Letter from the Producer for FFXI.

[Eyeballed]

I agree with you. IMO he's generalizing the game too much. FFXIV had a potential i never saw in another MMO but after the changes it just became a generic korean-like MMO.

I returned to FFXI because i couldn't stand the changes they did to the game...it's like i always said at FFXIV forum... "If you wanted to play FFXI then just go back to FFXI and leave FFXIV for those who like it". I still can't understand why SE decided to make 2 MMOs targeting the exactly same public...instead of bringing new players they're pretty much splitting FFXI population between the 2 games.

About letters from the producer here, i'd just pass. I'd rather have Matsui only posting when it's to bring real info...the last "blogish" letters Yoshida posted really pissed the hell out of me since if he wanted to talk about holidays, trips, health issues and other non-FFXIV related stuff he should use a non-official method, like a personal tweeter or a personal blog, and leave the official forum for FFXIV-related info only.

It's supposedly due to this golden standard of MMO that is widely known as World of Warcraft. That's all good and fine in the world of Blizzard and that game. In the world of Final Fantasy and SE, its fans want to play a FF title, and as far as MMO's go, a title whose standard was set by FFXI. Typically the slogan for a successor is "If you liked FFXI, you're gonna LOVE FFXIV!" Except you can't say that when comparing XI of 2005 and XIV of 2012; They are two entirely different games save Chocobos and Mithras.

[Kraggy]

It seems like he's making it more like the generic MMO when it comes to leveling. Follow a pre-determined path from quest hub to quest hub, doing quests for NPC's to level. That and sitting in town queuing up for a dungeon - it ruined WoW for me when they added that.

What you and the others who say you don't this to happen are missing is that group-or-die mob-kill-grindfests like FFXI are destined to fail hugely these days. Gone are the time when significant numbers of players, in the numbers needed to sustain a newly released MMO will tolerate sitting in a place like Jeuno for DAYS at a time LFG.

It's not going to happen, the fact the some people are still playing FFXI doesn't mean that a new game with the same long, drawn out and hugely frustrating leveling process can survive. It won't.

Like it or not, the type of game you and those like you enjoy are dinosaurs (the games, not the players!), their like won't be seen again because, frankly, XI's leveling process sucked royally for many who played it let alone the large numbers of never got past their first month because of it, it's just that at the time of its release and for a short time after there was not much alternative .. and the FF franchise was a huge draw for many.

Luckily for XI, it had established itself sufficiently to ensure its long term survival before other, vastly more accessible games, came along. I have no doubt at all, an FFXI-2 with the same 'group of GTFO' mentality will simply be an abject failure commercially.

[Elexia]

What you and the others who say you don't this to happen are missing is that group-or-die mob-kill-grindfests like FFXI are destined to fail hugely these days.

Pretty sure AION, Tera, SWTOR (Insert 200 other Korean MMO here that closed this year) are a farcry from how XI is setup and pretty much failed.

Throw in GW2 tapering off and I can only ask you one question:

Where is your god logic now?

Like it or not

All new MMOs are failing at alarming rates despite their design. Sorry kiddo, as much as you want to say XI and "XI style games failed" you proved pretty much that you've never touched another MMORPG in your life.

So if Matsui does adapt this type of letter, hopefully it's more about the game *(given it's state being 10 years old)* than future plans.

[Caketime]

Dungeon queue rules, you can go make a Dagwood and pour a beer and before you know it you're spelunking in some hole filled with walking death, but you have beer and a sandwich to keep you company.

I support this idea, I'd like to hear more from our Producer about development progress, and he could even get ideas and suggestions from the community about specific issues. If we could start addressing those, and even just knowing that the Producer is aware of our problems would help make the community less angry and apt to shitpost.

[Monchat]

I hate that levelling style. I quit ff14 when they nerfed party exp 3 months in lol. After that everyone were soloing or duoing.

[Luvbunny]

Please do this, if a producer from FF14 can do it, on regular basis, I don't see why this cannot be done for FFXI. Open communication and acting in good faith will get you far. Take charge and own your brand. FFXI already have a good solid base of returning players, why not turn them into a beacon of advertising and get them to bring more people to the game. In the meantime, please tweak and improve the game so that it is more beginner friendly and focus on creating contents that can be enjoyed by 95% of the players. Stop creating contents that are not achievable by many!!! Such wasted effort should not be undertaken when you are already under heavy duress from working on the upcoming expansion. Easy enjoyable casual contents targeted for the majority of the players should be the focus. Look at abysea, learn it, memorize it, repeat it, even if you set the end goal to be larger and longer (require more items, as long as not 1500.....) but at least people can look forward at completion instead of all these random number generator or contents that are too hard to complete without full co-ordination and Embrava + Perfect Defense.

[Luvbunny]

I think FFXI is not doing so bad. A few things could use some tweaks and improvements for sure. Granted this speed leveling style really kills exploration but they did encourage you to explore with Voidwatch and what not. You cannot do Qilin if you have no sky access. I wish they add more Sea Voidwatch lol, then all the noobies will have to do CoP. Though I still think they could do more in terms of reviving dead old contents - areas and put some very interesting gears and accessories to force people to explore.

[Demon6324236]

That reminds me, I originally thought they made Tav VW to small, should have been 3 tiers just like with Zilart and then have the T3s inside of the Sea areas, mimic Zilarts setup since they are such close expansions.

[Camate]

Hello!

I spoke with Producer Matsui about your request for a "Letter from the Producer." It hasn't been decided yet whether or not they will adopt a letter format, but from here on out he would definitely like to increase the frequency in which he posts on the forums.

[Moppet]

Hello!

I spoke with Producer Matsui about your request for a "Letter from the Producer." It hasn't been decided yet whether or not they will adopt a letter format, but from here on out he would definitely like to increase the frequency in which he posts on the forums.

Hey Camate,

Thank you very much for taking the time to bring it to his attention.

It will be nice to hear from him more.