[octoberasian]

Final Fantasy XI Guide Compilation

Updated Nov. 10, 2009

• Final Fantasy XI FAQ (located below)
• FFXI Japanese-English Guide by Kristy
  
• FFXI New Player Guide
• FFXI Customer Support Line (US)
  

Final Fantasy XI FAQ


General

Q: When was Final Fantasy XI released? And, what platforms was it released on?

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Playstation 2

• Japan - May 16, 2002
• North America - March 23, 2004
  

PC

• Japan - November 7, 2002
• North America - October 28, 2003
• Europe - September 17, 2004

XBox 360

• North America - April 18, 2006
• Japan & Europe - April 20, 2006

Linux and Mac versions are not supported unless using specialized virtualization or command interpreter programs.

FFXI can be played on Linux through WINE: http://appdb.winehq....ersion&iId=2739

On Mac OSX, it can be played through either VMWare Fusion, Parallels, or WINE (but needs to be specially compiled for it). If you have OSX, you can use also BootCamp to install a separate installation of Windows to install FFXI into.

Q: What company developed Final Fantasy XI?

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First release in Japan for the Playstation 2 and PC were developed and published under Square.

After the merger of Square and Enix to become Square-Enix, ports to the PC, PS2, and later the 360 in North America and Europe were under Square-Enix.

It is currently produced by Hiromichi Tanaka.

Q: Is Final Fantasy XI free-to-play (F2P) or pay-to-play (P2P)? And, how much if it's P2P?

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Final Fantasy XI is a pay-to-play (P2P) MMORPG (massively-multiplayer role playing game).

It costs $12.95 USD per month per account. Each additional character up to 16 total per account is another $1 USD each character.

Tetra Master is optional and is an additional $1 USD a month.

Server transfers are $25 per character.

The Security Token is $9.99 per account.

Q: Hmm, how about for XBox 360? Will I have to pay extra for XBox Live?

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No.

You will only need a XBox Live Silver account, which is free to use. You won't have the extras provided by a paid XBox Live Gold account, obviously.

Q: What forms of payments are accepted?

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Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards are accepted.

Q: When am I billed?

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You are billed the first of every month.

Unpaid fees are carried over on each month after the first unpaid months. For example, if you didn't pay for Month 2 and 3, those unpaid fees are carried over to Month 4. You will then pay 3 times the amount for that month.

Reactivating a PlayOnline ID, purchasing an expansion, transferring a character or characters, or buying a security token and so on during the middle or end of the month, you will be billed on the following month on the first. There are no such thing as late fees or even partial monthly payments; you are still billed for one entire month.

Q: If I don't pay my account, how long is my account and character held?

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Your account is active for three months before it's disabled. Your character is auto-deleted afterwards.

But, technically, it's not deleted per se but held for a certain amount of time if you decide to reactivate or use Return to Vana'diel. Your character will be disabled after an unknown period of time.

(More clarification here is needed.)

Q: What are the registration codes?

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You can think of the registration codes as serial codes or product IDs.

Final Fantasy XI and its expansion packs each have a unique registration code. These codes must be registered in PlayOnline Viewer before you are allowed to play the game, and in the case of the expansion packs, be allowed to access other areas of the game.

Registration codes are unique to each account and cannot be transferred or changed.

Registration codes from the PS2, 360 or PC version of FFXI are interchangeable.

Q: I've lost my registration codes, is there a possibility to get new ones?

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Instructions are provided here.

They were first posted by someone on the Playstation.com forums, which no longer exists.

Registration code sales are also found here with instructions.

Q: I have the game up and running, what do I do now? How do I control it?

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Read the links here on a FFXI New Player Guide and how to control your character in the game.

Technical

Q: Will Final Fantasy XI work for PS3 since it was released for Playstation 2?

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Yes.

Please read this post if you have questions about FFXI and PS3.

Q: What are the system requirements for the PC?

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Requirements can be found here.

My personal recommendations are the following, which is slightly different than that on the PlayOnline.com website.

