What made YOU start?Follow

My question is:
What made YOU want to join FFXI and what has given u the determination to go as far as you have gone in this game?

Well, my friend saw it on a shelf in Gamestop (P.C Verson) and then I was like "I dont have any money" So our other friend bought it, then We started from there, I slowly played, hardly taking interest until I saw Bastok. I was like, damn. Nice, then my friend started playing as WAR then i was like well, what else is in this game? Then i saw PLD and i was in AWE. I wanted it, I needed it.../drool then? I GOT it! So yeah, to answer the original question, my friends got me into it USING MY PC!! lmao

Heh, yeah, always an FF player. Though I woulda been waiting for the european release, but a friend was nice enough to send me a copy ^^

And incentive to keep going? I enjoy it, and I've made alot of friends. That's really why I play online games, to get to know people and have fun, not to become amazing and beat everything (Though thats always nice too XD)

Like Dexx, what made me start is my love of Final Fantasy and a means of escape. Not only that, but to meet new people (some very interesting people I might add) and to make friends.

I was actually very interested in FFXI since the beta, but soon found out it was only for NA. Later on when it was released, my bunch of online gaming friends decided to play it. At this point, I was kinda broke. ^^; I didn't join them, and had to go through months of feeling a bit left out as they all talked and discussed the game.

But as fate would have it, my brother's RL friend had also started playing FFXI from the beginning, and had convinced my brother to buy the game and join him. So, one day, my brother came home with a copy. He played for a day or two and kept telling me how awesome a game it was. So, with his nudging and some of my friends' encouragement, I decided to give it a go.

That was pretty much it, got hooked to the game as well. >.>a

As for what keeps me going... Well, as long as I have things to accomplish, and there's fun to be had - then I'm in. Recently managed to fulfil one of my long term goals, so that was cool. ^^ Also, playing with my LS members in a static PT is just so goddamn fun every time! Yay! *cheers*

Getting beat up for a mage looked fun.

I started playing video games for my 2 sons (to have something to talk about). I kind of went overboard and probably know more about alot of the games now than they do.

I preferred games like Diablo, Morrowind, Balders Gates etc. but my oldest son really wanted FFXI. He wanted to get the game so bad that he agreed to pay half of the game and half of the monthly fee. Vcool

Guess what, now we have separate issues on two computers and my wife plays as well. I wish SE would open up and allow 2 logins on the same account, I would buy a copy for our X-box so we could all play together. I refuse to pay for a third account.

Anyway, game freak dad here......

I've always liked FF games, and my friend plays it too, so that got me started. What gets me to continue playing are the people I meet on the game, and (even though the game is basically a bunch of numbers) the excitement of fighting with a party; you never know what your party's thinking of doing, and so when you have good communication, the party's pretty fun. The quests and missions give me something to look forward to, and with the ever changing world, it's hard to believe Vana'diel's virtual.

Well I guess my RL friends really got me into it. I've always liked FF, still have the original FF1 NES cartridge. I didn't play any of them from 7 through 10-2 at all until recently, since I didn't have a Playstation at time of release. I like the return to the original job classes though. The reason I keep going is because I'm addicted. I thought about quitting when I got really pissed off at the game but my cravings are too strong.