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FFXI Game Overview

Final Fantasy XI or FFXI is a MMO massively multiplayer online role playing game MMORPG.
The FFXI story is set in the fantasy world Vana'diel, where players perform tasks to improve powers and abilities or to complete quests. There are also 100's of quests which allow players to gain rewards, as well as a large number of player versus player PVP competitions.

Gameplay

Final Fantasy XI players are able to customize their characters in several ways including race, hair color, gender, body size, face, job, and allegiance. All battles are in real time.

There are 32 public servers available for play with 15,000 to 20,000 players on each server. Players have the ability to move between servers. Players of different languages play on the same servers and are able to interact through the games automatic language translation system.

Interface

Players can use any combination of a keyboard, mouse and game controller to play FFXI. The overhead display in FFXI has a log window, menus, and several game information elements. The log window displays system messages, battle messages and text input by other players and these messages may be filtered by the player. Menus allow players to access different commands and configuration options. The action command menu gives the player options to interact with the game world.

Basic gameplay

Final Fantasy XI game play consists of missions by which the storyline of the game is told, and quests. Undertaking missions will advance a characters rank and allows access new areas, gain new privileges and advance storylines. Undertaking quests offer various rewards and fame.

Job system and Character classes

FFXI's job system is mostly adapted from Final Fantasy III. Jobs have unique abilities which players must activate to gain its effects, they last a limited time and have a cooldown time before they can be used again. Traits are passive abilities which are always in effect and there is a special ability that performs some extraordinary function and has an extraordinary 2 hour cooldown period. Players may change their jobs any time and are also able to get a support job once they have achieved level 18 in order to learn additional skills and try different combinations. Players improve their job abilities by defeating monsters or completing quests. There are 20 different jobs to choose from which include Warrior, White Mage, Monk, Red Mage, Black Mage, Thief, Paladin, Dark Knight, Ranger, Beastmaster, Bard, Summoner, Ninja, Samurai, Dragoon, Blue Mage, Corsair, Dancer, Puppetmaster, and Scholar.

Game economy

Final Fantasy XI has a player-based economy and relies heavily on its Auction Houses which are located in each of the major cities of Vana'diel. There are currency sinks in FFXI to control inflation in the form of fees and taxes, including percentage tax on items purchased, a fee for putting items up for auction, Transportation fees and an item storage fee.

Setting

The main world of FFXI is Vana'diel and consists of two main landmasses with two smaller islands flanking them and features diverse climates, ranging from the northern glaciers to the southern deserts. There are four main cities in Vana'diel, Bastok, San d'Oria, Jeuno and Windurst. The parts of the game world is made up of a number of outdoor, dungeon, and minor town areas split into regions. Most areas are accessible by walking however there are various modes of transportation which include the Chocobo, airships and special spells.

The game is set 20 years after the Crystal War when the nations of Bastok, San d'Oria and Windurst on the main continent fought and defeated the Shadow Lord and his army of beastmen. A parallel world named Dynamis can also be explored. It is a dream world created by the god Diabolos.

Characters

There are five playable races in FFXI

• Elvaan which are strong melee fighters and reasonable healers but weak in black magic
• Hume is a race which resembles humans with no notable strengths or weaknesses
• Galka which is an all male race. They are strong and tough but weak in magic
• Mithra is a very agile and dexterous race but lack charisma. They are catlike humanoids and only the females are playable characters
• Tarutaru are tiny humanoids with incredible power over black magic but are physically weak

There are also two primary non playable races known as the Zilart which is an ancient race, and the Kuluu similar to the Zilart and thought to be inferior to it.
FFXI also features several typical Final Fantasy monsters and races such as the Goblin, Orc, Yagudo, and Quadav.