BYE TANAKA!

As a counter point you cant tell me you noticed the day a night difference between Dev team response and willingness to work with the player base on the inception of these forums and the subsequent lack of both interaction (in part to staffing i will admit) and response to the players concerns (this i will not brush off however)

When these forums first started it felt (by no small margin due to dev team responsiveness) that our input was not only valued but taken to heart, but after a certain point (which i had discovered the return of a certain some one from XIV) that the dev team did a 180 (perhaps in part due to the "failure" of abyssea) in any case point is he had the final call on what should and should not be adjusted.

For an example at the beginning of these forums the rampant issues with RDM (that is their pure lack of job specific abilities traits and or spells) may have been addressed (and don't you dare call out gravity 2 or merit spells the damn job needs a sch esc overhaul), but as we all know even know that concern is a far cry from any Dev's care factor currently, considering its one of the few jobs that needs attention the most.

tl;dr Dev team used to listen, then something changed i'll let you figure out what, you can't deny that fact.

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As a counter point you cant tell me you noticed the day a night difference between Dev team response and willingness to work with the player base on the inception of these forums and the subsequent lack of both interaction (in part to staffing i will admit) and response to the players concerns (this i will not brush off however)

When these forums first started it felt (by no small margin due to dev team responsiveness) that our input was not only valued but taken to heart, but after a certain point (which i had discovered the return of a certain some one from XIV) that the dev team did a 180 (perhaps in part due to the "failure" of abyssea) in any case point is he had the final call on what should and should not be adjusted.

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You're completely full of it. The forums weren't even made until several months after Tanaka left FFXIV. So you just basically admitted that was his doing that the dev team was listening to people in the beginning.

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tl;dr Dev team used to listen, then something changed i'll let you figure out what, you can't deny that fact.

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That's also your perception and is complete and utter bullshit. Throughout the existence of the forums, community interaction has not changed one bit, it's still as low as it ever was. RDM was never addressed, not now and not then. I don't know what you're talking about. When was that magical time that they showed any remote interest in RDM?

if anyone thinks the endgame direction and vision is going to change with the departure of tanaka, you are going to be severely disappointed. I strongly suggest if this is your reason for coming back, prepare for a rage quit.

It wasn't TANAKA'S VISION, it is SQUARE ENIX's vision. They have a vision for endgame, and current direction it is going atm, is that direction or vision.

Tanaka was, 100% the producer and supporter of ABYSSEA. The statment issued by SE that stated "abyssea was a mistake" was NOT even a direct quote from TANAKA HIMSELF. It was ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE TEAM.(the CURRENT DIRECTOR, if im not mistaken. I could be wrong)

I was gonna post this on bg, but someone else hit the nail on the coffin: I cannot wait to see all you whining and blaming The new producer when he shells out content that is of the vision SE has always had for ffxi. That day is coming without a doubt, because if you honestly think Tanaka was calling the shots and that the current and past visions of the game were his and his alone, you are DELUSIONAL.


This is square enix's vision. And i assure you, all of you, the replacement for Tanaka is going to 100% continue to drive ffxi in the direction it has been going: Toward more LS or group orientated endgame content, with craptastic drop rates, luck gear/events and more grinds.

The new grinds might be fun, who knows. But SE not going to ever, ever, ever, ever make endgame abyssea level reward:difficulty ratio. A grind FFXI is the only ffxi ENDGAme you guys ever have,. Get over. Its a10 yr MMO and has always been this way. If you dont like it, quit.

Abyssea was never endgame, It was FILLER content designed to keep us busy and preparing for the return of an epic endgame. Tanaka OK'd it because he knew we would need great gear and weapons before they shell out new 99 endgame, and that's the reason abyssea was created. It was filler content, and they themselves stated, it was never intended to be endgame and the reward part of it was a MISTAKE, because it changed the mindset of the player base, and changing it back is going to take time. They are going to do everything they can to avoid abyssea level reward ratio in ffxi.

In short, There will never be abyssea-Endgame. Abyssea wasa filler content that was too rewarding to a playerbase that is otherwise very unspoiled. They are slowly trying to change the mindset of the players expectations and willingness, and trust me, theyre gonna keep trying.

