Final Fantasy XI 2.0

[FrankReynolds]

FFXI does seem to be hiring for their development team, based on a post in the Japanese forums a few days ago. So maybe there's hope?

Thats because they stole a guy from FFXI and sent him to FFXIV :P

on a related note: I saw a shitload of tv commercials for FFXIV when it was about to come out. They looked awesome, and even my girlfriend (who thinks MMOs are for nerds) wanted to get it. We were mad as hell when we found out that it would not be on 360, and that I needed to buy a stupid expensive graphics card to run it (they are a lot cheaper now).

[Insaniac]

FFXI does seem to be hiring for their development team, based on a post in the Japanese forums a few days ago. So maybe there's hope?

That or someone quit/got fired/got moved to FFXIV and they have to resort to posting craigslist.org style adds on their forums because they can't convince anyone to work in the un-air conditioned 6x10 storage unit that they run the FFXI dev team out of.

[Atomic_Skull]

Plus, they will be releasing new servers for 2.0 (even language-specific ones) so you can start fresh with everyone.

You don't want region specific servers, PSO players can tell you why that is.

[FrankReynolds]

You don't want region specific servers, PSO players can tell you why that is.

if it was run anything like this forum, the Japanese server would get twice as many updates. that would suck.

[Atomic_Skull]

if it was run anything like this forum, the Japanese server would get twice as many updates. that would suck.

Pretty much that yes. In PSO the english servers fell further and further behind in updates till they were getting new content a year behind the japanese servers. Then they said it wasn't worth running them anymore and shut them down.

[Winrie]

Since the intelligence level of the ffxi community still seems bright, hello I'm SE, we have decided to drop our latest mmorpg project ffxiv due to numerous people bitching we don't want to ooze money into a 10 year oldgame that is limited by the ps2 as we have stated on numerous occasions. We would also like to add that we want to show our competitors and customers that we will drop anything we do that doesn't work at any time no matter how much money we dump into it, because we don't mind being the laughing stock of our dedicated playerbase and our competitors, thank you!

Seriously people? Dry the tears ffs, I play both games and they equally suck, ffxi is a done project IMO barely able to keep itself afloat, why not use it for ff14 funding, chances of ffxiv taking off for 10+ years is way more likely than ffxi getting a revamp and going 10+ more years.

[Darkzeru]

Pretty much that yes. In PSO the english servers fell further and further behind in updates till they were getting new content a year behind the japanese servers. Then they said it wasn't worth running them anymore and shut them down.

PSU was pretty much the same way stuff didn't seem as exciting then since it's really just the recycles date of what JP got 12 months before lol

[Phen]

I don't think a re-release would work for FFXI because its core systems really show their age. Craft system, skill system, terrible balance, some drop systems, UI. It really comes in before ps2 limitations as age limitations. Yes they could certainly change all of this with that sorta money- but they wont. And its not because they cant its because this team has never felt like doing that. That's there prerogative but not listening to your player base more seems silly(ex: PW till people got sick, current state of several jobs, "nobody uses Abyssea to exp" voidwatch drop distribution is fine).


Im still of the opinion in the long run its better FFXIV failed because square has been much better at PR since then. Its worth noting- didnt these forums come about when FFXIV needed forums for damage control? I recall them both popping up at the same time.

[Alhanelem]

Well, their PR certainly still needs work, but it's certainly better than it used to be.

You can thank Camate for really boosting the PR scene as far as FFXI is concerned

[Molech]

I just love this thread, people just can't accept the fact that XI isn't and never was going be the future after the release of XIV. XIV was always the future, sure it failed pretty hard and lots of hard lessons were learned but it was always going to be the replacement and if they scrapped 14 then I'm sure 15 or whatever the next MMO FF was going to be next was in line for XI's replacement.

I would laugh if SE came out and said: "Sure we'll give you FFXI 2.0, with Producer Tanaka and all accounts wiped" then none of you would be for it. This crying and whining is over the fact that this games ending is inevitable and people put 9 years into it while never wanting to give it up while its successor who will eventually be superior in every single way is going to be the new love of the company.

Some people need to make plans to move on, sure they'll continue to update the game and give you new low drop rate carrots to chase but at the end of the day, thats all XI is going to be.