FFXIV A Realm Reborn

[Spectreman]

These people will never learn.

[Tennotsukai]

Played some of the beta of XIV. I'm rather impressed as well so I'll be transitioning from one game to the other h/w retaining my character on XI. I really hope after XIV ARR is 99% complete with everything they want done with it they will send 70% of those devs to FFXI and help rebuild this game.

It seems XI has made it so where most content in the game is worthless and not worth the effort anymore. It's all about burning to 99, getting a delve weapon with some decent gear, and farming plasm anymore. I know people do other things like farm ADL, which can be fun, but I'm still put off by how boring this game can be. Whether its delve farming or waiting for 18/18 people for 2 hours, this game is so much more boring than XIV.

I know a lot of people are going to troll on this, but it should be evident this game is not going to last long until a V2 or something attracting more customers to pay for this game comes about. Just my thoughts on this.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

SE is starting to build their games on DirectX 11

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This is how they'll be able to put out a PS4 version of XIV in just a year or so.

Except the XIV beta still uses DX9. The game still runs (and runs better) on XP.

[Vizzer]

XIV will have DX11 support next year, around the time of the PS4 version.

[sc4500]

The thing that sucks were seeing the slow death of ff11, and it sucks. Seen this from the intellevision, nes,arcade centers, genny, snes, ps1, game cube , ps2 , xbox , and all them in between. This death reminds me of the dreamcast dieing and the end of sega. OR the last couple of weeks ago when all us that enjoyed xbox. Then went back to sony for ps4. We can put all the strawberry and wipe cream on ff11 lasting for the next 6 month. Yet many us see the light and the door to the next side, yet it leave a empty feeling in the gut.


The only hope those of us that are fans for ff11 is that ff14 fails , but it will bankrupt square so were out of that hope.

The other option is they just tell the rest of the world were no longer making games for you guys. Like PSO2 did. FF14 japanese only.

They could embrace the fact there game is a global game and enjoy it and put the right people in charge of there company that respects all Fans and gamers alike across the world. That will enjoy ff14 success and maybe keep ff11 alive. Also Not worry about ff15 for now.

The Sad part they got draconian now on there forums for ff14, With Stuff on there forums on the beta , since people love the game and will complain and they do want to talk about it , to make sure it better. Got the 750 word limit, got a 15 minute time to reply back if your point is off so , unable make it better or worst . There to cheap to get actually people for free I guess from there sites to help moderate the forums.

[Cledant]

i see so many dramatic posts on this thread, it makes me laugh how many people are on denial or butthurted because they finally realize that ffxi is dead

[Jaall]

I don't know why people hold on so tightly to FFXI. Honestly, it's not the game it used to be, if it was I'd understand but it's all rose tinted glasses. We all had great times with XI, well most of us anyway. Why are people so insistent on holding onto them times even though they are now non-existent? There are so many complaints on this forum about the game yet every time someone mentions the game dying every goes off crying about how they wish it wasn't.

The way XI was will never be remade into a game, why hold on to the hope that it will be rather than cherish the memories you all once had? People crave the times they all used to have so much that they forget what really matters, and that is the friends you all made over the years, all the great times you had with them, all the places you visited when you first started playing the game and those noob "oh shi..." moments.

Sooner or later things do come to an end, but there is a great replacement at the end of this one, called XIV. It may be different but all those old friends are over there because they've moved on. I wouldn't mind if you played the game for what it is and didn't enjoy it but comparing it to rose-tinted glasses is not healthy and will definitely cloud your vision, so of course you wont like it. There are threads over on the ARR beta forums literally 10+ pages long with old XI players even from the very start of the game and a different thread for every server, and this is only beta. Just wait till the actual release and everybody gets access to those forums. Try the game before you slate it, because it is the closest you'll get to another XI, and it is a fantastic game.

[Daemon]

I don't know why people hold on so tightly to FFXI. Honestly, it's not the game it used to be, if it was I'd understand but it's all rose tinted glasses. We all had great times with XI, well most of us anyway. Why are people so insistent on holding onto them times even though they are now non-existent? There are so many complaints on this forum about the game yet every time someone mentions the game dying every goes off crying about how they wish it wasn't.

The way XI was will never be remade into a game, why hold on to the hope that it will be rather than cherish the memories you all once had? People crave the times they all used to have so much that they forget what really matters, and that is the friends you all made over the years, all the great times you had with them, all the places you visited when you first started playing the game and those noob "oh shi..." moments.

Sooner or later things do come to an end, but there is a great replacement at the end of this one, called XIV. It may be different but all those old friends are over there because they've moved on. I wouldn't mind if you played the game for what it is and didn't enjoy it but comparing it to rose-tinted glasses is not healthy and will definitely cloud your vision, so of course you wont like it. There are threads over on the ARR beta forums literally 10+ pages long with old XI players even from the very start of the game and a different thread for every server, and this is only beta. Just wait till the actual release and everybody gets access to those forums. Try the game before you slate it, because it is the closest you'll get to another XI, and it is a fantastic game.

It's probably the same reason a person lives somewhere, goes to school, makes friends, settles down and then 2 years later your parents decides its time to move and you end up leaving behind everything you grew to love, your friends, places you will miss, memories...

I'm open to new things, but not everyone is the same. It's like when you see stories about people refusing to leave their homes during a hurricane/tornado warning.

[Jaall]

I'd understand if this was leaving your home because of a hurricane or something but it's nowhere near that level. This is a game and admittedly a game that I and a lot of people have played a lot over the past 10 years but it is still just a game. We all signed up knowing that 1 day this game will end.

It's more like renting an apartment where the landlord is 80 years old. You know they're gonna die at some point and you'll likely have to move out but you don't know when, so you just keep enjoying it until it dies. It's inevitable and no matter how sad it is, it will happen it's just a matter of time. But there is a new landlord waiting for you across the street with the same type of flat, only modernised for the same price where all your neighbours have moved to but still you wait in the old flat ordering the old person not to die. The best you can do in this situation is just accept it and move on however sad it is.

[Daemon]

Easy to say but hard for some to accept I'm sure especially to those who spent all that time earning items and gear. I know I've seen some people with multiple REMs. And to spend a decade earning those is not the same as renting an apartment and paying rent lol.
Our subscription fee is like paying rent. SE is the landlord, items we earned is like paying mortgage in hopes of being able to stay longer. Because in reality when you pay mortgage you are making a decision to make that your home. And items people earned gives people a reason to stay and not switch over to another game.

Games like Diablo where items are very easy to obtain and has no value because it didn't take you forever or require a huge group of friends to help you obtain, these type of games are easy to move away from.