Minimum requirements for Windows XP:

• Pentium III 800 MHz or Athlon XP 1800+ CPU
• GeForce 3 or ATI Radeon 9200 with 64 MB VRAM
• 512 MB RAM
• 10 GB of hard disk space
• DirectX 8.1 sound card
  

Recommended requirements for Windows XP:

• Pentium IV 2.0 GHz or Athlon 64 2500+ CPU
• GeForce 4 or ATI Radeon 9700 with 128 MB VRAM
• 1 GB RAM
• 10 GB of hard disk space
• DirectX 8.1 sound card
  

Minimum requirements for Windows Vista / 7:

• Pentium IV 2.0 GHz or Athlon 64 2800+ CPU
• GeForce 5 or ATI Radeon X700 series
• 1 GB RAM
• 10 GB of hard disk space
• DirectX 8.1 sound card
  

Recommended requirements for Windows Vista / 7:

• Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or Athlon X2 3600+ CPU
• GeForce 7, 8, or GT200 series; ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, or 5000 series GPU
• 2 GB RAM
• 10 GB of hard disk space
• DirectX 9.0 sound card
  

Nvidia 8000 series cards - Minimum Forceware 169, recommended Forceware 175
Nvidia 9000 and G200 series cards - Minimum Forceware 175, recommended Forceware 180

Radeon 9000 & Radeon X300/700/800 series cards - Minimum Catalyst 5.13
Radeon X1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 - Minimum Catalyst 8.3; recommended 9.x-plus

Integrated Graphics Processors (IGP) or integrated GPUs combined with minimum 2 GB RAM and 2.0 GHz dual core CPU is recommended-- no exceptions.

The following IGPs will not run FFXI: (Has no hardware TnL.)

- Nvidia 6100/6150ed
- All UniChrome and Via IGPs
- Intel 950 GMA and lower; 965 can run but will need an updated driver *
- ATI Mobility Radeon X1100/X1200, as well as Mobility Radeon X200/X300

* Intel 965 Express for laptops. Please PM me if you'd like the one for desktops.

* Windows XP 32-bit:
http://downloadmirro...in2k_xp1437.exe
* Windows Vista 32-bit:
http://downloadmirro...vista_15121.exe

Q: What version of DirectX does FFXI use?

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Unfortunately, FFXI's graphic engine is archaic and is wholly CPU dependent before the video card becomes a factor.

Thus, FFXI uses DirectX 8.0 with Pixel Shader 1.2, and there are no plans to update it to 9.0.

Q: What font style does FFXI use?

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Final Fantasy XI doesn't use fonts.

In actuality, it uses a large texture block of characters. The game uses that texture to pull the characters from it and display it on the screen.

Before Forceware 169 drivers for Nvidia 8000 series GPUs, these characters would appear as solid white blocks. This wasn't fixed until version 169 and higher (as well as various performance issues with 8000 series in Vista).

Font examples:

Official Playonline.com Rules and Policies

Here you can read the latest rules, policies and agreements governing users of PlayOnline and its online games, including Final Fantasy XI.

• PlayOnline Member Agreement
• PlayOnline Viewer and Tetra Master Software License Agreement
• FINAL FANTASY XI User Agreement
• FINAL FANTASY XI Software License Agreement
• Tetra Master User Agreement
• PlayOnline Community Site Guidelines
• PlayOnline Service Privacy Policy
• Square-Enix Security Token Terms of Use

Final Fantasy XI Support Site: http://support.na.sq....php?id=20&la=1

Contact area: http://support.na.sq....php?id=20&la=1

Instruction Manuals: http://support.na.sq....php?id=20&la=1

Square-Enix Account Management System: https://secure.squar...ix.com/account/


PlayOnline Customer Support Phone Number

US Customer Support:

1-858-790-7529 (PLAY)

Not sure why they completely removed that phone number from their website. Believe me, you cannot find this number anymore on their website.

Also, this is the US customer support line. Once I find the European and Japanese numbers, I will post them here.

