mischitary

Man none of that stuff sounds like my experience with the game at all back in like, what, 2003? Back then all I remember is sitting around in town for like 45 minutes asking people if they wanna group up and then going out and fighting random enemies for hours and hours. What quests there were, were few and far between.

The no. 1 best thing about FFXI that doesn't really exist in modern MMORPGs is the concept of a job that solely exists to buff the other party members. I don't know why more MMOs don't do this.

Limit Breaks are indeed very powerful, especially in FFVIII, because the way the operate makes it possible to be in everlasting "limit break mode" and just use the constantly. But trust me when I say that Junctioning is crucial and if you figure out how to do it right you can bend this game over your knee and break it in half. Also, play the card game because good cards give you good items. I dunno, you'll probably figure it out yourself.