Final Fantasy XI Ship Details [Oct 09, 2003, 09:52 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The Final Fantasy
XI Website (thanks Frans) provides pricing and shipping details for Final
Fantasy XI, the 11th installment in the never-quite final RPG series, saying:
"FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows, the first online title in the world-renowned
series, will begin shipping to North American retailers on October 28.
FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows will include the 'Rise of the Zilart' expansion
pack and other applications on five CD-ROM discs and carries a suggested retail
price of $49.99 (USD)." Here's more on the set-up, including the option of
creating an up to 15 character mule army:
FINAL FANTASY XI subscribers will receive their first 30 days of access without charge. Aside from Internet service provider access charges, the free trial period will begin on the date players create their first "Content ID" or character. Any additional "Content IDs" purchased are also available without charge until the end of the free trial period. After 30 days, players can continue to play FINAL FANTASY XI by paying a monthly fee of $12.95 (USD) for one FINAL FANTASY XI character, and can create up to 15 additional characters for an additional charge of $1.00 (USD) per character, per month. Tetra Master, the online version of the wildly popular and addictive mini-game from FINAL FANTASY IX, will also be included in the package and will be available for $1.00 (USD) per month. Payment for monthly access charges must be made by credit card only (restrictions apply).
Now that's some funny shit:
"The conquest system is central to the game, and players will want to participate in the conquest campaign, otherwise their character and nation will suffer. The conquest campaign is so influential that many people sought to sabotage it in the beta by starting new characters under a rival nation and simply dying over and over. This was easy to do in the beta, but the retail version of the game will require an additional charge for extra characters, hopefully reducing this sort of misanthropic behavior."
So I'm being told by Square that creating a character under a rival nation and dying repeatedly can ruin the central feature of the game and that a fucking dollar is going to be a barrier between good play and breaking the game? What a crackerjack group of asshats over there. For fucks sake if your going to lie to me do a decent job at it. They must think we're all stupid in the extreme. Of course, I think that about people in general so I guess this'll work out nicely then.
This comment was edited on Oct 9, 14:48.
"The conquest system is central to the game, and players will want to participate in the conquest campaign, otherwise their character and nation will suffer. The conquest campaign is so influential that many people sought to sabotage it in the beta by starting new characters under a rival nation and simply dying over and over. This was easy to do in the beta, but the retail version of the game will require an additional charge for extra characters, hopefully reducing this sort of misanthropic behavior."
So I'm being told by Square that creating a character under a rival nation and dying repeatedly can ruin the central feature of the game and that a fucking dollar is going to be a barrier between good play and breaking the game? What a crackerjack group of asshats over there. For fucks sake if your going to lie to me do a decent job at it. They must think we're all stupid in the extreme. Of course, I think that about people in general so I guess this'll work out nicely then.
This comment was edited on Oct 9, 14:48.
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