The new producer isnt going to change anything in regards to the vision of ffxis endgame.

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Considering Tanaka had no idea what he was doing - FFIX has done pretty well for its self being in its tenth year of service, with enough subscribers to warrant a new boxed expansion and thousands of people turning up to VanaFests whenever they're thrown. Not to mention the fact that all the same people who sit on the forums and cry about the game every day continue to be active subscribers, and by extension, players.

Remind me again why we're all still subscribed?

The fact you're still subscribed yourself makes your posts in this thread scream of hypocrisy.

Clearly the man was doing something right; and if you think he made all the decisions of every aspect of game play, then you're severely mistaken. Judging by how well written your posts are, I'm surprised that the content of them is as flatulent as it is. MMOs need teams and experimentation to get things right, and while I agree that FFXI (or any other MMO for that matter) don't always come up with the best ideas - to scream "zomg it's all tanaka's fault" is pretty short sighted.

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You can attempt to blame shift all you want, ultimately he's directly responsible for the "nothing shall change" policy that set it post-abyssea. He as much as came out and stated it.

The reason we still subscribe is that while the games been severely damaged, there is still enough gameplay involved to warrant continuing it. Most importantly, I've got years upon years (since 2003) of effort put into my characters, starting over on a different game means starting from scratch, something that I no longer have time to do. For the record I also play DDO and have played WoW / DAOC / LoTR / ect.., I stuck with DDO and FFXI due to the effort I've put into both games.

The "no experience" excuse was fine for the first five years, then they created abyssea which was an amazing step forward in gameplay. Instead of learning what worked and didn't work they freaked out and decided to do everything in their power to send the game back into 2007~2008 era and halt all player progression.

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You can attempt to blame shift all you want, ultimately he's directly responsible for the "nothing shall change" policy that set it post-abyssea. He as much as came out and stated it.

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You don't know what you are talking about, lol.

Get me the quote where he states, "NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE UNDER MY WATCH!".

How unintelligent of you to assume, his saying "Nothing will change" has anything to do with him personally and nothing to do with the team asa whole, let alone SE.

I know it must be nice that since he's gone, you seem so optimistic, telling yourself whatever you wanna believe.

Unfortunately for you, when the content for the next year comes around (you might be gone, idk) ill be sure to swiftly remind you that, it was never tanaka calling the shots in regards to the vision of ffxi. Thats a team effort, thats the companies baby. Tanaka was simply putting in his own input, giving his approval and checking with his superiors like any other producer.

All I got to say is, get ready for more grinds and low drop rates on the epic stuff. SE isn't going to change their vision for endgame, it's just now you have someone new to blame. lol...

Not trying to be cold here, I'm just sick of people blaming tanaka for what they didnt like, and not praising him for the things they did, like abyssea.. He was the producer of it..

Check credits people. Its listed publicly whos worked on what. Tanaka gave us alot of good stuff we all love. We got bad stuff too, but Tanaka shouldn't take the whole blame. ITS SQUARE ENIX, the teams vision.

And now that hes gone? Don't expect anything to change LOL. Nyzul? GOOD LUCK. HNMP? 1.5k sup
ADL? GOOD LUCK. VW? Fixed enough. ODIN V2? Start recruiting

FFXI endgame is GRIND, always has been, since day1, always will be. No matter whos producing. SE releases content in such a way that THE NEED THE BUFFER FROM HORRID DROP RATES, LONG SPAWNS OR COMPLICATED MECHANICS making it very luck based. Thats the way it is guys. Thios isn't new, It's just the slow return of the environment we had back at 75: you need a ls or group to get the best. You also need luck. Those are the factors for having the best in ffxi, and i truly dont think thats ever going to change.

The blame never solely rests with one person in a major company like this. How could anyone ever argue against that? I hope Tanaka recovers from whatever problems he is having.

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The blame never solely rests with one person in a major company like this. How could anyone ever argue against that? I hope Tanaka recovers from whatever problems he is having.

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Couldn't agree with this more.

Like I said in my FFXIAH post:

Seriously, some of you people should research how responsibilities are distributed in a game project before making all those negative comments. I have worked in a few games myself, MANY people take decisions, not just one person. Blame Hiromichi Tanaka all you want but the entire project team is to blame for what you hate or like, if you change the head of the team it's more than likely it won't change a thing.

