Gameplay[edit]
In the game you can complete quests, fight spawning monsters, support other players, or create your own shop.
Quests are gained by talking to various NPCs. The quests are either kill X amount of creatures or take this item to another NPC (a.k.a. fetch quest). Quests are sometimes in groups like killing monsters and delivering an item, these are usually important quests like class selecting and the flying quest.
Fighting monsters is done by simply double-clicking or hitting Control + left click on them. Your character will begin to smack them into oblivion. Attack skills and spells must be used by hitting a hotkey or using them in a combo in your Action Slot. Your character will not use skills automatically. If you ever fight a creature five levels above yours, all your damage will be cut in half. If you fight a creature five levels below yours, they will give no EXP. Quests and fighting are not instanced, so attacking creatures is a first come, first serve basis. Once attacking, no one can attack that creature unless you die or run away. Loot dropped is also protected for a short time and only the person (or the party) who got the kill may pick it up.
Supporting is another great way to play Flyff. The Assist class is very adept at supporting other players with healing and other benefits called buffs. To get anywhere you must join a party. A lot of time spent playing this way is through making sure your party is healed and in good fighting shape.
You can create your own user shop to sell to other players too. Items can also be sold to NPCs, but the most money can be made by selling to other players. By making a user shop, you can set the items you are selling and their prices. The game must be running to keep the shop open and due to the fact that you can't Alt-Tab out of the game (see: Criticisms), selling can be a slight, but beneficial, pain.
Flying[edit]
The flying aspect in Flyff is an interesting one. To be able to fly you must be level 20. There is a flying quest but the player is not required to complete this quest to fly.
Flying gives many benefits like faster traveling, the ability to run from monsters, and looking cool. There are two items that allow flight, a broom and a hover board. There are also three types of each, board or broom, each type costs more but has a higher top speed.
There is also an item called AccelorFuel that gives your board/broom a turbo boost for about 13 seconds.