tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20397621.post7077584260614488736..comments2023-09-21T05:26:30.376-04:00Comments on Ziggyny's Game Emporium: Final Fantasy XI: Level SynchingZiggynyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07518980519046202646noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20397621.post-43631522377290359292011-04-13T14:00:45.317-04:002011-04-13T14:00:45.317-04:00I guess at that point I was probably 17, not 16. I...I guess at that point I was probably 17, not 16. I certainly ended the night at 18 though we had a couple deaths trying to get to the capital city.Ziggynyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07518980519046202646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20397621.post-43644294595463696902011-04-13T13:53:26.217-04:002011-04-13T13:53:26.217-04:00As an example of how nice it is, a couple days ago...As an example of how nice it is, a couple days ago Tom was level 26 Monk and level 12 Warrior. I was level 16 White Mage. Because your subjob level is capped at half your main job level Tom wanted to level his Warrior a bit and then his Monk. At current levels he couldn't party with me in any realistic way since having a White Mage 4 levels higher would just nerf his experience for no real benefit and he wanted to level WAR first. <br /><br />But with synching we were able to downlevel me to level 12 and play as WHM + WAR/MNK. Then after gaining a couple levels (and killing my rare spawn) we wanted to go do some missions and he switched to MNK/WAR. Now we level synched him down to me and were able to play together as level 16 MNK/WAR + WHM. And when we ran into tougher mobs he just switched back to level 26 MNK/WAR and I leeched off of him while providing healing.Ziggynyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07518980519046202646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20397621.post-90111824547310873192011-04-12T09:15:45.905-04:002011-04-12T09:15:45.905-04:00I actually think that FFXI characters seem to be w...I actually think that FFXI characters seem to be way more of a vehicle for roleplaying than WoW characters. That's because the game has a lot of meaningful things to do besides killing monsters. I haven't actually played that much but I spend as much of my time running around showing off a new hat design for a hat store owner as I did fighting things. I'm not saying I loved this game play, but it felt way more like I was a character in a virtual world. In fact, that's probably what I didn't like about it, I know I'm not nearly as interested in interacting with virtual worlds as I am with playing games.<br /><br />At any rate, this gives me an incentive to level up to level 10 so that we can make use of this system.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20397621.post-48767239998007524112011-04-11T19:03:17.833-04:002011-04-11T19:03:17.833-04:00I both like and dislike this feature. I like it f...I both like and dislike this feature. I like it from a "I just joined the game, why can't I play with my friends for the next 200 hours?" but the immersion does seem like it will take a hit. Maybe Square doesn't concern itself with immersion as much though. The fact that a character can be all jobs and do anything suggests that characters are less of a vehicle for roleplaying than WOW and more of just an avatar to play games. That side of it isn't really good or bad, just different.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.com