2013: Will you still be playing?

I've no plans to quit next week or next month, but it's been an awfully long time since I've really had a reason to give a damn about logging into Final Fantasy XI. If I'm still asking myself the same old "Why?" every time I log in, I won't be around in November 2012 at the absolute latest.

Grinding, random drops, more random drops, more grinding... changing the color of the dice doesn't make the game fresh or compelling.

As long as they keep giving us new content, I will.

So you've beaten the game?

There are two reasons to play an MMORPG: one is the challenge (which is why all gamers play games) and second is the comraderie. If you have no friends online and have done every challenge that interests you then its time to quit.

Personally I have several challenges left to pursue such as finishing empy weapon and some more +2's, then give VWNM's a spin. Level 99 hasn't hit yet so there will be that in 2012.

If you're bored and don't know what to do, how about trying to get atma of the savior. One of my LS mates accomplished that and I thought it was pretty cool. In a game with so much content its surprising to me that you can get bored, but whatever.

I play for friends now, not content. I'll either stop playing less, if not stop completely, if they quit, when new games come out, or RL stuff just don't leave time for me to play.

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Originally Posted by Mirabelle

So you've beaten the game?

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The only expansion pack I've not finished all the missions for is Wings of the Goddess. I'll be done with that by spring at the latest.

As for the six add-ons, I've only finished A Moogle Kupo d'Etat, and that was more from happenstance than any burning desire to get my teeth kicked in for a hat I don't wear and a lackluster, anti-climactic ending cutscene.

Everything else feels like fetch quests, Fear of the Dark XXIV

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Originally Posted by Mirabelle

There are two reasons to play an MMORPG: one is the challenge (which is why all gamers play games) and second is the comraderie.

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If all I wanted is "challenge," I'd get a coin out of my pocket try to flip heads ten times in a row.

"Because it's there" doesn't really work when "there" is the mall food court.

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Originally Posted by Mirabelle

Personally I have several challenges left to pursue such as finishing empy weapon and some more +2's, then give VWNM's a spin.

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I've still got my Final Fantasy "II" cartridge for the SNES. I can consistently beat the final battle, and I've done all the little side-quests involving former playable characters and collecting summoned monsters. I've done just about everything there is to do in that game except get the pink tail.

Skyward Sword is coming out this month. Of all the conceivable reasons why I wouldn't want to pick up and play the game as soon as possible, "I could spend that time instead pacing back and forth in a single small room in the final dungeon of Final Fantasy II" isn't exactly on the top of that list.

I play casually, logging in on weekends to do challenging content (Voidwatch) with friends who I can talk to and BS with on Mumble in a casual setting. It's really the only way to stay sane at this point in the game, and I highly recommend it.

A friend of mine recently put in a letter of resignation for the Endgame shell he leads because it was giving him migraines and he was frustrated beyond belief at spamming VW in a hardcore setting every single day without seeing drops. Treating the game like a job right now is the quickest way to make you want to quit and throw your PC out the window.

I recommend picking up Vent, TeamSpeak, Skype, or Mumble honestly. Playing the game becomes a lot more enjoyable when you're able to audibly communicate with people and have fun regardless of what you're doing.

Still looking for new games, but the general trend is that nobody knows how to make a MMO, and it all is about attracting people with book or movie or game titles.

Not if the game keeps going the way it has been since abyssea ended.

I came back because of the level cap. I would have quit with the addition of VW if we were 99 already. I don't see myself lasting too long after 99 unless they make me hate VW less.

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Originally Posted by Behemothx

As long as they keep giving us new content, I will.

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^ this.

and sure, I'll stay if my friends keep login, we have plans to do a lot of things we are missing atm, so, I'll be glad to keep on with XI for so long..

As long as I some new things sprinkled here and there (not just old content renewals), I'll probably still be playing, but it also depends on how FFXIV 2.0 turns out.

Honestly the only things that are keeping my attention at this moment are perfecting WAR in every situation, and dreaming about Ryunohige if Nyzul makes Alexandrite remotely feasible.

Almost done with WAR too.

Noone will be playing after December 21, 2012.

I'll probably be playing this into 2013, and until they unplug the servers, even if they don't add more content.....which will probably hasten the plug-pull. I still have fun with this game, and there is a lot of stuff i am doing (especially since i never really did the egls endless grind thing), and a helluvalot more stuff i can and will do when i get around to it.

If you've done all you want to do, seen all you wanted to see, and have noone around to keep you interested in this game, well i guess it's time to quit.

There was a post by one of the DEV's moogle friends in another thread saying that they understood players wanted new content and that they were gonna do there best down the road to provide it, but they they needed to explore stuff like ps2 limitations and stuff, but they are well aware of it and the post sounded really postitve that they will brew up something in the future for us we just need be patient.

However, it better have harder content if it's gonna be considered 99endgame, I get that theres new content to make things more casual and I'm ok with that but just dont leave the hardcore gamer out in the cold while you at it SE.

PS- by new content they were talking about entirely new zones too, not just reskins. They are well aware of wht the people want and are trying to give it us. As long as people keep playing, we will get what we want.

The thing missing for me, and the people I play with left over from the HNM scene is competition. I like most of the changes since 76+ except the complete removal of anything competitive. I enjoy Voidwatch, in the same way that I did abyssea b4 we learned the stagger system inside, and out. Looking forward to new tiers of it. New fluxes in WoE, and the revamp for the ToaU areas.

I hope that they roll out new 99 HNM's ala DI, and SW. Somethings with some screwy spawn times, and/or conditions to make those fights feel spontaneous. The competition between shells is sorely missed. As much fun as voidwatch is the event is missing that element of sportsmanship, and that feeling you only get from competing with a rival group. Vs comparing yourself to just the group you're doing an instanced event with.

A revamp, and relocation of PvP in a hub (WG plz!) would be fantastic as well. It would go a long way toward being diversionary, and stretching out content. Instead of everyone hungrily devouring, and beating new content to death a revamped centralized PvP experience would allow people a vacation from the grind. Whether they just love PvP, or they wanted to see some new techniques, or for the people who are capped out on the few jobs they specialize in. The ones who like their 4-5 jobs, and have no interest in leveling or gearing anything beyond those.

I understand the Development team has had, and will have their hands full for some time yet getting us to 99, and the nightmare of balancing all that once we cap. So I'm being patient. However w/o any competitive angles being reintroduced into the mix I'm not sure I will make it past the 2012 mark.

I only get on to help people get empy and +2 items. The game has long since ran out of content that's worth the time to do for myself personally. I've yet to see a quality update since abyssea. I'm personally just helping a few more people get empy weapons in my LS since a few of those seem to be having fun - then I'm seriously going to think about cancelling my account.