I've started playing Final Fantasy 11 again, played a bit with my friends and cuddle puss and I've realized just how player unfriendly Final Fantasy 11 is; you have to buy most of your maps, the game has an incredible amount of downtime, making money is hard as crap, and naturally benign monsters will constantly rape you in the hind parts.  I knew what was coming, don't get me wrong, I still think Final Fantasy 11 is one of the best mmorpgs out there, but when I first played it, this was my only mmo experience out there.  My special pumpkin lobster however, has had experience with other mmo's like Silkroad, Maple Story, and watching World of Warcraft.  What did she think?

Normally I would think that this style of play would be a turn off, the amount of time needed to play becomes increasingly rediculous as you attempt the story content of the game.  However, she has taken to it like a Fish would take to a tepid aquatic environment.  She hasn't outleveled me, because she has school and I'm on vacation, but I'm fascinated by how she's meeting the obstacles in the game.  The amount of time doesn't really stop her, she just does what she can, she's borrowed my old strat guide, and she's watching me play to understand how the order of operations are. 

I'm proud of her, because this game has a pretty substantial hazing period, punishing casual gamers with the fist of god striking them straight in their soft cheeto filled underbelly.  All my special carbonated orange slice did was step up the gain. 

As for myself, I'm still working on getting my sub job so I can level white mage (everybody wants a healer), but for the moment, I'm just so pleased as punch with the effort of my comfy pillow fluff that I can't wait to see how things go later on. 

If any of you play Final Fantasy or are looking to start, send me a pm; we're on the server Leviathin.