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RETURN TO FFXI!! Roll Anew or Continue Onwards!?Follow

#1 Jun 26 2014 at 1:47 AM Rating: Good
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Hey Everyone!
This seems to be the going theme lately so I apologize for the repitition.

I am returning to FFXI from a several year break. I have a Hume Male on Slyph Server, 86 DRK is my highest, 3-4 jobs 70-80, 4-5 jobs are 50-70 and majority of the rest are 30s with a couple 10s.

I just purchased the new Ultimate Collection so I have all expansions. I wanted to start a new character for a few reasons.
1. Not a fan of my Hume Male visual features
2. I wanted to make a Mithra for the stats as I like the agile classes
3. Not a fan of my Humes name

I have the promocode for the Beret and Chocobo shirt and haven't used them yet, with the perks those 2 items have alone kind of made me want to start new, but I wanted to get a few second opinions before I go through all of it again.

All of friends i used to play with no longer play, I haven't played in years but from reading it sounds like its mainly higher level and endgame players on anymore. I enjoy the social aspect of MMOs, make friends and hang out while playing a great game, but if I would be soloing mainly and not having a Linkshell and/or friends game partners, would a new character be enjoyable?

Kind of random assortment of questions, but any insight or comments anyone has would be greatly appriciated!
#2 Jun 26 2014 at 3:19 AM Rating: Excellent
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HyphyJuice wrote:
1. Not a fan of my Hume Male visual features
2. I wanted to make a Mithra for the stats as I like the agile classes
3. Not a fan of my Humes name

1. Everyone looks the same anyway. If it bothers you that much, wear a hat. If it still bothers you, you ought to make another character.

2. Not really relevant any more. They brought the different races closer together in stats. I'm not sure if it was just in hp/mp, or all attributes, though. Even then, the attributes you get from your race aren't going to show up in endgame. 4 AGI will be hard to see amongst 200+. I wouldn't choose Mithra for AGI any more. Choose it if you like cat women.

3. If you don't like your name, you'll get sick of the game fairly quickly. You're forced to stare at it everywhere, and if it bugs you, it'll be torture.

If you're bothered by how your character looks, and your character's name, you should probably go ahead and make another character. Levelling's much quicker now, what with the addition of trust npcs and exp rings every few weeks.

Edited, Jun 26th 2014 5:21am by Demoncard
#3 Jun 26 2014 at 1:02 PM Rating: Good
start a new and join a little group were starting up. hopefully have a group of people that can play together and start from scratch like he good ol days
#4 Jun 26 2014 at 1:51 PM Rating: Excellent
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There is another decision to weigh, whether to make a new account or a new character on your old account. Is the choco beret and tunic worth more to you than stuff on your old character? A lot of old ra/ex gear can be sent via delivery box to characters on the same account. Of course, that also depends on how you plan to level. Take it slow or rush to cap?

I've recently started leveling a mule and it has been fun. Used my main sparingly to help her out (like 10k gil to buy mog sack, some ra/ex armor and weapons I never really got to use, farmed some items and scrolls). Overall, it has been rather enjoyable and its amazing what I can accomplish with the help of trusts. Rank 5, highest level is currently 68 (with 90% of blu spells learned), all staging points accessed, and gotten up to everybodys favorite part of CoP "Road Forks". Except for having a friend open the 3-mage gate, everything else has been just me.
#5 Jun 26 2014 at 6:52 PM Rating: Decent
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It would be the same account, because It has all the expansions already. Planned on doing a little mix playing. Somewhat rush to certain caps to get a certain job, but enjoy the jobs I really like playing. Like Samurai and Ranger, etc.
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