Quote Originally Posted by Sarick View Post
Wooosh, don't think they're hearing us.

Recall:
The XBone (massive DRM that that both made online mandtory. It also restrcted media),
Windows 8 (System wide changes that people had issues with and abandon what people knew)
Coke (they changed the flavor and abandon the old.)

All these things caused fans to rage and each product had a 180 degree turn around because of them. Unfortunately, the teams on FFXI don't seem to be listening. The hardcore fans of the game who burn through content are the only ones with an actual future.

The item level systems are just BOGUS. They've already ruined the game for many players by splitting the user base by massive margins. Now anyone who doesn't play every single day and has competive high level gear to keep up is getting left out of the game. It's literally to late now the game direction is broken and it seems they don't plan on going back where everyone could gain levels easily without the grind.

Sooooooooo.....

Even though I agree with a lot o the complainers and friends who are quitting everything that people hate. I think it's going wooooosh right past the development teams. They've already lost millions in poor design. After all FFXIV is getting reborn because it sucked costing them a big loss. It will also eventually have new content that ruins what worked in the past just like this game when they stopped listening and split the user base into peons that can do nothing but quit and elitist who have what it takes to stay in the front of the gear RAT race adapting to new content soon after t's added.

The development continues to go the wrong direction. Some people are apologist about it because they can manage to adapt to the new content direction while others are canceling or on the fence about it.

It's no wonder SE has been bleeding fans and cash this gen. Woooosh in FFXI.
Yeah, I don't get this whole "FFXI sucks and the dev's don't listen! Let's all go play FFXIV now!" attitude. As if it weren't the same people making the new game...

Remember when Ford Pintos used to explode any time they had a little fender bender due to the faulty rear fuel tank? Nobody thought it was a good idea to take the insurance money they got from their burnt up friends / family / car and go buy the new model Ford Pinto. WTF is wrong with people these days?