As a reminder: Customer support is region specific to your current account. If you are in the US with a European account, then you will need to contact the European PlayOnline Customer Support. I am UNSURE if this has changed, but knowing SE, this is unlikely.

[octoberasian]

If there are other general questions you'd like to see here, feel free to post them.

If there are corrections needed, post as well.

I'm trying to reduce the spam in these forums especially when someone necrobumped a 2007 thread about what font FFXI uses in-game.

A lot of this I'm pulling from Wiki, other forums, and PlayOnline.com itself including personal experiences from myself and other players.

[octoberasian]

FFXI Japanese-English Guide by Kristy

Originally posted here : http://killingifrit....ge-reformatted/
Edited by Aselin

If the Japanese characters appear as blocks, change the page encoding to SHIFT-JIS (Japanese).

First Meetings

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Pleased to meet you. - Hajimemashite / はじめまして
Nice to meet you (Please take care of me). - Doozo yoroshiku　/ どーぞ　よろしく
What is your name? - Onamae wa?　/ おなまえ　は？
I am [name]. - [name] desu.　/ [name]　です。
This is my friend. - Kore wa watashi no yuujin/tomodachi desu. / これ　は　わたし　のゆうじん/ともだち　です。

Japanese or English?

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Do you speak Japanese? - Nihongo ga dekimasuka? / 日本語　（にほんご） が　できますか？
Do you speak English? - Eigo ga dekimasuka? / えいご　が　できますか？
Please say it in English – Eigo de itte kudasai / えいご　で　いって　ください
I speak a little of Japanese. - Nihongo chotto shaberemasu. / 日本語 （にほんご）　ちょっと　しゃべれます。
I know a little Japanese – Nihongo wo chotto shittemasu.　/ 日本語　を　ちょっと　しってます。
Do you understand my Japanese? – Watashi no nihongo wo wakarimasuka? /　私　（わたし）　の　日本語　を　わかりますか？
My Japanese is not good – Watashi no Nihongo wa yokunai desu / 私　の　日本語　は　よくない　です。
If there are mistakes don't be surprised - Machigai ga areba odorokanaide / まちがい　が　あれば　おどろかないで


I can't read Kanji and Hiragana. – Kanji to Hiragana wo yomemasen. / かんじ　と　ひらがな　を　よめません。
Please use roman lettering – Romaji de onegaishimasu. / ろまじ　で　おねがいします。
Yes, I understand – Hai, wakarimasu. / はい、　わかります。
No, I don't understand – Iie, wakarimasen. / いいえ、　わかりません。
I don't know (informal) – Wakannai / Shiranai / わかんあい　/ しらない
Please say it again -- Moo ichido yutte kudasai / もー　いちど　ゆって　ください
Please speak slowly -- Yukkuri hanashite kudasai / ゆっくりはなして　ください

Being Polite

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Just a moment please - Chotto matte kudasai / ちょっと　まって　ください
Thank you (informal) - Arigatou / ありがとう
Thank you very much - (Hontouni) arigatou gozaimasu.　/ (ほんとうに}　ありがとう　ございます。
You're welcome. - Doitashimashite / どいたしまして
Excuse me – Sumimasen / Shitsurei shimasu (more polite) /　すみません/しつれい　します。 (more polite)
Sorry – Gomen / Gomenne / Gomennasai / ごめん or ごめんえ or ごめんあさい
Really sorry – Hontouni gomennasai / ほんとうに　ごめんあさい

[NOTE: It is acceptable to say hajimemashite (はじめまして), then doozo yorosiku onegaishimasu (どーぞ　よろしく　おねがいします) upon a first meeting.]

[NOTE 2: When using romaji, Japanese will commonly abbreviate words. It can be compared to how Americans use slang.

