Newest interview (abyssea was a mistake?)

[HimuraKenshyn]

Well I think the developers are fing out of touch if they want this game to continue with that balance BS. Going back to the way things use to be would be placing the nails back in the coffin but hell its been a great run. They figured out how to give the game life again and now that XIV is finally playable lets just kill ffxi off for good that's what's gonna happen going back to the old endless grind...

[Luvbunny]

Except that this thread is about the developers feeling abyssea was a mistake.

Yes, paying customers like me feel that Abyssea is not a mistake - it is the best thing that ever happened in the game, it is forward thinking, fun, enjoyable, accessible and worth every cent and time I put on in the game. I am looking forward for future content and hoping they can look back at Abyssea which is a great success (maybe not for developer) and learn a thing or two that can be implemented in future add ons. As a company you want to create blockbuster content that the majority of players want, even if it is at the expense of loosing what make the game unique (and harder and not as marketable) in the first place. Give customers what they want, sell a lot of add ons, make money and have big success so that the game is sustainable and they will keep making contents for years to come.

I am hoping Camate can forward this thread to the developers. They need to create more blockbuster contents that pleases the majority, even if it means watered down and easy as long as the fun factor is there. I just wish they can use the money to update and upgrade this game and not spend it for trash project like FF14.

[Kimble]

Thats the way the game was MADE. Is OTHERS who forced THEIR way on the game.

Who is stopping you from traveling by foot and/or chocobo? lol

[Natasha]

Who is stopping you from traveling by foot and/or chocobo? lol

Never said i couldn't just said that its a bad idea and goes against what the game was made to be.

[Kimble]

Never said i couldn't just said that its a bad idea and goes against what the game was made to be.

Maybe by your standards. Sadly, you can't force your standards on others. sorry.

[Natasha]

Yes, paying customers like me feel that Abyssea is not a mistake - it is the best thing that ever happened in the game, it is forward thinking, fun, enjoyable, accessible and worth every cent and time I put on in the game. I am looking forward for future content and hoping they can look back at Abyssea which is a great success (maybe not for developer) and learn a thing or two that can be implemented in future add ons. As a company you want to create blockbuster content that the majority of players want, even if it is at the expense of loosing what make the game unique (and harder and not as marketable) in the first place. Give customers what they want, sell a lot of add ons, make money and have big success so that the game is sustainable and they will keep making contents for years to come.

I am hoping Camate can forward this thread to the developers. They need to create more blockbuster contents that pleases the majority, even if it means watered down and easy as long as the fun factor is there. I just wish they can use the money to update and upgrade this game and not spend it for trash project like FF14.

FFXI was always and will always be a niche game... no matter how casual friendly it gets. These changes wont do much if anything to increase the staying power of 11.

[Natasha]

Maybe by your standards. Sadly, you can't force your standards on others. sorry.

Already explained the problem with that statement. It was the others who brought about the change in the first place so if they can do it ? Not saying I can but your logic is flawed.

[Luvbunny]

Never said i couldn't just said that its a bad idea and goes against what the game was made to be.

There are a lot of things that changed from what the game was made to be, because the players responded and reacted and tell the developers this is how they want it to be - like Ninja tank and how awesome Rdm used to be (which resulted in Rdm getting crap in the years after that). It is online "social" game that evolves because of the players participation - which dictates what the developers will do next (if they are smart that is). Just because you make the game, does not mean players have to take it as it is, unless it is offline game like FF13 (which got a lot of negative reaction for its linearity). If they want to keep paying subscribers, they have to react fast and evolve fast (which they did with forums and test servers) - move forward to the future and leave the past behind (no need to reminiscence how great the way things used to be - they are gone because the majority do not want them).

If they feel direct port is not what people want, you will not see it implemented in Sky, Sea, Outpost tele, ToAU, WoTG, Abyssea and Voidwatch. People WANT this and DEMAND this - hence they responded and gave us this. Atma and proc are popular, so they implement this on new dyna and voidwatch. To some extend the developer has no choice but to give us what we want, after all we are paying their bills.

[Kimble]

Already explained the problem with that statement. It was the others who brought about the change in the first place so if they can do it ? Not saying I can but your logic is flawed.

Who are others? The people that create the game? They can do whatever they feel like doing.

[HimuraKenshyn]

How many worlds have been shutdown? If that's not the biggest clue to the fact the game needed the changes they made and so many players came back if they go back to the old ways basically the end is in sight and the subtle push to 14 will be completed. Looks like the only way to make 14 a success is make 11 unplayable again for most lol....