I'm a newbie to mmos in general, so forgive me for asking this question because I never got a straight answer:
If I can't overcome a hardware firewall, can I still play this game?
Thank you for your reply. And in all honesty I am dead serious!

Also, I'm thinking of investing my time in an mmorpg, and there are so many to choose from (including dungeons & dragons online, which is set in eberron, my fav dnd location). What sets ffxi apart from the rest, in your opinion?