FFXI impressions

Vampyr · 04-04-2004, 11:49 AM

Murphy's Law: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong."

Ok, let me describe my day yesterday. I went to the nearest university to my house yesterday and took the ACT. (Yesterday was a national test date). I had to get up at 5:45 PM to go take the test. After taking it, I went to wal-mart to seek the game. I bought it for the PS2, along with a network adapter. Then I needed a keyboard. I couldnt find a USB keyboard ANYWHERE. I ended up finding one in this little computer store for $25.

I come home, and run a phone line to my room and install my new 40gig harddrive and my network adapter. I plug everything up, then begin to install PlayOnline. It works perfectly (even though it took like 3 hours.) Then I click the "install" button in the POL navigator, and install the other DVD it came with...the FFXI one.

Then I go to "game", and click "FFXI". I purchase a content ID. Then I click "play". It tells me I need to download updates. So I start to download them. When it is "preparing system to update", it completes, but IMMEDIATLY after it completes this, a window pops up and says "error (insert number here)". It tells me that the network is busy, or that I have communication problems, or my settings arent correct. I know that my hardware is working, because I can connect to the internet and everything on my PS2. I think my settings are right...I dont know what I could do to change it.

So right now I am reinstalling the FFXI disc. If this doesnt work, I guess I'll have to use 3 more hours to install Play Online.

And I have a few questions:
1. How do I create two handles on one member ID on playonline?

2. World Pass? anyone? lol

Jonbo298 · 04-04-2004, 12:17 PM

ominub can provide a world pass. He has enough money to do it

And you should be able to create 2 profiles in FFXI. Just I think its $1 more a month for each other character you make.

Vampyr · 04-04-2004, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

ominub can provide a world pass. He has enough money to do it

And you should be able to create 2 profiles in FFXI. Just I think its $1 more a month for each other character you make.

Heh...I just didnt want to ask ominub because I got one off of him a while back for a friend of mine.

And I know how to create more FFXI accounts, I want to me able to create more PlayOnline accounts, with the same ID.

Oh, and I reinstalled the FFXI disc. It still doesnt work.

grrrrrr. I dunno what to do.

Jonbo298 · 04-04-2004, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

Heh...I just didnt want to ask ominub because I got one off of him a while back for a friend of mine.

And I know how to create more FFXI accounts, I want to me able to create more PlayOnline accounts, with the same ID.

Oh, and I reinstalled the FFXI disc. It still doesnt work.

grrrrrr. I dunno what to do.

I doubt ominub not give you one. He's played so much he should have the money to give ya, heh. Just ask...he'll reply eventually

But ummm...im not sure on creating more Playonline accts unfortunately

Crono · 04-04-2004, 06:12 PM

Vampyr, Ill get you your world pass, Im so glad you got the game.

Vampyr · 04-05-2004, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Crono

Vampyr, Ill get you your world pass, Im so glad you got the game.

I'm really glad too.

But I cant get it to work. I think my connection is too slow to get the updates.

I'm calling tech support tonight, and if that doesnt work, A friend offered to let me come over to her house to let me use her slightly faster connection. *sigh*. I'll see what I can do.

Crono · 04-05-2004, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

I'm really glad too.

But I cant get it to work. I think my connection is too slow to get the updates.

I'm calling tech support tonight, and if that doesnt work, A friend offered to let me come over to her house to let me use her slightly faster connection. *sigh*. I'll see what I can do.

Okay, tell me when you're ready. A World Pass lasts 5 days so I'll buy it tonight, after I talk to you on AIM.

Jonbo298 · 04-05-2004, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

I'm really glad too.

But I cant get it to work. I think my connection is too slow to get the updates.

I'm calling tech support tonight, and if that doesnt work, A friend offered to let me come over to her house to let me use her slightly faster connection. *sigh*. I'll see what I can do.

Take the offer. Don't piss ass around getting the updates on dialup. At it, go steal her connection and run the cable to your house

Ginkasa · 04-04-2004, 12:27 PM

I asked my dad if he'll buy FFXI for me... He said to wait until (last) Thursday for him to decide. I call him and he says that he needs to gets some checks or something or other before he decides and he doesn't know when that'll be -_-

I hate it when parents (or anyone else) do that...

*shrugs and walks away*

Hero2 · 04-04-2004, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

Murphy's Law: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong."

And I have a few questions:
1. How do I create two handles on one member ID on playonline?

2. World Pass? anyone? lol

1. If you create a new charactor it will ask if you want to link it to a new handle.

2. When do you need it. If ominub doesnt, Ill get one for you I just have to walk back to bastok

*Edit* Oh yea almost forgot Just post in the FFXI usergroup will help you out with any question.