Please reconsider dropping content additions after the last BC is released in Nov.

[Mookies75]

I think it's extremely disappointing to hear you will completely stop additions to the game after the 3 part addon is complete. Not only do I think you are making a mistake in that regard, but you are making a mistake by announcing it so far in advance. You have essentially made the entire community feel like there is almost no point in playing the game anymore. We feel like we will be abandoned.

You don't have to go all out with updates after November, the kinds of changes/updates we've been getting are more than enough even if you toned down the frequency and volume.

So I ask that you reconsider, and at least allow for additional job adjustments (additions and changes) in the future if needed, and completion/tuning of battle content/systems that are not quite finished yet.

[Dragoy]

Here's a snippet from Announcing the Vana'diel Project:

Additionally, service for the PlayStation® 2 and Xbox 360® versions will end on or around March 2016, and we will focus our efforts on the Windows® version. Feedback posted on the forums and obtained through other avenues will inform quality of life improvements and balance adjustments, so do not hesitate to tell us your thoughts and opinions.

So it would indeed seem like there will still be changes done, just not in major scale... not until they change their minds, that is. ^^;

[scaevola]

Stage 3: Bargaining

[steellords]

Stage 3: Bargaining

I was thinking this too. It's not unheard of for a small indie company to change its mind and put out more updates, but a corporation with multiple other MMOs...

That is truly a pipe dream. If any new content continues after Nov, it will be private servers

[bungiefanNA]

I'm sure if they manage to retain a large enough player base in spite of this announcement, and we are vocal about getting another expansion, they will look into development of one. If we refuse to let the game die, they have incentive to keep doing things with it.

[Numquam]

Why is change so hard to accept? There is soo much to do in that game...I mean..it took me almost 4 years to complete all the story lines. I've enjoyed my time with FFXI. I play on Windows, so I'll still be playing...even to the end hopefully. There are still others out there that will still want to play, so I'll play with them. You can't expect them to keep tossing out new content over and over when they want to move on...whether its better or worse. Thank you SE for the wonderful memories! Thank you for creating a virtual world! Thank you for your time!

[Mookies75]

Why is change so hard to accept? There is soo much to do in that game...I mean..it took me almost 4 years to complete all the story lines. I've enjoyed my time with FFXI. I play on Windows, so I'll still be playing...even to the end hopefully. There are still others out there that will still want to play, so I'll play with them. You can't expect them to keep tossing out new content over and over when they want to move on...whether its better or worse. Thank you SE for the wonderful memories! Thank you for creating a virtual world! Thank you for your time!

I'm not saying they have to constantly add new content. I'm saying don't shut the door on QoL updates and needed job improvements.

Did they even finish monstrosity? That is a whole other side to the game that would be viable if they did a tiny bit more with it.

Also I hope they finish up Job points. It seems like an interesting system but I think there needs to be another 100 point tier passive or two (At 400, or even 500 JP, add ACC and MACC job point categories if possible).

I know the game is huge but at the same time it's finite (and I've done a lot of it). But another part of what made me come back frequently was the monthly updates even if it was just job tweaks.

[Stompa]

Why is change so hard to accept? There is soo much to do in that game...I mean..it took me almost 4 years to complete all the story lines. I've enjoyed my time with FFXI. I play on Windows, so I'll still be playing...even to the end hopefully. There are still others out there that will still want to play, so I'll play with them. You can't expect them to keep tossing out new content over and over when they want to move on...whether its better or worse. Thank you SE for the wonderful memories! Thank you for creating a virtual world! Thank you for your time!

I applaud you, Sir.

You really said what I have been thinking, entirely. Vanadiel has given me over a decade of fun, friendship, excitement and joy. Nothing else in my life has ever come close to that, not videogames or anything. Even though I pay subs for the game, I am still in SE's debt because they gave me a decade of unforgettable memories, something money can not buy, and certainly not the tiny subs they asked of me.

And so I will be battling monsters in Vanadiel, going fishing, petting my Mog Garden sheep, and so on, for as long as the game is available online, and it doesn't matter to me that there are no more expansions 2016+ because it is still Vanadiel and still the realm of wonder where all my fondest memories dwell.

[Allestra]

I applaud you, Sir.

You really said what I have been thinking, entirely. Vanadiel has given me over a decade of fun, friendship, excitement and joy. Nothing else in my life has ever come close to that, not videogames or anything. Even though I pay subs for the game, I am still in SE's debt because they gave me a decade of unforgettable memories, something money can not buy, and certainly not the tiny subs they asked of me.

And so I will be battling monsters in Vanadiel, going fishing, petting my Mog Garden sheep, and so on, for as long as the game is available online, and it doesn't matter to me that there are no more expansions 2016+ because it is still Vanadiel and still the realm of wonder where all my fondest memories dwell.

Have to agree here as well, regardless of new content or not I will stay as long as I can. Too many good memories and tbh too much for me to still do!

It is simply too close to my heart to abandon it, but ppl should not be surprised, I have noted many many times on alla how dead ffxi is ...this is simply the result of that reality.

Its a change...nothing more in my eyes. Look forward to playing this wonderful game for a good bit of time yet, but if and when the end does happen, I will accept it. Until then, I still have a long list of things to finish....and even start!

[Akson]

Why is change so hard to accept? There is soo much to do in that game...I mean..it took me almost 4 years to complete all the story lines. I've enjoyed my time with FFXI. I play on Windows, so I'll still be playing...even to the end hopefully. There are still others out there that will still want to play, so I'll play with them. You can't expect them to keep tossing out new content over and over when they want to move on...whether its better or worse. Thank you SE for the wonderful memories! Thank you for creating a virtual world! Thank you for your time!

The problem is that once you've caught up to speed on accomplishments with nothing left to look forward to but the Next Update. That's when you quit. Which would happen sooner rather than later I would imagine for the vast majority whom still play. I play on 360 and if Nov is the last of the last then I won't even need them to boot me offline by March 2016 when they kill off support for my platform. I would be already long gone by then with little to do that meant anything beyond nastalgia.