For example, ohisashiburi desu (おひさしぶり　です) = ohisa desu (おひさ　です), purinto kurabu (ぷりんと　くらぶ) = purikura (ぷりくら), warau (わらう) = w / ｗ]

Chit Chat

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Excuse me for a moment – Chotto sumimasen / ちょっと　すみません
Do you have anything you want to ask? – Nanika kikitai koto arimasuka? / なにか　ききたい　こと　ありますか？
How do you say "___" in Japanese? – "___" wa Nihongo de doo iimasuka? / "___"　は　日本語　で　どー　いいますか？
What did you say? - Nanto osshaimashitaka? / なんと　おっしゃいましたか？

What are you doing? - Nani wo shite imasuka? / なに　を　して　いますか？
What country are you from? – Okuni wa dochira desuka?　/ おくに　は　どちら　ですか？
I am from Tokyo – Tokyo desu / ときょ　です
How old are you? – Nansai desuka? / なんさい　ですか？
I am __ years old - Watashi wa __ desu. / わたし　は　＿＿＿＿ です。
I'm looking for my friends. - Tomodachi wo sagashite iru no desu ga. / ともだち　を　さがして　いる　の　です　が。


What is the matter? - Doushimashitaka? / どうしましたか？
What happened? - Doushitano? / どうしたの？

[NOTE: Males will commonly refer to themselves using boku (ぼく) or ore instead of watashi (わたし/私) or watakushi (わたくし).

Women may use atashi (あたし).]

[NOTE 2: This guide does not use the most formal Japanese, but gaming typically does not require formal Japanese (which is more commonly used to show respect to elders or in a business situation). As a rule of thumb, it is good to be polite regardless of how informal this is, because Japanese are very courteous. Some people find all the niceties annoying – those people shouldn't party with Japanese.]

Greetings

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Hello – Konnichiwa / Konnitiwa / Tiwa / こんいちわ / ちわ
Good morning – Ohayoo gozaimasu / Ohayoo / おはよー　ございます / おはよー
Good evening - Konbanwa / こんばんわ
How is everyone? - Minasan ikaga desuka? /　みなさん いかが　ですか？
How are you? - O genki desuka? / お　げんき　ですか？
I'm fine - Genki desu. / げんき　です。
See you tomorrow! - Dewa ashita! / でわ　あした！
Bye! Later! (informal) - Jya ne! / Matane! / Jaa mata! / じゃ　ね！/ またね！/ じゃー　また！
Good night - Oyasuminasai / Oyasumi / おやすみなさい / おやすみ

[NOTE: Ka (か) at the end of a sentence signifies a question, (although not all questions use ka).]

Partying/Grouping

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I'm looking for a party - Party wo sagashite imasu / パーチー　を　さがして　います
Do you want to level together? - Isshoni level agemasuka? / いっしょに　レヴぇ あげますか？

Please invite me? - Sassotte kudasai / さっそって　ください
Can I join? - PT ni haittemo ii? / Sankashiteiidesuka? / PT　に　はいっても　いい？ / さんかしていいですか？

I am a new player – Atarashii pureeyaa (player) desu.　/ あたらしい　プレエヤー　です。
Are you busy? - Isogashii desu ka? / いそがしい　ですか？

Have you got a moment? – Chotto ii desuka? / ちょっと　いい　ですか？
Sorry, I am not free now - Gomennasai, youji ga arunode kotowarimasu / ごめんあさい、　ようじ　が　あるので　ことわります
Sorry, I don't have time – Gomennasai, jikan ga arimasen / ごめんあさい、　じかん　が　ありません
Glad to have you, looking for more – Yorosiku, hokanohito sasotte imasu / よろしく、　ほかのひと　さそって　います
I have asked a number of people – Nannin ka no hito ni kikimashita. / なんいん　か　の　ひと　に　ききました。
"____" wants to party with us – "____" ga kono PT ni hairitai no / "_____" が　この　PT　に　ひありたい　の
He's already there – Moo mukooni itte imasu / もー　むこーに　いって　います
There's no WHM - Siro inai　/ しろ　いない
Sorry, can you invite me again? - Gomenne, mou ikkai sasotte kudasai / ごめんえ、もう　いっかい　さそって　ください

