final fantasy xi expansion being excluded from playstion2 users

[wildsprite]

Then they announce we're dropping support or something after you upgrade to a PC. Been there done there aren't expansion disk being shipped out either you need to download the digital copies. They won't put the digital copies up because they can still make money off the software at launch. You're actually buying the codes not the software if you already have access to other expansion areas. It's not like you can play the software without registering keys, paying a subscription and setting up a management account.

Fo the record I have 11+ ffxi ultimate abysea collection keys, with 5 PlayStations, each with backup network adapters, hard drives and several PCS. yEs I played on multiple PS2's at one point without all those 3rd party tools using 1 TV screen with subs in a headless setup. When I set the PC's up to move over the XP They where setup specifically to run the game FFXI (nodda anything else) then an XP announcement was made. I had to consider reinvesting in new OS software at $99-$199 each or buy new PC's.

I might be an exception but the seekers expansion had me fearful of bleeding a lot of money. I think these PS2 players deserve more respect. If it wasn't for them this game night have never been half what it is today. I do admit though you all should try and move over. I know exactly how frustrating it can be don't make it worse for people who are in a comfortable setup. The only thing this can do in the long term is just make MORE people quit for the wrong reasons.

the game still works on XP(confirmed in another post on these very forums), they are just dropping support for it(I.E. if you call and its an issue with the OS you're on your own)

[Sarick]

if you have a PC that can get on these forums chances are unless its absolutely terrible it will run FFXI and there are plenty of PS2 style controllers out there you can use with the PC, consider this as an option

Hello, fellow Misfitz LS friend!

Sorry this is False. Some people use laptops to connect to the interwebs. These laptops may have popular cost redution graphics chips that are incompatible with FFXI. If you read up there are some issues with Intel graphics cards not showing character modals etc. So, even though the PC's "laptops" can access the web or play some graphical games the FFXI game doesn't work on just anything even if it's of modern design.

[Bled]

Good riddance, the PS2 version is doing nothing but holding the whole game back.

I hope they phase it out more and more, I'm sorry but if you do not have a computer that can play a 10 year old game then o well. You can get super cheap laptops or desktops (hell i can link some if need be) with dedicated graphics cards that blow this game away. Seriously 10years! how have people not bought a PC capable of running this in that amount of time.

When this game first released i played it on my parents Dell, which had 256 ram, one processor core, and no dedicated graphics card. Now the game has improved bit by bit but still I bet you i could pry run it on that poor excuse for a computer.

[Teraniku]

the game still works on XP(confirmed in another post on these very forums), they are just dropping support for it(I.E. if you call and its an issue with the OS you're on your own)

The only reason they are dropping XP support is because Microsoft is .

[wildsprite]

Sorry this is False. Some people use laptops to connect to the interwebs. These laptops may have popular cost redution graphics chips that are incompatible with FFXI. If you read up there are some issues with Intel graphics cards not showing character modals etc. So, even though the PC's "laptops" can access the web or play some graphical games the FFXI game doesn't work on just anything even if it's of modern design.

then that laptop is really old because my 8 year old laptop with crappy intel graphics chip works with XI just fine, sometimes a bit laggy but it works, my friend has a netbook that can work with XI as well, she just need to upgrade her RAM, but that isn't that expensive to do

The only reason they are dropping XP support is because Microsoft is .

this is false, Microsoft isn't dropping official support for XP till next April, they are dropping support for Vista close to the same time

[Sarick]

the game still works on XP(confirmed in another post on these very forums), they are just dropping support for it(I.E. if you call and its an issue with the OS you're on your own)

Hello, fellow Misfitz LS friend!

I know this if you've been reading the forums you'd see me in those discussions. I even was the who ask for conformation. The whole point was the shock and awe of the announcement that was a big backhand in the face. It caused a ripple effect of sickness after I just invested in the expansion. At the time I made the purchase there was no statement they'd be dropping XP support.

The wording from the announcement wasn't clear enough explaing that you could still install seekers expansion. It instead stated that it will continue to work after the update. It also mentioned elsewhere that the reason why they was dropping support is "because the expansion didn't support it" it then went on to say the game would continue working after the update but yadda yadd yadda announcements in the future yadda.

It's upsetting that I'm smack in the middle of this and being corrected on what I already know/said in previous post I've made. As I stated before, when I called for support, emailed support or used chat support I never got useful help anyway. I found my answers from outside sources. Infact some of the suggestions from support where more harmful then good.

This is why I stopped using playstations because that console users got the run around with software bugs that where never fixed in the US. Just create a new character take it to level 30 with all expansions installed and get to port Jeuno or inside Qufim tower on a PS2. You'll blackscreen of death in the CS unable to log on the console until you load the character with a PC client and get past the CSes. I still have emails somewhere from the automated support responses.

Taking that into account a lot of PS2 users where probably STILL forced to move to PC because the console software wasn't stable enough to play. This most likely assisted in the instal base being reduced enough to support a profitable expansion. It's more or less not cause and reaction here IMHO that caused this not the players who are still on PS2.

[Obysuca]

Thing I've noticed though, I'm running on a 1100.00 PC(got a 7111 on max setting for XIV benchmark >.>), I see a grid in the sky and the items look super pixely >.> Ps2's sky looked as real as the one outside and the items look a lot better when /c people >.>

[Teraniku]

then that laptop is really old because my 8 year old laptop with crappy intel graphics chip works with XI just fine, sometimes a bit laggy but it works, my friend has a netbook that can work with XI as well, she just need to upgrade her RAM, but that isn't that expensive to do


this is false, Microsoft isn't dropping official support for XP till next April, they are dropping support for Vista close to the same time

Not false Microsoft is dropping XP support. Just not til next april. As a Company you would want to wean your customers off of the relatively soon to be non supported OS. So you can concentrate on the ones that will still continue to receive support.

[Sarick]

intel graphics chip works with XI just fine, sometimes a bit laggy but it works, my friend has a netbook that can work with XI as well, she just need to upgrade her RAM

Hello, fellow Misfitz LS friend!

No the system wasn't old it was new at the time a $399 Newegg Acer laptop she still uses today. Several tech garus tried installing FFXI even though it installed and ran without errors the character NPCs wouldn't appear. They couldn't figure it out. This was the main reason some players wanted to stick with consoles. They didn't need to deal with the PC related issues of driver matching, OS updates or other conflicts with necessary installed software/hardware incompatibilities.

PC's aren't as easy to setup for just anyone. FFXI being as old as it is needs a few touches to get it working right. There's now denying it isn't streight forward on anything above windows XP. I'm not saying XP is perfect its still not a walk in the park for an inexperienced non-technical user to setup. I'm saying that consoles where simplified for non-techical players who just wanted to hop on and play.

[wildsprite]

dropping support more than a year before the OS goes officially unsupported though? rather absurd, they kept support for windows 98 for more than a year AFTER its support was officially dropped, seems a bit fishy to me