Lack of content and another level increase looming

[Elphy]

ffxiv isnt so much a flop anymore, its getting better and better as they go. 1.18 was fantastic and 1.19 and 1.20 seem like they will be huge and fantastic as well. The only way its a flop for most current ffxi players is that it doesnt have the ease of lvling ppl have become accustomed to in the current incarnation of xi. Nearly my whole ls has moved to xiv because there is more to do there than there currently is on xi for ppl who have been playing xi for yrs, such as we all have

[Selzak]

ffxiv isnt so much a flop anymore, its getting better and better as they go. 1.18 was fantastic and 1.19 and 1.20 seem like they will be huge and fantastic as well. The only way its a flop for most current ffxi players is that it doesnt have the ease of lvling ppl have become accustomed to in the current incarnation of xi. Nearly my whole ls has moved to xiv because there is more to do there than there currently is on xi for ppl who have been playing xi for yrs, such as we all have

The way I understood it was that XIV development is what influenced Abyssea (and hence the easy leveling), and was not a game to play for any sort of a challenge- even that you are punished for playing too long. Not to mention the copy/pasta work in some of the zones that is just ridiculous...has that been fixed/can it be?

[Michae]

The way I understood it was that XIV development is what influenced Abyssea (and hence the easy leveling), and was not a game to play for any sort of a challenge- even that you are punished for playing too long. Not to mention the copy/pasta work in some of the zones that is just ridiculous...has that been fixed/can it be?

The fatigue system (which punished u for playing too long) is gone as of patch 1.18 and the maps are being rebooted to look less cut and paste and more unique than they currently are. They fired the orig xiv team and replaced it with ppl from xi and some others. We are finally getting chocos and airships in the next update and they are intriducing the job system. Major changes have been done to the game and are currently in the works which have already made the game alot more playable. SE is notorious for cut and paste anyway, look around xi, its major cut and paste. The biggest example being any aby zone lol.

As for xiv being the reason for aby....I personally think its more likely se is trying to rush everyone thru the game so they can reduce the amount of servers and get ppl to move on. I mean come on, taking away the lvl cap for CoP, introducing summons u can only get after completeing toau, and coming soon wotg with cait sith and atomos, its an obvious ploy to get ppl to finish those expansions quickly. They said they would give a year warning before they shut down their servers but that would cost them too much I'm sure. And ppl can say what they will but its just my personal opinion. FFXI is dying and there is nothing we can do. Sad really, Ive invested alot of time in that game over the years and now I dont bother to log in except to chat with my ls....whats left of it anyway since most ppl already jumped ship

[Ravenmore]

The fatigue system (which punished u for playing too long) is gone as of patch 1.18 and the maps are being rebooted to look less cut and paste and more unique than they currently are. They fired the orig xiv team and replaced it with ppl from xi and some others. We are finally getting chocos and airships in the next update and they are intriducing the job system. Major changes have been done to the game and are currently in the works which have already made the game alot more playable. SE is notorious for cut and paste anyway, look around xi, its major cut and paste. The biggest example being any aby zone lol.

As for xiv being the reason for aby....I personally think its more likely se is trying to rush everyone thru the game so they can reduce the amount of servers and get ppl to move on. I mean come on, taking away the lvl cap for CoP, introducing summons u can only get after completeing toau, and coming soon wotg with cait sith and atomos, its an obvious ploy to get ppl to finish those expansions quickly. They said they would give a year warning before they shut down their servers but that would cost them too much I'm sure. And ppl can say what they will but its just my personal opinion. FFXI is dying and there is nothing we can do. Sad really, Ive invested alot of time in that game over the years and now I dont bother to log in except to chat with my ls....whats left of it anyway since most ppl already jumped ship

No matter how well they fix it it will never get the first try back. From the first review on every game site or mag with bring up the fail of the launch. With the CnB crap and crsyta having to buy more(one of the biggest issues for the reviewers after content) many won't try it over that. On top of other game that have been surorted better over the years and new games coming that might even challenge WoW if done right and will crush FF14 since no one but SE can mess up that bad.

I asume they are banking on the ps3 release to save the game but I don't see 450k ps3 users rushing out to grab it(new users not those that have it already). Just look on here people are flat out refusing to buy any SE titles. If this had been anyother comapy they would had cut thier loss and ran. Fact many have. So many choices out now between MMORPGs and online muti-player options in single player games.