Camate, please relay this message to SE

[Airget]

It would be nice to get an idea of how exactly the dev team has changed since XIV was released. We already know that the main man Yoshida went from leading XI to XIV but other then that the best we can do is assume how things have changed. It would be interesting if we could get an idea of the exact number that was working on XI just before XIV was released and how many are working on it now.

Now while they did ask us about which platform we played on they still haven't really enlightened us on why they asked such an odd question out of the blue with no real clarification a month+ after it was asked. As mentioned XIV definitely does have the feel of looking more like XI but without the ps2 limiting it, now if the same were to happen with XI I wonder how SE would plan the expansions for it's future.

It's just sad that when you see something like Everquest still alive and running with a fanbase we as ac ommunity are pretty much taken for granted with no real hope of ever seeing a true expansion past WoTG. I would be amazed if perhaps they are hiding an expansion to release but with their focus on XIV it doesn't seem like that could be the case, we can hope perhaps they are hiding something they haven't told us yet but if XI just turns into challenge after challenge with better and better gear with no real sense of drama or story behind it the game will die. You can only do so many updates that add more recolored NMs with new gear before it just becomes a bore. I would say most who played XI did it for the story and when you take that away it starts to lose it's luster after a while. Hopefully after XIV is done having it's VU party along with a live letter from the producer and "celebrating" it's one year of being live we'll get some love from XI and maybe some light shined on it's future lol.

[Kaizersan]

Sadly I can see this thread getting locked for reasons we all know.

[Molech]

Meh, XIV is the future, I think its going to surpass XI when the revamping is done. Tomorrows XIV patch is going to bring people back, how long? thats to be determined. I think people are extremely naive to think SE is going to ever scrap XIV to revamp XI, expect the dev's to do the bare minimum with XI, maybe SE will put a bigger budget into XI once XIV is settled in and starts charging a subscription fee.

Yoshi-P is the best producer SE has had for their MMO's, the guy just gets it.

[Vold]

Meh, XIV is the future, I think its going to surpass XI when the revamping is done. Tomorrows XIV patch is going to bring people back, how long? thats to be determined. I think people are extremely naive to think SE is going to ever scrap XIV to revamp XI, expect the dev's to do the bare minimum with XI, maybe SE will put a bigger budget into XI once XIV is settled in and starts charging a subscription fee.

Yoshi-P is the best producer SE has had for their MMO's, the guy just gets it.

It's Oct 5 2011. It's been over a year since 14's release. It's sitting at 30,000 or less players. Historically every game that has ever been determined to be fubar at launch has failed and never recovered. I'm not seeing the success in the future.

But fear not. FFXIV has seen success. It has turned out to be the most expensive FFXI advertisement ever. It's been really successful at bringing gamers over to 11. So it's not like things were a total loss.

[Olor]

It's Oct 5 2011. It's been over a year since 14's release. It's sitting at 30,000 or less players. Historically every game that has ever been determined to be fubar at launch has failed and never recovered. I'm not seeing the success in the future.

But fear not. FFXIV has seen success. It has turned out to be the most expensive FFXI advertisement ever. It's been really successful at bringing gamers over to 11. So it's not like things were a total loss.

Yeah... XIV refugee here. I still have to use workarounds to download patches in less than 24 hours, and I tried the patch last night and I crashed less than an hour in and tried logging in for 20 mins after and couldn't get in. Fail.

[Anadosia]

One thing that really disappoints me is that they could have added some great story lines in Abyssea, but they didn't. They just threw the expansions in there.
I have to agree with the majority here about FFXIV and where our fees are going. What really irks me is that FFXIV players are playing for FREE and I strongly believe that, that game is solely floating on FFXI's revenue right now and that is truly a slap in the community's faces.
What has me currently curious right now is the survey they just did asking everyone which platform they play on. I'm hoping this may mean big graphic and some content changes in the game, but I'm not holding my breath. (still hoping though!)

[noodles355]

New content is a mute point.

[Kimble]

Any one that says "nothing has been good since VII" are usually just fan boys who think thinking will ever be as good as 7.

[Zumi]

FFXI is over 10 years old now. A lot of games do not even get support this for this long. Sega pulled the plug on many of their phantasy star online games only a couple of years after they are out for example, The old Star Wars mmo is getting shut down in favor of the new one the old republic. SE could of done the same thing when they released 14 but they didn't.

A full expansion is just probably out of the question due to the number of people that play FFXI now. Yes it would be a hassle to even release it on PS2 because they don't even make PS2 games and that thing is out of hdd space. Seeing as so many people on fairly crowded servers it seems people are happy grinding all the jobs to 95 in abyssea now.

[Insaniac]

I believe they think having the game up to snuff for PS3 release has a chance of saving 14. Maybe in the JP market since they seem more accepting of console MMOs but imo their ship has sailed in the rest of the world. Admittedly though, I would leave 11 for 14 (if it wasn't terrible) at this point just to get away from Tanaka.