirely an issue of the PS2 being limited, but also that the only PS2 I've found that can play this game is the bulky old version...
 
Well it'll be more than $500 if you don't build it yourself of course. And if you do build it yourself, then just order parts online and the only price difference (depending on where you live) is in shipping charges (which shouldn't add up to another $500).
 
Vilurum said:
I'm digging the mortarboard.

As for the Odin hint, it struck me as more just a hint that if you're resting (which is also a kneeling pose) then the Zantetsuken will just whoosh right over you.
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The penitent man will pass.

Spoiler:
The penitent man kneels before God Dr. Jones!
 
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Macro Palette increased to 4000 entries. I’ve been hearing that each job will get their own set of macros to use <-------- This is awesome!!
Personal inventory increased to 70
 
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