Quote Originally Posted by Yrusama View Post
FINALLY some honest and overall positive words about XIV from the XI community. I don't see this often, and it depresses me as a player of both. Damn the rest of the world for trying to tear me in two.
That's not "the world," that's S-E.

Consider: other than a brief discount period, if someone is going to subscribe to two different MMO's, there's no reason or incentive for both of them to be Final Fantasy titles. Seeing a linkshell mate leave XI to go play XIV is no different from them leaving to play WoW or EVE or any number of other titles that have zero connection to XI. The XI and XIV communities are segregated and partitioned because S-E built them that way.

On top of that, the animosity of XI players can be easily justified by the way the XI playerbase was used as the source of funds to prop up XIV for over two years. XI players got little to show for this sacrifice while XIV players got a lifetime discount on their MMO of choice, an MMO that again has absolutely zero ties or connections to XI.

In the end, XIV is not just a competitor (rather than a complement) to XI, but one that has bled XI dry moreso than any other.