Hurray! Now everyone can join in on the fun! The Final Fantasy XI Character Profile plugin has been released. You can check it out here. Leave comments on the project page. Enjoy!
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Feb 162010
Well, I’ve done it now. I bought FFXI, so I’ll be heading back to Selbina soon.
I’ll try and get the character widget plugin for WordPress published soon. I’m pretty happy with it!
If you’re on Phoenix, keep an eye out for Nuraiel!
The Star Trek Online beta has left me grossly underwhelmed. The game is far from ready, the amount of issues and lack of interesting things to do just don’t justify a purchase. It looks nice for the most part, but character animations look very clumsy and lifeless, every location is instanced (even social locations like the spacedock outside Earth), it just doesn’t feel cohesive at all.
I’ve been contemplating returning to FFXI, but that said I do have a fair amount of other games to get through. I think I’ll leave MMOs in the meantime. Final Fantasy XIV will be out soon anyway!
Jan 122010
I recently found out that the release of Star Trek Online, the Star Trek MMO, is right around the corner. After a brief bit of reading up about it, I decided to cancel the order for FFXI (it was taking too long anyway), and pre-ordered STO through Amazon. Preordering with Amazon gives the player a ‘liberated borg’ crew member. How could I not preorder that?
It’s a wee while to go before the full game kicks off, but I got a key for the open beta from Ten Ton Hammer (free signup required). [No more keys! Oh noes!]
I must admit, I’m reet excited about giving it a blast! Engage.
Dec 182009
Several years ago, I played Final Fantasy XI. I stopped playing because I didn’t really have the time for it. Well when I found out there was a 2-week free trial, I thought “what the hey, I’ll give it a go”.
The mithra Nuraiel
There have been a lot of improvements since I last played, including some good quests to get beginners learning quicker and more effectively, while boosting experience gained. Field manuals (floating books) outside of cities also offer mini-quests in the form of “kill X amount of Y”, with the rewards being a large chunk of experience. Experience from enemies is also higher than it used to be, and one of the first items you can obtain is a ring that boosts experience by 75% (although it does have very limited usage).
I’m just about to hit sunny Valkurm Dunes to level up with people I don’t know. So far I’ve been soloing, and it’s been good, but an MMORPG is really all about playing with or against other people. Now that I’ve got my Thief and Warrior (for subbing) at level 13, I’ll be making the treacherous trek over to Mhaura soon, and then get the boat to Valkurm from there. Good times.
When my trial ended, I was pretty disgruntled to find that to continue playing, I’d have to purchase the game again. Now, I could just reactivate my old account, but I’m quite enjoying the fresh start. In the end, I decided to purchase the game again – it was a tenner on Play. It includes 30 days game time, and I get two new expansions to go with it.
Returning to the game inspired me to make a plugin for WordPress. You’ll see it on the left, there. The plugin page is here, and should be released soon. It’s a widget that shows your character’s information. Unfortunately, all the information has to be edited manually, but an options page is provided in the administration section that makes it very straight-forward to update. I may add features to this over time, depending on feedback and what improvements I think it could do with.
Now I just need the box to arrive so I can start playing again!
