FF11's growth limited due to FF14?

[Zumi]

I don't know but I listened to that and the people on there sound like they don't even play FFXI that much.

[Supersun]

FusionX complains about the lack of new zones, but let's be realistic...

Anyone that knows how to model and texture to any significant degree was probably shifted to assist with XIV.


Sure a new zone might be nice, but I'd imagine that they could create so many more rehashed zones in the the time it takes even one new zone.

While I do believe at some point adding some new zones or maybe even a new job or 2 with an official expansion (you must be crazy if you think it'll be boxed...) would do a lot of good with pulling new players in the game, but first XI needs more content for endgame for 99 and that seems to be their priority atm at least.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

The only way XIV is hurting XI right now is the way it's hemorrhaging cash. If/when XIV is able to pay for itself, more money made from XI will be able to stay in XI.

[Laraul]

I could have sworn this discussion was locked...

FFXI is for three different platforms... in four different languages. All of which have to be functional with each other. The game is already incredibly massive, with an incredible amount of content. It's a LOT to deal with. And then the player base... which will always demanding that something be done with so and so. And regardless of what players are given in upcoming updates, they will always want more. As a result everything you do as a developer will never be enough for the people on discussion forums like these. So you make sure NOT to read them. Or ignore them and look for only the things that might be worth while.

Players keep coming up with things to blame stuff on. Stuff they really don't understand that well to begin with. The PS2, the 360, the graphics, the controls, and now the next MMO being worked on. Though from the people who support that game, I'm sure some are demanding that the MMO you now play is holding them back. And you are the reason for everything wrong in that game.

[Luso]

I don't think the last bit you said is totally true, as it appears that because of XI, XIV is becoming more and more playable because of the strengths it's drawing from it (i.e. Auto-attack).

I believe that because of the monumental amount of money invested into XIV, the fact that XI would be detrimental to XIV is an overstatement, seeing that XI took nothing that we publicly know of from XIV but XIV did so from XI, part/most of the team from XI. If anything, it seems like the other way around, but that's just me.

[Ravenmore]

I could have sworn this discussion was locked...

FFXI is for three different platforms... in four different languages. All of which have to be functional with each other. The game is already incredibly massive, with an incredible amount of content. It's a LOT to deal with. And then the player base... which will always demanding that something be done with so and so. And regardless of what players are given in upcoming updates, they will always want more. As a result everything you do as a developer will never be enough for the people on discussion forums like these. So you make sure NOT to read them. Or ignore them and look for only the things that might be worth while.

Players keep coming up with things to blame stuff on. Stuff they really don't understand that well to begin with. The PS2, the 360, the graphics, the controls, and now the next MMO being worked on. Though from the people who support that game, I'm sure some are demanding that the MMO you now play is holding them back. And you are the reason for everything wrong in that game.

Its not the players blaming the PS2 for the game not getting upgrades its SE saying ps2 limits. Also so SE sucks at promoteing any of thier games. I think I can count on one hand the times I have seen a TV ad for any of thier products.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Just wait for one of the two new MMOs they said they were working on.

[Catsby]

Has anybody looked at the credits for both games to see if people are double dipping? The cynical asshole in me thinks FFXI dev team is a skeleton crew. Reason being the extremely sparse updates lately

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Where would one find these credits?

[Leonlionheart]

I wish there was more content being added to FFXI because I can't play the game anymore for lack of things benefiting me.

I think after almost 10 years though it's time for FFXI to die. I honestly don't think it's possible to save this game at this stage.

Almost no new players, and a steady stream of players quitting... This game is going down the hill unless they somehow FINALLY get rid of PS2 support allowing for much more impressive updates. Even then I somehow doubt the budget will allow the dev team to do anything substantial like entire new zones/expansions.

It's actually really sad; there is no other game that really quenches my cravings like FFXI does.