Organizing the Party

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Where are we going to hunt? - Doko de kari o shimasu ka? / どこ　で　かり　お　します　か？
What is my role/job? - Watashi no jobbu (job) / yakume wa nan desu ka? / わたし　の　ジョっブ (job) / やくめ　は　なｎ　ですか？
I will be the first-line healer - kaifuku senpatsude ikimasu / かいふく　せんぱつで　いきます
I'll be the second-line healer and use weaken magic - kaifuku nibanmeto jakutai mahou ikimasu / かいふく　にばんめと　じゃくたい　まほう　いきます
My MP has run out – MP kire / MP　きれ
Switch healing duties (MP has run out) - MP kirede suwarimasu. Kaifuku onegai shimasu. / MP　きれで　すわります。　かいふく　おねがい　します。
Wait while I raise you - Reizu kakemasu! matte kudasai / レズ かけます！　まって　ください
Group together for Protect/Shell - puro to sheru kekerunode atsumatte kudasai / ぷろ　と　しぇる　けけるので　あつまって　ください
(the person who lures the mob) - Tsuriyaku / つりやく
Good Experience (Tasty XP) – Umai ("umai desuyo," "umai dayo," etc) / うまい ("うまい　ですよ," "うまい　だよ," etc.)
I want to try killing goblins - Gobu wa koroshitemitai / ごぶ　は　ころしてみたい
What do you want to do now? – Kore kara nani o shitai desuka? / これ　から　なに　お　したい　ですか？
What shall we do? – Doo shimashooka? / どー　しましょーか？
Picture please – Shashin onegaishimasu / しゃしｎ　おねがいします
Can handle more – Motto ikemasu / もっと　いけます

Don't worry – Shimpai shinaide / しｍぱい　しないで
Run! – Nigete! / にげて！
Tank - Zenei / ぜねい
Thank you for the hard work! – Otsukaresama! (Otsukaresama desita!) / おつかれさま！ (おつかれさま　でした！)

[NOTE: It is common to combine words in the Japanese language, so if a word appears to be unusually long – try to break it down. For example, mata ne (また　ね) = matane (またね).]

[NOTE 2: Although certain words have similar meaning, they may be used best in different situations. Like English, there are different ways to say the same thing. Keep in mind, some phrases are best used by females and some by males. On one gamefaq it said to use "Boku...", but boku is inappropriate for females to say.]

Coming and Going

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Come here - Chotto kochi kite /　ちょっと　こち　きて
Can you come - Koreru / これる
I'm coming now - Ima iku / いま　いく
I can go – Ikeru / いける
I can't go - Ikenai / いけない
I want to go - Ikitai / いきたい
I don't want to go - Ikitakunai / いきたくない
Don't go - Ikanaide / いかないで
Shall we go? – Ikimashouka? / いきましょうか？
Let's go - Ikuzo (Ikimashou) / いくぞ　(いｋましょう)
I'm going back – Kaerimasu / Modorimasu / かえります/ もどります
I'm leaving soon - Mo sugu deru / も　すぐ　でる
Sorry, I have to go in 30 minutes. – Gomennasai, ato 30pun gurai de ochimasu. / ごめんあさい、　あと　３０分(ぷん)　ぐらい　出おちます。
Sorry, but I have to go now - Sumimasen, ima, ikanakutewa ikemasen / すみません、　いま、　いかなくてわ　いけません
I'm going to the toilet - Toire (toilet) ittekimasu / トイレ いってきます
I need to reboot, be back soon - PC o REBOOT shite, sugu modorimasu / PC お REBOOT して、すぐ　もどります
I'm going to get a signet - shigu ittekimasu / しぐ　いってきます
I'm going to my mog house - mogurimasu / もぐります
Stay here please - Kokoni ite kudasai / ここに　いて　ください
Where are you? – Doko ni imasuka? / どこ　に　いますか？
Where are you going? - Doko iku-no? / どこ　いく-の？
I don't know where "____" is – "____" dokoni aruka shiranai. / "______"　どこに　あるか　しらない。
Where is "____"? – "_____" wa doko desuka? / "______"　は　どこ　ですか？
How do I get to "____" ? – "_____" wa dou itta houga ii? / "______"　は　どう　いった　ほうが　いい？
I went to Bastok- Basu e ikimashita / ばす　え　いきました
I am in Selbina – Watashi wa Serubina ni imasu. / わたし　は　せるびな　に　います。
This way – Kochira / こちら
That way – Sochira / そちら
That way over there – Achira　/ あちら
Which way – Dochira / どちら
To the right – Migi no hooni / みぎ　の　ほーに
To the left – Hidari no hooni / ひだり　の　ほーに
You turn right – Migi e magarimasu / みぎ　エまがります
You turn left – Hidari e magarimasu / ひだり　え　まがります
It's near – Chikai desu / ちかい　です
It's far – Tooi desu / とーい　です
Let's go back to "___" - "___" he modorimashou / "____" へ　もどりましょう
We should go to "___" - "___" he modoru beki da / "____"　へ　もｄる　べき　だ
I'm going to "___" - "___" he ikimasu / "____" へ　いきます