On that note, I hope Tanaka-San will recover from his illness and enjoy his retirement

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Abyssea was never endgame, It was FILLER content designed to keep us busy and preparing for the return of an epic endgame. Tanaka OK'd it because he knew we would need great gear and weapons before they shell out new 99 endgame, and that's the reason abyssea was created. It was filler content, and they themselves stated, it was never intended to be endgame and the reward part of it was a MISTAKE, because it changed the mindset of the player base, and changing it back is going to take time. They are going to do everything they can to avoid abyssea level reward ratio in ffxi.

In short, There will never be abyssea-Endgame. Abyssea wasa filler content that was too rewarding to a playerbase that is otherwise very unspoiled. They are slowly trying to change the mindset of the players expectations and willingness, and trust me, theyre gonna keep trying.
The new producer isnt going to change anything in regards to the vision of ffxis endgame.

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in response ot the bolded: not gonna happen. they can try, and try, and try till the company is bankrupt, and it will never, ever change the masses minds.

we've had a taste of a fun, rewarding, and relativley grind free endgame, even if it was never meant to be endgame.
and ill wager that the community as a whole wants more.

the game is more accessible to the masses now that it has ever been, and no one, not even the games creators, will ever be able to undo that. no amount of money, tweaks, fixes, or expansions will reverse what abyssea did: making the game more accessible to the masses. even if the next xpac tries to reverse that trend set bet abyssea, it will not succeed. sure it may have its own draws and attractions, but far too many people enjoy the post-abyssea game. i guarantee that if the enxt xpac is more zilart, more CoP, more toau, more wings, people will stay away and content themselves with abyssea.

we've had a taste of the good life (in ffxi terms), pandoras box has been opened, and it can never be closed again.

Eh save for salvage i always thought ToAU was fairly rewarding, if it wern't for most gear added during 75 cap era were side grades that is.

You can enjoy your Abyssea all you want to Arallielle, but some of us are still thirsting for the way FFXI used to be. I'll be heading west while you're in Abyssea.

I think people might be exaggerating the impact that the producer has a little bit. I will admit that I have no idea what his duties were, but I seriously doubt he was the one "balancing" everything.

I hope you have a long life ahead of you Mr. Tanaka. Thanks for the memories!

Thanks Tanaka for you great job since 2002 :)

I'd like to say Bye Bye Tanaka! Sorry to see ou go, you've made one hell of a game here. :D

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Sorry but, it kinda is happening.

Look at yourself for example. You're still playing, aren't you? What ENDGAME CONTENT isn't a grind? I assume you do endgame?


You either enjoy it, or hate it.

If you enjoy it, awesome. It worked!

If you don't enjoy it, IT STILL WORKED because you're still here, lol.

The masses are still playing ffxi, even while they throw really awful grinds at us. Now we have a new xpack coming, you think the grind is gonna stop? Lmao.

Abyssea is not coming to endgame, ever. As long as the masses keep playing, that's all that matters.

I lol at all the Tanaka LOVE since hes sick and gone... You wouldnt dare see a person write anything positive for him 4 days. But now all you see is admiration and almost worship to a man everyone would shit on 4 days ago lol its just like when michael jackson died hell we had country stations oldies stations playing a MJ song an hour and some stations were strictly MJ 24/7 for several days but youd been hard pressed to of found such things before his death. Hell they was people blasting MJ from their cars like it was the newest bestest songs out. I just dont understand why it always has to take a tragedy or death for people to express themselves if its not the status quo :((

Idk even know wth Tananka did that was so wrong myself all ive heard up to Japanafest was he ruined 11 and 14 ...

Neways hope gets well to many people work there asses off only to retire to a sub quality of life ...

simple reasoning really..

some people didn't like him for his work, but have nothing against him as a person.

its all a matter of whether you know to draw the line between work and anything personal.

The funny part about this whole thread is people citing "Abyssea" as end-game. It was filler content until we hit 99. Now the real (grindy) shit hits. For those of you who thought there would be anything more, well, you're mistaken. For those who thought this wasn't planned in advance...

