Why Cant Final fantasy 11 get the same treatment?

[cidbahamut]

So we all agree - starving XI in the hopes that XIV can even ever break even is a terrible idea? Yes?

Yes.

More TLC for FFXI please.

[Zagen]

anyway, SE can't read minds and can't pilot the people's feelings: I'll never play 14 even if they'll do the 3.0 version of it, and I have a lot of friends who are thinking like me, if they shut down 11 I'll say goodbye to MMO, I don't restart from zero another MMO (fail like 14 too).

if 11 is still loved and played, a serious company HAVE TO continue supporting the game their customers want to play.

Once upon a time I had this same mind set, I've quit FFXI before, even deleted my character only to make a new one and start from 0. I had friends invite/re-invite me to join them in FFXI, WoW, LoTR Online, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Champions Online, DC Universe and probably others I can't remember. I haven't taken every offer up but I have taken a few offers up before.

Once FFXI dies I'll likely try FFXIV again and if the changes made make me happy I'll stay if not I'll leave and find something else to do with my spare time.

I'm not saying you're gonna do the same thing you or your friends might?

Edit:

So we all agree - starving XI in the hopes that XIV can even ever break even is a terrible idea? Yes?

As a FFXI player yes I agree.

Edit2:

Nah, I know it's gonna be expensive. Moreso if they ever do a proper PC rebuild of the core engine. All I'm assuming is that the costs to maintain the game are distinctly lower than the cost of building an entirely new MMO twice over(which is basically what's happened with FFXIV).

Rebuilding the core engine is required to maintain FFXI for the years to come. So those costs are part of maintaining it.
FFXIV was built once over and relatively cheaper parts of it are being rebuilt so it isn't being rebuilt twice over.

[Camate]

I understand your feelings about the differences between FINAL FANTASY XI and FINAL FANTASY XIV. Please understand that these games are very different entities and just as it was stated before, the operational policies as well as the size of the development team are very different as well.

Just to clarify one misconception I have been noticing for a while now...

"PS2 limitations" is not a factor for adding new areas to the game and we will in fact be adding new areas in the future, so please do not worry about this.

[Kalilla]

By new, is it new new or just recolored new? :X

*hides*

Edit: Also, Camate I miss your pumpkin head D:

[Zagen]

"PS2 limitations" is not a factor for adding new areas to the game and we will in fact be adding new areas in the future, so please do not worry about this.

Can you elaborate on this? When I and a few others (maybe more than a few) have mentioned "new areas" we are talking 100% unique zones not a rehashed zone such as Abyssea and WoTG was full of.

[Kalilla]

I didn't mind WoTG's areas, it actually worked with that expansion. Abyssea on the other hand didn't in my opinion.

[Zagen]

I didn't mind WoTG's areas, it actually worked with that expansion. Abyssea on the other hand didn't in my opinion.

Neither did I because as you said it worked with the story. It was just for reference because I'm curious if we will be getting new zones besides the 1 dungeon crawl.

[Olor]

I understand your feelings about the differences between FINAL FANTASY XI and FINAL FANTASY XIV. Please understand that these games are very different entities and just as it was stated before, the operational policies as well as the size of the development team are very different as well.

But the size of the development team is part of our concerns - why should XI - which is making money have a teeny tiny itsy bitsy dev team? Aren't we paying for this game? Shouldn't we, paying customers, get the same or better service as XIV, which people have been playing free for a full year now?

It is hard not to believe that the plan is to kill XI when there seems to be so little planned for it. Raising level caps isn't a good replacement for real content.

[Zaknafein]

In addition to more developers I would also like to place an order for more Camates.

[Camate]

In addition to more developers I would also like to place an order for more Camates.

There can be only one!