Newest interview (abyssea was a mistake?)

[Karbuncle]

Really, I'm not entirely convinced whoever is in charge over there isn't just a giant masochist. Just because Abyssea was a great expansion doesn't mean you have to counter-act it with something as incomprehensibly retarded as the Voidwatch Drop rates, and Distribution system.

Its like they enjoy watching us suffer, they enjoy thinking about us screaming at our computer because some pick up guy in full aurore just went 1/1 on a Body you're now 0/182 On. Oh, and he can't even equip it.

It doesn't matter if they realize Abysseas Failings and Successes, Its obvious they've learned nothing from either of them. As far as I'm concerned, this clarification was not needed, as its not like it changes anything. They're still ignoring their playerbases cries when it comes to the flaws of the current system, which is the only thing that matters.

They throw us a bone every now and again for some meaningless content or fix we ask for, to make us think we're making a difference... but really, Has anything of true consequence come from these forums? The only thing i can think of ix 3x ??? for the Abyssea NMs.

Its hard to quit an MMO, you grow attached to your characters, the people you play with, What have you. but its sad to think after 7~8 years, FFXI has become more like a Girlfriend I just don't love anymore, and the only reason I'm staying with her is because I hate being alone more than i hate her.

Give me another good MMO or Single player game though, And I'm dropping it like its hot. Hell, I'm about to cancel this Month just from Skyrim and Saint's row the Third alone...

I hope for FFXI's future, But things do not look good... At all. The Nerfs are back full-swing, the only thing we're truly missing is world-spawn 24-72 Hour NMs to bring back the Bots and E-peen fights between Linkshell to truly ruin this game for good.

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Negative Nancy Aside. Thanks for translating that.

[Cowardlybabooon]

I would like to see an analysis of posts from people saying they hate FFXI now. It seems like its always the same people and they just post a lot.

[Runespider]

I would like to see an analysis of posts from people saying they hate FFXI now. It seems like its always the same people and they just post a lot.

Lots of content with godo rewards to keep you busy (aby) = good.
Tiny amount of new content (reused stuff from abyssea no less) with .0001 drop rates to make you redo it over and over due to a tiny budget = bad?

Can swap those 2 around for people like you apparantely, but most people see things the way I listed it above.

[Nynja]

I would like to see an analysis of posts from people saying they hate FFXI now. It seems like its always the same people and they just post a lot.

Thats because the other ones actually stopped playing and arent around to voice their opinions.

[Luvbunny]

To sums it up:

- generally players want options, a balance between harder content and more casual ones
- players hate the hamster wheel grind of death, abyssea introduced a much better risk/effort/rewards ratio so that you get some things done a little at a time for a much better reward at the end, the grinding is reasonable and you do not need 18 people
- voidwatch is great in paper but poorly implemented, also unless you have dedicated LS, it is a bit harder to progress and enjoy this content since you need clear of each chapter before able to join the battle. They should get rid of this pre-requisite so that all can participate, after all it's a grind to get better gear and you can go 300 battle and get zero drop.
- yes all future contents will be judged against abyssea from now on, it's not a bad thing, it forces developer to actually use their brain cells to come up with something interesting rather than recycle old stuffs/
- SE REALLY NEED TO PUT SOME EFFORT AND ADD MORE FUNDS to FFXI development. Many people, more than FF14 player base, pay for FF11, so we need better content!!

[Avelonia]

I think I'm more upset at the fact when we rage-post, all we get are temporary bans and deleted threads. When the Japanese rage, they get a fancy official post from one of the lead Devs, during a holiday break for them nonetheless.

[Luvbunny]

I think I'm more upset at the fact when we rage-post, all we get are temporary bans and deleted threads. When the Japanese rage, they get a fancy official post from one of the lead Devs, during a holiday break for them nonetheless.

Totally agree - but maybe our rages inspired the other players aka Japanese ones to rage as well - and more raging players mean more heat to the developers. Our rage basically justify the rage for others, even Japanes and EU players, that they are not alone - there are others who feel the same way - therefore more fuel to their rage. Rage on!!!

These days - publicity matters, and bad news spread faster than wildfire, one raging players will rage on 20 other players thus spreading the hate news and further increasing the damage dealt on the company's public image. Bad publicity combined with craptastic product pretty much forced SE to publicly admit the failure of FF14 and worked very hard to reverse the damage. I just wish that they too, take extra careful look on what is happening with FFXI and actually put some more funds to develop new contents instead of churning new IP that is craptacular spectacular. SE has company image to maintain and it used to be associated with great quality games.

[Arcon]

I think I'm more upset at the fact when we rage-post, all we get are temporary bans and deleted threads.

Who got banned? Only people being insulting are getting banned. You can complain all you want, that's why there's a shitload of retarded threads still out, with people like you posting all over it. No one cares. Not even the mods. They're not gonna care for whatever bullshit you think, if it's insulting, they're gonna delete it, if it's just random rage and criticism, they will ignore it. All you're doing is effectively spamming these forums. Congratulations, you may feel special now.

[saevel]

I think I'm more upset at the fact when we rage-post, all we get are temporary bans and deleted threads. When the Japanese rage, they get a fancy official post from one of the lead Devs, during a holiday break for them nonetheless.

It's simple really, the senior executives, team lead members and the developers do not speak English, or don't speak it well enough to read this gamer speech laden forum. They rely on the CR's to translate and submit reports, probably held at weekly meetings where the team leads mostly just dismiss them. The Japanese players on the other hand write in Japanese and thus the seniors can easily read their feedback directly. But most importantly, bad press or some angry foreign fan sites aren't going to impact SE Corporate proper, sure they may make a bad name for SE but only amongst the MMO playing community of FFXI. The Japanese gamers on the other hand will make posts and reports to the Japanese game sites and fan clubs. In Japan that sh!t is taken seriously and bad press on FFXI will make major game reporting news, that in turn will negatively effect the SE brand image in Japan, something the CEO and senior executives will not tolerate. East Asian companies react extremely fast to protect their brand image, but only in their respective country's. I don't expect Samsung to give a damn what Japanese, America or British citizens think about them, but if South Korean's got all pissed you can bet they would rapidly fix whatever the issue was.

In short, no SE doesn't care about us. We don't speak Japanese, we don't post on Japanese forums, we don't interact with Japanese gaming publications. We don't effect their Japanese brand image in the slightest, their senior executives will never read your posts, will never hear what you wrote, will never ever, not even for the slightest moment, know what you think. The CR's do not translate the negative posts, they don't relay the bad news, and in all actuality their probably under orders to disregard all negative responses.

[Runespider]

I think I'm more upset at the fact when we rage-post, all we get are temporary bans and deleted threads. When the Japanese rage, they get a fancy official post from one of the lead Devs, during a holiday break for them nonetheless.

The JP devs can read the forums themselves and see these things, they can't do the same here so it's down to the reps to pick things and for them to them be translated over (translating stuff over is a pain in the ass I guess too). As for the bans/deleted topics etc that's more a fact that the english forums have people like arcon that report people constantly, I don't think the JP players really enjoy that practice as much so you don't see the same kind of problem there.