We may have had our ups and downs but..... /cry... I love you man ; ; <take care> Tanaka~~~

I've nothing personal against the guy, but the sway of content did progressively become more luck/random based after he returned as part of the staff. Certain issues never got addressed (rdm utility), other things were "re-balanced" in a way that is reminiscent of older "re-balancing" we've seen in the past (here have a stick of dynamite to play with (emp h2h/gaxe) now try to make do with this m80 instead). While they did adjust some of the difficulty in attaining gear of NI2.0, I'm still amazed at the fact they introduced legion like they did then made it less than worth the effort/difficulty in a small time limit. How getting gang raped by HNM's that require multiple waves be killed in 30min yet no "safe" area to rest in for weakened/low mp players due to roaming of mobs, AOE range, and aggro range is considered good content is beyond me.

I don't call this all one persons fault, but he did hold sway enough to say "No, this content is not yet ready. Adjust it in this manner and test it some more" instead of releasing it unfinished then having to go back and readjust it after release because the players have found significant flaws in the enjoyability of the content due to minor, but very visible issues.

So my problem isn't this whole "balance!" mentality...it's the fact that content seemed rushed out the door instead of going through proper QA before release, which oddly enough is the exact same thing that happened with 14. A game that shouldn't have gone live for at least another year and ended up flopping because someone was too afraid to say "no" before rushing it out the door. Had I been an investor I wouldn't have had an issue with this if the reason had been properly relayed as to a delay of release rather than see the aftermath of a bad product release. Not entirely his fault, no, but I highly doubt he had such a insignificant role that it couldn't have been avoided with proper information relay.

Hes responsible for my awesome childhood and stands as one of the very best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLK8I...feature=relmfu

This isn't about FFXI, Its about respect. Which people forgot about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAgti_2uziA

HAHA OLD PEOPLE!!!! THEY SOO OLD YA KNOW...

as for Tanaka... oldsolidsnakesalute.gif

It nice square finally fired him, oops meant gave him a choice to get fired or retirement but old bones still smart enough to come up with the old health excuse. i once work for large company till went to china and these were the excuses that the upper te ups use to do to save public face.

Ill give him alot props for his direction on the story of the game , but the rest he was to proud of him self to listen to other people inside his organization. and what has he done in the last few yrs , messed up ff14 and also ff11 once he took over.

For those that have not notice just do a sea all on your world and notice now that he took over that a few the server or down to 1k to 2k on some there ready for new merger again , at abyssea peak was 4k to 5k on most the servers. the game been going down hill because his direction.

This biggest problem once done on abyssea or what not if were not in the rush to get void watch done your out of luck since no ones doing the lower tier ones. So time to quit, neo nyzul well see he brought the cheaters again.

instead of innovating something he just makes it a grind. Instead of using stuff that works on other mmos that you can improve on , he just make stuff time sinks to point that it becomes time to quit game, he need understand that people work and got lifes and other stuff to do. Healthy mmos need have a balance for hardcore and the casuals player and that why abyssea was so nice, but could have used some more improvement. instead wasting time on voidwatch stuff he should just made a new abyssea in wing of goddess area that was super hard.

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For those that have not notice just do a sea all on your world and notice now that he took over that a few the server or down to 1k to 2k on some there ready for new merger again , at abyssea peak was 4k to 5k on most the servers. the game been going down hill because his direction.

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I see you didn't do your research properly. Tanaka was in charge of FFXI while it was at its peak, and had its biggest number of subscribers. Incidentally, when he was moved off FFXI, player numbers slumped (and this started with Abyssea).

Thinking he makes every decision on 'balance' without hundreds of team meetings lots of testing / number crunching shows that you know nothing about the development cycle or large organizations. While the 'blame' will fall on his shoulders (as it publicly has) - he's certainly not solely responsible and to think he is.... well, it's just irrational.

The game went downhill because of 'Abyssea' and SE as much stated it when they told us "Abyssea was probably a mistake" in a public interview - still visible on Zam's website.

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I see you didn't do your research properly. Tanaka was in charge of FFXI while it was at its peak, and had its biggest number of subscribers. Incidentally, when he was moved off FFXI, player numbers slumped (and this started with Abyssea).