Words and Shorter Phrases

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Hurry – Hayaku はやく　/ Isoide いそいで
Cute – Kawaii かわいー
Cool – Kakkoii かっこー
Wow! – Sugoi! すごい！
Help! – Tasukete! たすけて！
Take care! – Kiotsukete! きおつけて！
Watch out - Abunai あぶない！
Scary – Kowai こわい
Troublesome – Mendokusai めんどくさい
Pitiful (how sad) - Kawaisou かわいそう
I'm okay, it's okay - Daijoubu desu だいじょうぶ　です
Don't worry, it's okay – Ii desu いい　です
Of course, definitely – Mochiron desu もちろｎ　です
Certainly – Tashikani たしかに
Maybe, perhaps - Tabun たぶん
I need it – Irimasu いります
I don't need anything – Nanimo irimasen なにも　いりません
I don't need it at all – Zenzen irimasen ぜんぜん　いりません
Hurray! Yay! - Yatta! やった！
Good luck – Ganbatte がんばって
Great job! - Yokudekimashita よくできました
Congratulations! - Omedetou! おめでとう！
This is fun - Tanoshiine たのしーね
Linkshell - rinkusheru リンクシェル
Crystal – Kuristaru クリスタル
Furniture - Kagu かぐ
AFK – Riseki shimasu　りせき　します
I'm Back – Tadaima ただいま/ Tada ただ
Welcome back – Okaeri おかえり　/ Oka おか
LOL – W (short for warau) ｗ

[NOTE: Be careful about spelling. For example, one page claimed to say "Do you want to party" but the way it was spelt meant "Do you want to throw up in my party."

[NOTE 2: If a Japanese player says something that looks familiar, they are probably spelling it based on pronunciation, so try to consider what it may be.

(For example, tomodachi = tomodati　ともだち. daijoubu = daijyobu　だいじょうぶ. yoroshiku よろしく　= yorosiku).

In other situations they may be combining words, as previously mentioned.]

General Word Chart


Jobs

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Black mage - Kuromadoushi くろまどうし　/ kuro　くろ
White mage - Shiromadoushi しろまどうし　/ shiro　しろ
Red Mage – Akamadoushi　あかまどうし / aka　あか
Warrior – Senshi　せんし
Monk – Monnku　モンク
Thief – Shifu　シフ
Dark Knight – Annkoku　あんんこく
Beastmaster – Kemonotukai　けものつかい, Kemono　けもの
Ranger – Kariudo　かりうど
Bard – Ginyuushijin ぎにゅーしじん　/ Ginyuu　ぎにゅー
Paladin (knight) – Naito　ナイト
Summoner – Shoukanshi　しょうかんし
Dragoon – Ryukishi　りゅきし

Weapons

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1h sword - katate ken　かたて　けん
2h sword - ryoute ken　りょうて　けん
Daggers – tanken　たんけん
1h staff – katate kon　かたて　こん
2h staff – ryoute kon　りょうて　こん
Grapples – kakutou　かくとう
1h/2h axe – katete　かてて　/ryoute ono　りょうて　おの
Scythe – Kama　かま
Spear - Yari　やり
Sickle – Ryoutekama　りょうてかま
Bow/Arrow – Kyuushi　きゅーし
Shield – Tate　たて
Armor - bougu　ぼうぐ

