OK, apparently I posted this on the wrong forum, probably going straight to hell for that LOL

Hi all, Just got FF today, not sure if i'm in the right place ot not.

I hail from Ireland, have played alot of the FF single player console games, so I have an idea of the type of unverse, but thats about it.

I haven't researched the different classes yet, so I'm not too sure about where I'm headed, I like both melee and Mage, so not too fussy as long as I hit stuff really hard, i'm a happy camper

Any advice on career choice would be great, also server recommendations would go down really well, I play GMT, which has abot a 5 hour difference with EST. Usually I play from about 3pm EST for about 4+ hours per night.

Is there a PvP server? Not that i'm into PvP in a big way, but it can have it's moments if done correctly, I suppose i mean consentual PvP really. Is there PK or kill stealing, griefing in FF?

I'm a refugee of Lineage 2, Saga of Ryzom and a bit of AO with a dash of EvE

Is there an official forum (european preferably) with announcements, patch updates etc?

Whats the story with link shells, if i choose a shell and im not happy there (I assume shells are like servers), can i relocate my character, or do I have to start fresh? Are there clans/guilds? I'm very clan/guild oriented. I guess what I'm saying is, Is there a european server (well that is well populated at regular euro gaming times? Am I right in saying that you can have more than one character (but pay a bit extra for the other characters), How do you transfer stuff between them please?

Anyway, enough about me, lets talk about me

I'm from Ireland as i mentioned before, play guitar, like reading , cinema, videogames. favourite sport is rugby.

sooooo anyway, hiya

There's no real PvP in FFXI. There's ballista which is sort of a like a fun side event thing where players can join to do PvP as a contest. But no real PvP integrated in the daily adventures of FFXI.



Playonline.com is for all players across the countries, JP, NA, and Europe. All patches and announcements effect everyone.



There are no separate servers base on region and country. Everyone just get lump into random servers so you'll have JP players, NA players, and European players on whatever server you are on. If you don't like a linkshell you join then you can easily just throw it away and find another linkshell. Linkshells are technically clan/guild but it varies on what each linkshell does and how serious they are. Some linkshell are just social where people just talk to one another while some are more organize where they do events and help each other. Finding a good linkshell that you fit in is hard.
Linkshell are not like server because once you are on a server, you cannot move to another server.

OK, thank you for all of that

If I am assigned a server randomly, can i keep trying, until i get assigned Carbuncle as a random assign? Or do i hae to pay a fee for each attempt?

Sry if the questions seem silly, but as my mom used to say..."measure twice...and cut once"...

You can keep trying till you randomly get put in the Carbuncle server. However why not just use the world pass that is given in the World Pass topic and when you your character this way you get put in the Carbuncle server for sure.

If you wait till I can get to a computer with FFXI on I will give you a gold world pass which will give you presents etc for going onto Carbuncle only prob is my decent computer is being repaired at the moment so youll just have to wait

I got the impression from the manual, that you could get a pass, but it would expire after a certain amount of time. So if thats not the case, it would be great

Thanks Simon, good luck with your pc