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Subscription losses are generally a lagging indicator. If people were quitting around the heyday of Abyssea they were probably quitting for things related to pre-Abyssea. It's the post-Abyssea numbers you want.

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Thinking he makes every decision on 'balance' without hundreds of team meetings lots of testing / number crunching shows that you know nothing about the development cycle or large organizations. While the 'blame' will fall on his shoulders (as it publicly has) - he's certainly not solely responsible and to think he is.... well, it's just irrational.

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It's Japan. Anyone under him was more than likely going along with whatever he wanted. He's the boss and they generally have a strong respect for authority. I don't mean that to be offensive in any way. I'm not saying dissent is nonexistent in Japan or in SE's online division. I just think it's highly unlikely there was very much of it.

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"Mistake" is highly subjective. Developers are just as biased as anyone, and they certainly aren't infallible. To me, Abyssea is by far their best work and I'd gladly pay mucho dinero for more of it. In my mind the mistake is giving up on it too soon.

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Subscription losses are generally a lagging indicator. If people were quitting around the heyday of Abyssea they were probably quitting for things related to pre-Abyssea. It's the post-Abyssea numbers you want.

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Yes, people quit for problems over the previous 8 years just after Abyssea was released. Giving a massive slump in players over a 12 month period. That makes perfect sense. Or could it be that not everyone thinks Abyssea was the game-saver that you think it was?

I believe Subscriber numbers are even lower now than during Abyssea (or the same), so if your own argument is anything to go by - that doesn't look good for team-Abyssea.

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It's Japan. Anyone under him was more than likely going along with whatever he wanted. He's the boss and they generally have a strong respect for authority. I don't mean that to be offensive in any way. I'm not saying dissent is nonexistent in Japan or in SE's online division. I just think it's highly unlikely there was very much of it.

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Agreed to an extent, but I don't think he's arrogant enough to scream "BARANCE" at his team during every meeting about game development. He's been doing this long enough to know how it works.

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To me, Abyssea is by far their best work and I'd gladly pay mucho dinero for more of it. In my mind the mistake is giving up on it too soon.

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The joys of opinion. Abyssea seems to have very split opinion. I thought it was great, but in small doses. I wouldn't want any more of it though. Fortunately, the few details they did announce of SoA sounded good, specially the new battle/progress/zone systems.

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Yes, people quit for problems over the previous 8 years just after Abyssea was released. Giving a massive slump in players over a 12 month period. That makes perfect sense. Or could it be that not everyone thinks Abyssea was the game-saver that you think it was?

I believe Subscriber numbers are even lower now than during Abyssea, so if your own argument is anything to go by - that doesn't look good for team-Abyssea.

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I didn't say it was a game saver, and I said look at the numbers because I wanted you to look at the numbers. Maybe a lot of people did drop because of Abyssea. If it's true it's true. I'd like to see the truth.

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Agreed to an extent, but I don't think he's arrogant enough to scream "BARANCE" at his team during every meeting about game development. He's been doing this long enough to know how it works.

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I doubt he screamed at all. I'm sure he was very polite in telling them how things were going to be done in his house.

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The joys of opinion. Abyssea seems to have very split opinion. I thought it was great, but in small doses. I wouldn't want any more of it though. Fortunately, the few details they did announce of SoA sounded good, specially the new battle/progress/zone systems.

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The best case would be if they had something like Abyssea along side stuff like VW or Legion or whatever it is hardcore people want. I'd be fine with that as long as I felt as though I had a comfortable path of progression.

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I see you didn't do your research properly. Tanaka was in charge of FFXI while it was at its peak, and had its biggest number of subscribers. Incidentally, when he was moved off FFXI, player numbers slumped (and this started with Abyssea).

Thinking he makes every decision on 'balance' without hundreds of team meetings lots of testing / number crunching shows that you know nothing about the development cycle or large organizations. While the 'blame' will fall on his shoulders (as it publicly has) - he's certainly not solely responsible and to think he is.... well, it's just irrational.

The game went downhill because of 'Abyssea' and SE as much stated it when they told us "Abyssea was probably a mistake" in a public interview - still visible on Zam's website.