Effects/Spells

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Healing - Kaifuku かいふく
Poison - doku　どく
Paralyze - Mahi　まひ
Blind - kurayami　くらやみ
Sleep - zzz　ｚｚｚ
Curse - noroi　のろい
Weakness - jyakuten　じゃくてん
Enfeebling - jyakutai　じゃくたい
Protect - puro　プロ
Shell – sheru　シェル
Bomb – Bomu　ボム

Written by Shigemo of shigemo.com


Other useful words

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Locations

basu - Bastok　バス
sann - Sand'Oria　サンン
winn - Windurst　ウィンン
jyuuno - Jeuno　ジューノ
serubina - Selbina　セルビナ
maura - Mhaura　マウラ
gusutaba-gu - Gustaberg　グスタバ-グ
ronfo-re - Ronfaure ロンフォ-レ
sarutabaruta - Sarutabaruta　サルタバルタ
bi-chi / kaigan - Beach ビ-チ　/ Shoreline　かいがん
kawa - River かわ
kazan - Volcano　かざん
mizuumi - Lake　みずーみ
sabaku - Desert　さばく
sanmyaku - Mountain　range　さんみゃく
taki - Waterfall　たき
umi - Sea / Ocean　うみ
yama - Mountain　やま
mori - Forest　もり
janguru - Jungle　ジャングル
yukigeshiki - Snowy landscape　ゆきげし
sougen / souchi - Grassland　そうげん / そうち
doukutsu - Caves　どうくつ
koudou - Mines　こうどう
iseki - Ruins　いせき
onsen - Hot springs　おんせん

NOTE: Original content can be found at http://shigemo.com/F...ongo_guide.html. Check out that link for even more Nihongo help.

[octoberasian]

English: http://www.playonlin...ex.html?lang=en

Japanese/日本語: http://www.playonlin...ex.html?lang=ja

French/Français: http://www.playonlin...ex.html?lang=fr

German/Deutsch: http://www.playonlin...ex.html?lang=de

The above guides will help you familiarize yourself with the basics of the game. It includes everything from controlling your character, equipping armors and weapons, starting quests, and more. It's a very basic guide, but it will hopefully help a lot of new players coming into this game.

Controls in FFXI

English: http://www.playonlin...ps/en/list.html

Japanese/日本語: http://www.playonlin...ps/ja/list.html

French/Français: http://www.playonlin...ps/fr/list.html

German/Deutsch: http://www.playonlin...ps/de/list.html

[octoberasian]

PlayOnline Customer Support Phone Number

1-858-790-7529 (PLAY)

Not sure why they completely removed that phone number from their website. Believe me, you cannot find this number anymore on their website.

Also, this is the US customer support line. Once I find the European and Japanese numbers, I will post them here.

As a reminder: Customer support is region specific to your current account. If you are in the US with a European account, then you will need to contact the European PlayOnline Customer Support. I am UNSURE if this has changed, but knowing SE, this is unlikely.

[Mythikah]

Wow WTH you're right I can't find the # on the net anywhere unless I actually type the number into google! It's not even on the support site anymore.... wtf....

[Mythikah]

Ok I found it here:
http://www.playonlin.../news1681.shtml

but come on, they need to make it easier to find. If someone is freaking out about losing their account they're gonna get 10x more frustrated when they can't find this number. I think square enix wants to screw us over >.> I I know that's not a new concept, lol.

[octoberasian]

It used to be on the old PlayOnline Support page, but when they updated the Support page and turned it into the Square-Enix Support Page, you can't find it anymore directly. Square-Enix now expects you to fill out a form to contact them about issues. But, when it comes to stuff like account recovery, phone call would be preferred. I have absolutely no fucking idea why they removed the phone number from the main website.