Continuing FFXI Monthly Fee Discount

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I understand what you mean but I do not know if they will give new areas (not old ones revamped) they could even make ToAU like abyssea next .... just a thought

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[Arltery]

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[Alhanelem]

Greetings,

I have started this thread as a request to continue the discount to the Final Fantasy XI monthly fee when also subscribed to Final Fantasy XIV. I am considering going back to XI and that would solidify my decision. My other suggestion is that if a continued discount is not feasible, offer a free month of play for new or returning XI players who also bought XIV. I have hope for XIV, but currently there isn't a lot to do so I want something to enjoy while the XIV updates continue to progress. If you agree or have further suggestions, please post them in this thread.

The discount has never been applied due to the fact that everyone is still in a free trial period. It's actually uknown at this point if we will get the discount when FFXIV finally becomes a paid service.

[Krashport]

The discount has never been applied due to the fact that everyone is still in a free trial period. It's actually uknown at this point if we will get the discount when FFXIV finally becomes a paid service.

So... People Bought FFXIV... 75-ish$? Those people put in for the discount as to where you can cut FFXI price... Now those people have to wait... Until FFXIV is fixed, In order to get that discount? Hmmm sounds unfair to me. I know those people aren't paying for FFXIV but then again those people didn't know it was in Beta form when it was released, Did the Box that it came in say: Beta also after all those people paid 75ish!!! for a game....

[Zyeriis]

we just got the last abyssea in December. How often do you want new content????

Content probably wasn't the right word. Perhaps I should've added an adjective. The problem here is there are so many adjectives I could've added. Such as: New Job Content, New Area Content, Non-rehashed textures Content, Full-length expansive Content, Expansion-pack level Content, the list goes on. Abbysea didn't add anything that was actually new to the game. You can argue that it added quests but, again, that's not what I am refering to. I want things like CoP and ToAU and WotG which are now impossibilities, yet I am still paying the same price per month.

[LunaticVoice]

Why is Square Enix holding onto PS2 players? There can't be that many, and every computer made within the last 5 years can run FFXI perfectly. I don't see why they don't just discontinue PS2 service and give all the PS2 users PC or 360 versions of all the content they've purchased. That way we could actually get brand-new areas, updated graphics, HD resolutions, and more than 30 FPS.

[Gaspee]

Why is Square Enix holding onto PS2 players? There can't be that many, and every computer made within the last 5 years can run FFXI perfectly. I don't see why they don't just discontinue PS2 service and give all the PS2 users PC or 360 versions of all the content they've purchased. That way we could actually get brand-new areas, updated graphics, HD resolutions, and more than 30 FPS.

The vast majority of us feel this way.

[Krashport]

Why is Square Enix holding onto PS2 players? There can't be that many, and every computer made within the last 5 years can run FFXI perfectly. I don't see why they don't just discontinue PS2 service and give all the PS2 users PC or 360 versions of all the content they've purchased. That way we could actually get brand-new areas, updated graphics, HD resolutions, and more than 30 FPS.

Power to the Final Fantasy XI Members!

[RAIST]

Content probably wasn't the right word. Perhaps I should've added an adjective. The problem here is there are so many adjectives I could've added. Such as: New Job Content, New Area Content, Non-rehashed textures Content, Full-length expansive Content, Expansion-pack level Content, the list goes on. Abbysea didn't add anything that was actually new to the game. You can argue that it added quests but, again, that's not what I am refering to. I want things like CoP and ToAU and WotG which are now impossibilities, yet I am still paying the same price per month.

Abyssea wasn't new content it was zones that already existed reskinned with different mobs that were just rehashes of mobs outside of abyssea. Don't get me wrong, it's fun, but it's not really new content, just different quests and items in rehashed zones.

New quests and cutscenes/dialogues, new items, new mobs, and reskined mobs/areas added with the add-ons are technically new content--as in it is still new entries in the database and DID increase the size of the games footprint as it increased the contents of the game folder's size and/or file count. The bigger difference in the expansions is they added all new zones with new mobs specific to their areas--but both TAU and WotG ALSO had reskinned mobs with updated stats (and WotG did a lot of reskinning of the zones, most the orginal wireframes are intact)--some mobs weren't even reskinned, just renamed and given different stats.

You should actually be lobbying for more UNIQUE content--as in new zones, new unique monsters.

[Zyeriis]

New quests and cutscenes/dialogues, new items, new mobs, and reskined mobs/areas added with the add-ons are technically new content--as in it is still new entries in the database and DID increase the size of the games footprint as it increased the contents of the game folder's size and/or file count. The bigger difference in the expansions is they added all new zones with new mobs specific to their areas--but both TAU and WotG ALSO had reskinned mobs with updated stats (and WotG did a lot of reskinning of the zones, most the orginal wireframes are intact)--some mobs weren't even reskinned, just renamed and given different stats.

You should actually be lobbying for more UNIQUE content--as in new zones, new unique monsters.

Eh, WotG added Campaign and 3 new zones. Other than that, yeah, you're right. I've argued in the past that WotG was the starting point for the ps2 truly holding us back but, it still did actually add some extra layers to the game, but it was the last instance of this. As for ToAU, it had way more than that. WotG and ToAU also added jobs (I guess CoP didn't but it more than made up for that). These are the things that are pretty much impossible now given what they've been giving us since 2008. Either way: I don't see us getting any full blown expansion packs again unless ps2 is dropped, so I don't feel we should be paying the same price until such a time. But again, I will regardless, in hope that it will change before things become too stagnant and the game dies.