# An Ode to Final Fantasy XI **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 3, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-final-fantasy-xi/505172 "2009-08-03T15:50:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-final-fantasy-xi/505172/1 "2009-08-03T15:50:35Z")
Final Fantasia I leap for joy Surrounded by Taru And eating Soy My Mithra does dance through the Windhurst realm One day I might own A cute mithril helm That day is far off For the cash is now farmed By desperate high-level players who threaten harm Still I enjoy the partying show we gather our players then the white mage says “No!” Lost and forsaken We kill a few mobs But our path is stymied For we lack the right jobs But soldier on We Windhurst-loving few endlessly adventuring But White Mage really blew Back at home In my free moogle home I dream of more travels Where e’er next I’ll roam _Sigh_ I always loved Final Fantasy XI, and I just got very n ostalgic for it. As an MMORPG, it was decidedly a very “mixed” creation. It had and still has so much going for it, but a number of issues just lease it kinda difficult to play. Making money is very important in the game, for example because unlike WoW you don’t get many good item drops and you may need multiple sets of gear. Thus, it had an early and somewhat ineffective implementation of an auction house. I remember finding and selling really good deals there at times, but that’s life. As a side issue, it has the same problems with inflation that so many MMORPG’s encounter. WoW, of course, purposely built in many huge money sinks to fix this. This was one fo the bigger problems I had - higher levels players levbelling their lower-level jobs and bidding up the good gear. It eventually got really hard to do damage because I couldn’t actually get a proper weapon. But despite this, and the fact that I couldn’t get anywhere 😃 , I ahve fond memories of playing. I really should have just played a Taru, but Mithra are so cute I wanted to see one running around the screen. I have a soft spot for catgirls. So, an Ode to FInal Fantasy XI: May it live long and prosper. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-final-fantasy-xi/505172/2 "2009-08-06T03:24:36Z")
Nostalgic? It just came out! Wait…5 or 6 years ago? I’m getting too old. I still wish XI was just called Final Fantasy Online and was pulled out of the numbered non-online games. Same with XIV, which will be another MMORPG. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-final-fantasy-xi/505172/3 "2009-08-06T03:28:38Z")
Amen. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-final-fantasy-xi/505172/4 "2009-08-06T04:23:46Z")
\ \ \ I enjoyed FFXI the brief time I played it, too. Travel was a huge pain in the ass, but I really enjoyed the aesthetics. Course, it helped that I started in Windhurst. Preeetty. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-final-fantasy-xi/505172/5 "2009-08-06T17:03:36Z")
Whoa, I thought nobody was going to repond! ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-final-fantasy-xi/505172/6 "2009-08-07T05:30:28Z")
Travel in Windurst is a pain in the ass. Their civic planning department should be taken out and shot. However, I seem to be a citizen there at the moment. Just as soon as I get my Master Caster’s bracelets, I am _so_ back to Basty! ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-final-fantasy-xi/505172/7 "2009-08-07T06:10:59Z")
Stupid game ate 2 years of my life up damn near. I played on the Quetzlcoatl server, had 75 dual axe warrior as my main. I quit not long after the Aht Urghan expansion came out. Travel times were a bitch, and I have no idea how much time I spent getting up to 102 cooking skill. The fishing was the biggest time sink ever invented in a video game. Good lord, it took like 1000 hours of fishing time to get mine up to like 30. I dislike the end game stuff, I actually enjoyed the lvl grinding most of the time. Playing the auction house like a stock market was a fun way to pass the time too, ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-final-fantasy-xi/505172/8 "2009-08-09T14:34:53Z")
Gaaaah I die sooo much leveling bst!!!