FFXI Outline and Future

[Huckster]

Thank you SE!

[Atomic_Skull]

Win8 will probably just be a NT 6.3 with a fancy interface.

Early reports say that memory efficiency is greatly improved. It's supposedly almost as much of an improvement over windows 7 as windows 7 was over Vista.

[svengalis]

Hello all,

I've been playing FFXI since Nov 2003 (wow! 8 years - time flies!). I saw ups and downs of FFXI - Abyssea sure gave a new kick for the game, now the content is good although in my opinion it lacks new storyline and the vision for the future.

Last year I tried playing FFXIV but didn't find it attractive enough so I stayed with FFXI.

Yesterday a 2 year roadmap was released for FFXIV:
http://wdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Outline_EN.pdf

It shows the major UI overhaul, change of graphics system, new functions, new server design (one world), and new content.

I remember that this April a roadmap for FFXI was also released:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...ing-April-2011

So my question is devs - can we expect the similar roadmap as for FFXIV? (graphics engine overhaul maybe? vana'diel + eorzea merger?) Or at least some update of the roadmap previously released? The graphics for the roadmap ends on September - show us the future of FFXI!

I seriously doubt they will give us a new road map for FF XI until the one they gave us earlier this year is completed.

[Jamesruglia]

Wait, this might be released on the Vita?

I just can't stop hearing things to like about that thing. I would buy a a Vita solely to play this game.

[Arcon]

I seriously doubt they will give us a new road map for FF XI until the one they gave us earlier this year is completed.

Except, they released one just yesterday.

[Atomic_Skull]

Wait, this might be released on the Vita?

I just can't stop hearing things to like about that thing. I would buy a a Vita solely to play this game.

Supposedly they were "looking into it".

An interesting thing about a possible Vita port is that they can't just port over the windows version like they did to the Xbox 360. To get it working on the Vita they would have to rewrite the renderer for OpenGL.