In regards to Matsui

[Vivivivi]

In my opinion, the sudden departure of so many players (530 on Quetz at the moment) is due largely in part to XIV's now successful re-launch, I can say this with some certainty, as my XIV linkshell is made up largely of XI players. I do notice on weekends that the XI numbers still largely remain the same as three weeks ago (1.5k+ here). So in my very informal survey, people haven't outright left XI just yet, they're just not playing as much.

I think it may be premature to call for another server merge since XIV is brand new (again) and I'm sure many people who play both games are enjoying all of the new content in XIV, while they're likely caught up to what XI has to offer. As people reach end game in XIV I wouldn't be surprised if those who play both begin to spend more time in Vana'diel again, especially with each major update.

I of course don't have access to official stats or anything, but this sudden drop off doesn't seem unprecedented, I remember a similar pattern when other, non SE titles came out such as Diabolos 3, Skyrim, etc that have a big cross over appeal. Another major XI update, and people came back, Adoulin picked up steam and the game seemed more alive than ever in recent years.

For financial reasons, if I'm continually wanting to play XI and XIV, I eventually may have to decide between them, and would love to see some sort of packaged discount to do so as I believe the free to play model wouldn't work with XI's structure.

[Kaisha]

For financial reasons, if I'm continually wanting to play XI and XIV, I eventually may have to decide between them, and would love to see some sort of packaged discount to do so as I believe the free to play model wouldn't work with XI's structure.

I remember when you were supposed to get a discount for subscribing to both XI/XIV on the same SE Account. Never happened since XIV went with no monthly fee for a year due to broken game.

Perhaps they should bring that back.

[Aselin]

I agree with everything you said above and hope Matsui does read it.

Not going to rewrite everything I've posted on another FFXI forum since they're very long.

Re: Server population (Bismarck server)

http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/40...ife/3/#2459835
http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/40...ops/3/#2460428
http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/40...ops/3/#2460513

Yes, as high as 77% drop in population since we merged with Seraph in 2010.

Re: Game difficulty and ease of content; and older content being outdated

http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/40...ife/2/#2459531
http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/40...ife/5/#2460202
http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/40...ife/5/#2460234 (A friend's reply to same thread.)

From a user named "Pergatory" on /r/ffxi on Reddit:

It's dead, although it wasn't FFXIV that killed it, it's Adoulin that killed it. Adoulin replaced massive amounts of old gear that was hard to obtain with new gear that is a total breeze to obtain, and now everyone has done everything and feels like there's nothing left to do. I log on, look at my inventory... try to figure out something to do... watch the shouts for a while... then I log off. That's it. There's nothing left for accomplished players to do anymore.

I think it was sort of intentional that SE killed the game at this time, in order to drive people to FFXIV, then they will release the updates to relic/mythic/empyrean weapons to revive FFXI... but I hope they haven't killed FFXI beyond reviving at this point. They might have a hard time drawing people back.