New expansion?!?

[AoiX]

As the title of this post. Is FFXI going to get a new expansion now that Adoulin has "ended"? Can we hope to see new stuff on that scale?

[Catmato]

As the title of this post. Is FFXI going to get a new expansion now that Adoulin has "ended"? Can we hope to see new stuff on that scale?

I doubt it. The way Adoulin screwed up the game way more than even Abyssea, it seems extremely unlikely they'd dedicate that kind of time an money to the few people still playing.

[Tidis]

I doubt it. The way Adoulin screwed up the game way more than even Abyssea, it seems extremely unlikely they'd dedicate that kind of time an money to the few people still playing.

This game is a lot better since Adoulin came out.

[Alhanelem]

I doubt it. The way Adoulin screwed up the game way more than even Abyssea, it seems extremely unlikely they'd dedicate that kind of time an money to the few people still playing.

The game is a lot better, not a lot worse, since audolin. It like... almost made up for abyssea. Almost. The reason abyssea broke the game was it made everyone feel powerful... but only while you're in it. Then any new content they came out with that wasn't abyssea wasn't nearly as compelling because it couldn't live up to abyssea with its power mechanics. The expansion is the first thing since abyssea to bring you a feeling of power outside of Abyssea. In other words, it was the first thing to come out that could compete with it, and offers a wider range of things to do.

They can do more expansions til the ps2 runs out of disk space again; after that they can't really do anything without dropping ps2 support everywhere.

the way i see it, they just had a very small update this month. if we see another small update next month then that puts the probability that they are working on another expansion pretty high.

Update was more minor than usual because of the holiday season. Next update will be more significant.

or expansion story lines to get relevant end game items for today.

You're annoyed that you have to do current relevant content to get relevant items? What?

I agree that the rather extensive amount of content that is needed to progress can be off putting, but at the same time it's also one of the game's strengths. I don't know how they can address this without really blunting the experience.

[Catmato]

This game is a lot better since Adoulin came out.

The game is a lot better, not a lot worse, since audolin.

It seems your opinion isn't shared by everyone. Plummeting server populations seem to show that. If Adoulin made the game so much better, where are the players?

If SE wants any new expansion to succeed, they have to do a hell of a lot better from the start than they did with Adoulin. I don't know anyone who stuck around after coming back for the start of Adoulin.

[bungiefanNA]

They can do more expansions til the ps2 runs out of disk space again; after that they can't really do anything without dropping ps2 support everywhere.

Pulling the data from the PS2 partiton, FFXI is still under 10 GB on PS2. The extra partition size is for room for duplicating files while patching, until the new copy replaces the old one at the end of the patching process. They're nowhere near using the full 40 GB on the drive.

[Protey]

the way i see it, they just had a very small update this month. if we see another small update next month then that puts the probability that they are working on another expansion pretty high.

[Dazusu]

the way i see it, they just had a very small update this month. if we see another small update next month then that puts the probability that they are working on another expansion pretty high.

Wishful thinking. More like they're winding down development and preparing for a semi auto-pilot mode of operation. Never know, if you're lucky, you might get another Crystalline Prophecy. (Though truth be told, I would love to see another expansion)

On the whole "FFXI is dead / Aby killed it / Adoulin killed it" etc. stuff which is always good for a laugh, I would relate some quotes;

Qufim Island 2005; Party member; "This game is dead. It was fun a year ago, but it sucks now. This game won't be around in a year, you mark my words."

Grauberg(S) 2009; Another party member ; "This game is dead. It used to be fun but it sucks now. Everyone knows this game will be shut down soon."

Yes, because in 2005 and 2009 - people saying those things were directly reflected by concurrent populations of 500-600 for most of the day. Oh wait. No they weren't. Back then those were the opinions of a few individuals. However, in 2014 - it appears the masses have spoken, and they did so with their wallet. All we have left are the vocal minority that continue to post about how the game is awesome, and so much more fun than it ever has been.

Sure. You keep taking that medicine.

[Stompa]

Yes, because in 2005 and 2009 - people saying those things were directly reflected by concurrent populations of 500-600 for most of the day. Oh wait. No they weren't. Back then those were the opinions of a few individuals. However, in 2014 - it appears the masses have spoken, and they did so with their wallet. All we have left are the vocal minority that continue to post about how the game is awesome, and so much more fun than it ever has been.

Sure. You keep taking that medicine.

In my post that you snipped that paragraph out of, I also said that the game is now old, and old games lose the transitory mass of mainstream players who will typically buy games when they are new and shiny, play them until they are old, and then move on to newer shinier games. And today FFXI is old, and has lost that transitory mainstream player group, who moved on to other newer games with eyecandy graphics etc.

So yes I already said that the population is lower now. My point was that even in its prime days, FFXI had people saying the game is dead, ten years ago people were making predictions about FFXI having less than a year of life left in it. My point was that it is dangerous to make predictions in the marketplace, there are too many variables to consider, and we don't know how long a classic videogame will last.

I do keep taking my medicine, it is for severe Cerebral Palsy. Thankyou for your concern.

[RalphTheGalka]

I'm not sure if I want to see another expansion just yet if's just going to be new ways of upgrading old gear. Plopping down more tedious trials on top of old ones is getting stale and needs to be rethought if there's going to be a new expansion.