even more addictive than evercrack, also quite possibly the best MMORPG ever... made me go from going to sleep at 2am to going to sleep at 1pm... highly addictive stuff.....

Another extremely addictive online game just like Diablo II only this one even has a warning to it "Do not let this game interfere with your social life" but obviosly people seem to ignore it it takes up all of most peoples waking hours missing school and work just to play: also see Diablo II

Truly one of the best, most unique MMORPGs
ever. If somebody calls it overrated,
they are. The installing does take a very
long time, but it is so worth it.
Otherwise known as FFXI or FF11, it's the 11th Final Fantasy game, and the first online one.

Great game, probaly one of the most addicting MMORPGS

Now for something other than just classes. A look at the pros and cons of Final Fantasy XI.

Pros-
1)A very large, yet managable world. With very managable methods of transportation which include the Boat, the Air ship, The Chocobo, and of coarse on foot.
2)The replay value is great, no need to make a new character ever. With the built in change job function that Final Fantasy XI has incorperated. If you realised that you did not like the job you chose. You are able to switch your job to a new one. And if you think you liked your old one better, switch right back and keep going from where you left off.
3)Trading system, that is one of the best pros of Final Fantasy XI.... with the auction house, you can sell, or buy anything you want. With there being 5k+ characters per server, never worry about your items not selling or not finding the item you want. There will always be someone needing something you have. And you vise versa.
4)There are so many Weapons, armor, and such to pick from you will always find a way to be unique.
5)If your tired of fighting and doing the same thing over and over agian, try crafting out for a change. Make your own armors or weapons, even jewlery for + to you stats. It is a very profitable endevor if you ask me.

Cons-
1)The weather effects need some work, day and night are to obvious. Youll never see rain, and the water could use some work :/
2)I wish you could swim... it would help, you cant swim or jump.... you learn yo ...

I have advice for anyone who has ever, or may ever consider complaining about World of Warcraft for ANY reason: Play FFXI for a month. I guarantee, that by the time you've finished, being raped out of your time and dignity by this pathetic excuse for a game, you'll go back to WOW, with the constant assurance that, no matter how bad it gets, well at least it ain't FFXI! It's like leaving America and coming back with a renewed appreciation for what we have. At least the police here don't beat me for chewing gum!

This game is the ultimate example of the Asian roleplaying mentality: That, change is scary and actually presenting a game that simulates roleplaying is far less impressive, than watching the same asymmetrical outfit wearing clown in an anime movie, pockmarked with menu selections.
Beat the same stupid setup until time ends. Grind, grind and grind to fight a big monster every other month, so you can get gear to grind again for better gear, to grind for better gear, so you can grind for better gear to fight a big monster that takes 18+ hours to kill. Where'd the fucking "role playing" go?

The latest contradiction to the pre-game warning to not let FFXI interfere with your life, manifests at the apex of Sage Sundi and his team's remedial game design philosophy, in the form of Pandemonium Warden, a non-instanced boss that apparently is designed to take over 18 hours to kill.

These assholes have no business making mmo's. Their game appeals to people who want ...

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In all seriousness if you do play this game you better try to make some money out of it like the gil sellers do, otherwise don't bother playing this game. Its one big grind. For everything. ITs all a huge time sink. You can try to solo. Hell I did it with my Bard with no problems. But I used BRD/THF and people laughed. Thought it was funny. higher lvl brds were so elitist it was ridiculious. AfterI discovered that endgame sucked. I stopped playing. IT was exactly around the time I was a senior in highschool back in 2005. Point is. I started living in real life, and if this game taught me something is that real life is better than this game itself. As I've always left this game with a HUGE fucking headache.

Now I live in Japan and sinc eI moved here Japan reminds me of FFXI. Everything takes forever and you can't do things on your own. PRetty much SE made a stimulation of Japanese life to make sure we know, but instead we get to pay :D.
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Yeaaaaaaaaaa.

BTW shit is expensive in Japan just like FFXI.

Coincidence?