It's offiical....SE no longer gives a darn about FFXI.

[Sesh]

Honestly, I think Krystal just feeds on this stuff. How could you not look at all these posts at some point and think to yourself "you know what they may actually have a point". Instead I'm sure Krystal's favorite thing is when he wakes up in the morning is to check the forums and see what kind of drama he has created from his obnoxious posts.

As to the actual topic, yes SE could have done A LOT to make this game a giant. They took things down a path over the years that were probably not the best choices. But, with all of its setbacks or things that fall short the game overall still gets a strong B+. FFXI is unlike any other MMO and IMO is still the best I have or plan to ever play. Instead of being so aggressive in your topics how about simplicity? Pick one thing at a time that states a point that people can reply to without feeling like you're... well childish. Myself personally I would like to see the devs take a look at adding more storyline content to the game. Maybe extra ToAU mission, CoP, Zilart, etc take your pick. If you say something like that instead of something like your opening post I think you would see a lot more positivity in the responses on your threads. (Although you've probably already burned your bridges with most people liking you)

Lastly, I don't like to harp on grammar because I've always sucked at it myself. But, my god the very least you could do to give your "psychologist" claim a little bit of credit is to use capitals. We learn this basic technique in what? Preschool? A well trained "psychologist" such as yourself whether kickin' back at home and relaxing or not should be able to hit the shift key while typing? Or am I completely wrong?

[Eeek]

I have to say it...

I love both this thread and Kensagaku.

[Fincat]

I'd like to read Krystal's dissertation, since he/she/it clearly has a PhD being a professional psychologist and all...

[Kingofgeeks]

completely disagree, your post is, indeed, you flaming about something that isnt' even true. If you're not trolling, then you are just being illogical

[Fiarlia]

Why is this thread still alive?

Why isn't Krystal banned yet? =/

[cidbahamut]

Why is this thread still alive?

Why isn't Krystal banned yet? =/

Because the community needs a whipping boy.

[Fiarlia]

We've got others. >_>

[Miiyo]

I think there are two really big differences about the two games that determine the support FFXI and FFXIV get. FFXI is known by millions, and chosen not to play. FFXIV is known by millions, and even though they choose not to play, they're keeping their eyes on the possibility of it getting better. FFXI is all about maintaining current subscribers to keep a profit. FFXIV has potential to grow. If you can't see that this is business first for SE, you should not be posting. IF SE didn't care about FFXI, servers would be closed down. It's as simple as that.

[Miiyo]

because i am a hard core Final Fantasy fan and i'm hoping to god they turn this game around one day soon.

That's like saying, I hate being stabbed, but since I'm a fan of knives, I'll stay around and hope that someday, being stabbed produces an orgasm.

[Miiyo]

god easy mode is fun but when that is the only thing it gets boring fast.

I do hear a few complaints from abyssea and I think they miss this general point. Abyssea was great in the beginning. When we had lots to figure out. Aquiring gear and making that gear more powerful. I really don't know what more anyone could have wanted. Like you said, the problem came that it got old really fast. By the third expansion of abyssea, it was a been there done that experience. Anyone with a decent ls knew how to seek out gear and make it better. The way to lengthen this process was the speedy leveling up so that you'd have to repeat this process multiple times. The true downfall to abyssea, is not having an update put in already. All these changes they're doing to older zones should've been thrown in at least 2 months ago. God mode is fun and i love af3. I just don't have anything challenging to use it on.