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I was on this game when he failed on COP and at the time on bismark server had only 234 low point amount people on the game and japanese time was 900 people peak this was avg, then when aht urhgan came out jump up to around 1100-2200 daily. then when xbox live version came on line went back to 3800avg since the ps2 people and pc got there friends come back to game and then the gil selling sites went through the roof inflated the populations , this all just from what i seen over the yrs, At his peak square was counting mules and all the websites that were out at the time creating accounts to sell gill to people then square started the banned hammers do legal reasons and tanka moved to ff14 at this time and when square had banned people it drop down to 1k to 200 avg on servers . then when abyssea was out it went back to pre COP 4000-5500 people mostly normal people. yea server were merged at this time abyssea.

square mistake was getting tanaka back he didn't see the future instead got stuck in his old ways and people below him listen and the people above him gave him to much respect that he did earn over the years.
Just look at void watch its a mess no new play can ever play it way it design now it take 2 yrs or some good friends hook them up to get access to the end and neo nyzul isle that a mess to. When he should have directed and made square more money and created a advance abyssea to sell us for 10$ so people didnt leave. alot people hate last 2 yrs content. It would kept more people still playing on there drop in and out play times. and then at same time work on the new add on disk.

As much as most people hate this casual people are ones that makes a mmos there money , hardcore are the only ones on the game forums. and casual and midcore players are the one that quit, and thats why a free to play mmo that done right can make more money in one year then a subscription base model in 10 years.

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As much as most people hate this casual people are ones that makes a mmos there money, and thats why a free to play mmo that done right can make more money in one year then a subscription base model in 10 years.

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Yes, most MMOs - but this MMO? No. Because this MMO was never designed as 'casual' from the start. So the majority of players (up until Abyssea) were not casual. Abyssea hits - the `hardcore` quit, and what's left is a dwindled population. Your theory might apply to new games, but this one that's 10 years old? Not so much.

Free to play making more than subscription in a decade? I'd have to see numbers to even contemplate believing that.

Yes, I consider most of the people playing this game as casual

That or a lot of people play the game and do nothing for extended periods of time

Read the posts properly. Now they are casual. Before Abyssea, No. Sorry, was I not clear enough the first time?

Anyone who had anything to do with Xenogears rocks in my book! :)

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Read the posts properly. Now they are casual. Before Abyssea, No. Sorry, was I not clear enough the first time?

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Even pre abyssea I would call a large amount of the playerbase fairly casual. That or you have a really broad definition of hardcore.

I mean, I thought it was fairly obvious when you consider the disproportionate amount of people back in the day that had say completed CoP versus number of subscrisers, for instance. Or you had to look no further than Kings/Groundspawns.

Agreed. Most people never even touched a king camp back in the mid-2000s. The "hardcore" players that did things like Tiamat and Kings made up maybe 2% of the population.

inb4 a new abyssea zone in that large chunk of land in the SoA map they showed.

After receiving over 150 heart-felt posts thanking him for his hard work on FINAL FANTASY XI, Producer Hiromichi Tanaka took some time to write his thank you to all of the adventurers of Vana’diel.

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Thank you all so much for the warm words. It was due to all of you that we were able to successfully put on VanaFest 2012 and I deeply appreciate all of you adventurers who have been supportive.

Despite my resignation announcement, the following day was the regular run of the mill busy day filled with preparations for the next version update and organizing data for succession and it all hasn’t really sunk in yet. I am sure that up until the last day of next month I will be working just as usual.

As for my illness which everyone has been so kindly concerned about, it is not something that is curable with modern medicine, but neither is it something that will worsen, so it’s an illness that I will have no choice but to deal with.

Finally, I would like to once again introduce my successor Akihiko Matsui and the rest of the development and operations staff who will be working hard together to develop the new expansion as well as the next version update.

Thank you all very much!

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If do not mind me asking what is his illness?

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As for my illness which everyone has been so kindly concerned about, it is not something that is curable with modern medicine(.)

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His next project is seeking the Holy Grail.

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I think it would be considered rude everywhere o_O.

Best of wishes Tanaka. Thank you for 10 years.

Good Luck Tanaka!! Thank You for all you do!! =)

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i'm actually kinda sad now...:(