I am a former Final Fantasy 11 player as well as a World of Warcraft player, but im trying to decide if RF Online is a good enough game to go to, switch??
It depends what you want in a game. FFIX and WoW are both primarily PvE games. This game has a PvP focus. The PvE is a simple skill developement chore (grind)
If you go in thinking you are going to be entertained like in WoW, you will probably not like it.
If you are looking for something a bit different, its not bad. Do your homework on the offical site or some fansites first though, this site useless for the info you really need to know. All that you can get here is peoples love/hate opinions.
This game is much more PvP oriented than FFXI or WoW. After level 20 your chance for a PvP encounter is going to be high. The guides Torak listed were very good posts in the community. Also you can get alot of info from this site:
The first one is the Philippines site and it is entirely in English. They have had alot more time to play the game than we have and thus there is alot of good information and how to articles on that site. There is even a simple benchmark script. The second site is a site that has been keeping track of the MMO and has alot of good information as well.
True Neutral Half-Elf Ranger Mage Follower Of Silvanus
This game is only good for people who don't mind a long grind and who's main concern is with "pwn"ing people in PvP. If you're looking for a game with any PvE content or roleplay you're going to be sorely disappointed. The screenshots may look nice, but you certainly can't judge a game by that. If you like WoW or even FFXI you'll probably be disappointed by RFO.
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It depends what you want in a game. FFIX and WoW are both primarily PvE games. This game has a PvP focus. The PvE is a simple skill developement chore (grind)
If you go in thinking you are going to be entertained like in WoW, you will probably not like it.
If you are looking for something a bit different, its not bad. Do your homework on the offical site or some fansites first though, this site useless for the info you really need to know. All that you can get here is peoples love/hate opinions.
http://www.codemasters.com/rfonline/news.php
A good intro - http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61851
PT Guide - http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64896
Class Guide - http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64376
This game is much more PvP oriented than FFXI or WoW. After level 20 your chance for a PvP encounter is going to be high. The guides Torak listed were very good posts in the community. Also you can get alot of info from this site:
http://www.risingforce.ph/home.php
and this one
http://rf.mmosite.com/
The first one is the Philippines site and it is entirely in English. They have had alot more time to play the game than we have and thus there is alot of good information and how to articles on that site. There is even a simple benchmark script. The second site is a site that has been keeping track of the MMO and has alot of good information as well.
True Neutral Half-Elf Ranger Mage
Follower Of Silvanus
Kings of Chaos! Free to play! Great PvP!
IMHO this game is not for the casual gamer.
If you are willing to invest lots (and I mean lots!) of time grinding and you love PvP then you might enjoy this game.
If you like RP and a expect a nice and friendly community then this game is not for you.
-Chegg
Gamespot just reviewed this game pretty fairly:
(6.4/10)
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/rfonline/review.html?sid=6146036
-Chegg