Ffxi ending

[peculiar]

I'll check back in a year, see how many of you are still around after there has been no new content for 6 months.

Also some of you that are posting don't even play the game, nor have you for quite some time.

[Artharian]

I'll check back in a year, see how many of you are still around after there has been no new content for 6 months.

It's a deal! :-) I've been playing for years without getting near end-game stuff...if the servers are still running I fully expect to be on in a year (or more!). I've never really been driven by a constant supply of new content; to me there's still so much to do and enjoy that I have masses of 'new content' - it's just that it's old content to some people :-)

Art.

[Raiyara]

It ultimately depends on what happens.

True on the ONE hand the game COULD die after major content updates end..... but on the other people might stick around as well. There is ALOT of content to do even after major updates stop but that doesnt mean all updates are stopped they still might add smaller things in as well as QoL changes and that.

Also the Rhapsodies thing might be just a way of wrapping up the CONSOLE service but remember the game will still run on PC and with no more consoles holding it back they could possibly work on revamping the PC version expecially if enough people are still playing next year. If somehow they found a way around the PS2 dev issue then that could possibly change things as well.

Realistically although it might not happen afink most people did wanna see at least One more expansion. Game wouldve probably felt complete if they had added the Northern Orcish Empire (North), The Mithran Homeland (South) and of course what was wanted for a very long time but might not ever happen the Far East. Realistically if anything the only thing that was really missing was the Far East.

Ultimately It depends on what goes from here on out. The game COULD die but then again it could keep on going for many years yet. I dont expect the mobile FFXI or spinoff game to be successful in the west I personally dislike mobiles theyre small annoying to use and I'll suited to my preferred form of gaming (PC mater race! :P) and a good few people who play this game are of a similar mindset.

Even with the way the games currently at it could still go somewhere in a few years if enough people keep playing. FFXIV is far less entertaining than this in part not because of the story but the COMMUNITY is inferior and has alot of wow kiddy whingers over this.

[Stompa]

I'll check back in a year, see how many of you are still around after there has been no new content for 6 months.

Also some of you that are posting don't even play the game, nor have you for quite some time.

I already said a few months ago that I would pay full monthly subs just to watch Nashmeira Trust do her boxing animations, with her arms waggling around as she tries to avoid looking at the scary monster.
I would pay the subs just to sit there watching her boxing, it is the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life. The fact I get to see her arm-waggling animations, plus the rest of Vana'diel all included in the subs, is more than enough for me. But I would pay subs just to watch her boxing, seriously.

[peculiar]

I already said a few months ago that I would pay full monthly subs just to watch Nashmeira Trust do her boxing animations, with her arms waggling around as she tries to avoid looking at the scary monster.
I would pay the subs just to sit there watching her boxing, it is the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life. The fact I get to see her arm-waggling animations, plus the rest of Vana'diel all included in the subs, is more than enough for me. But I would pay subs just to watch her boxing, seriously.

Yes but you paying the sub for 100 years would not keep the game open, they need minimum player numbers to do that. Majority won't pay just do look at their characters.

[Stompa]

Yes but you paying the sub for 100 years would not keep the game open, they need minimum player numbers to do that. Majority won't pay just do look at their characters.

I understand that I can't single-handedly keep FFXI Online in profit. Also I don't just look at the trusts, I go fishing and pwn mobs and make my automaton do amusing dances.

I think you underestimate the loyalty of the core FFXI fanbase, be they Japanese or EU or US or whatever. There are a lot of people who love FFXI and will sub it until the very end. We have seen a lot of games come and go since FFXI arrived, a lot of games rose and fell, while Vana'diel remained online.

Nobody is doubting that the overall population has declined, and this is natural. What is not natural, is the fact that this groundbreaking computergame has survived, flourished and improved in so many ways, over so many years. When the history books are written, FFXI will be in those books, as a truly pioneering game that really did explore uncharted seas, remained afloat in wild and turbulent storms, and retained such a loyal core playerbase throughout the journey.

We can't change the past, or make PS2 devkits grow on trees, or un-ooops some of the big ooops that were made. We are where we are today, and FFXI, like life, is not forever. Should we enjoy FFXI now, and enjoy our lives, or should we hang around being gloomy and talking about inevitable death. Personally, I love computergames, and tabletop roleplaying, and life in general. I wish to be enthusiastic, until the very end!

I will continue to play this awesome computergame for as long as it is available to play, and I am always happy to pay subs for such a high-quality gaming experience.

[Bluestar2kx]

I'll check back in a year, see how many of you are still around after there has been no new content for 6 months.

Also some of you that are posting don't even play the game, nor have you for quite some time.

It's cute you think you know it all about other people, but you'll forget to check long before I quit FFXI for good.
I have 11 years of accumulated playtime that started in 2003 (more time then half the people still playing the game i'd guess), and most of that took place long before aby and adoulin.

I've got plenty to do in FFXI*, I just got me a Hauteclaire sword for my pld who's 71, finishing up my kikoku for my nin who's 81, tons left to work on, rng, cor, pup, mnk, try run, geo, maybe bst, I still have most of every mission chapter to do except chains which is done, and almost all of zilart is done, tons to explore and do. Still want to pop AV, PW, finish my medals in campaign, and much more, including making my first mythic weapon. This doesn't even count all the things my partner has yet to do and try in FFXI.

So I'll be here, probably until Sunset, long after you stop posting about knowing people you don't know, but I guess it makes you feel better to do so.

But there will likely be content made still, and adjustments to ffxi, it will just be based of elements already in the game, that don't require intensive coding, and thus, the dev kits, but other things can still be done without it.

*On my new character anyway, I wanted to change race, since there's no magic potion, had to do it the hard way, and I prefer slow leveling to XP burning to 99 in a day, so that helps boost the length of time.

[peculiar]

It's cute you think you know it all about other people, but you'll forget to check long before I quit FFXI for good.
I have 11 years of accumulated playtime that started in 2003 (more time then half the people still playing the game i'd guess), and most of that took place long before aby and adoulin.

I've got plenty to do in FFXI*, I just got me a Hauteclaire sword for my pld who's 71, finishing up my kikoku for my nin who's 81, tons left to work on, rng, cor, pup, mnk, try run, geo, maybe bst, I still have most of every mission chapter to do except chains which is done, and almost all of zilart is done, tons to explore and do. Still want to pop AV, PW, finish my medals in campaign, and much more, including making my first mythic weapon. This doesn't even count all the things my partner has yet to do and try in FFXI.

So I'll be here, probably until Sunset, long after you stop posting about knowing people you don't know, but I guess it makes you feel better to do so.

But there will likely be content made still, and adjustments to ffxi, it will just be based of elements already in the game, that don't require intensive coding, and thus, the dev kits, but other things can still be done without it.

*On my new character anyway, I wanted to change race, since there's no magic potion, had to do it the hard way, and I prefer slow leveling to XP burning to 99 in a day, so that helps boost the length of time.

I kinda do yes, I've played mmo titles for a long long time and I've played a lot of them.

New content to a game is what keeps the majority of people around, if this was not the case Square would of not updated XI for the last 13 years. They would not be updating XIV now, it's the life blood. I also have very little faith in players words, some of the strongest defenders of XI that I knew (that would play it till they took the servers offline), no longer play. Words are cheap.

Also as I said, there are a handful of XIV players how post here that have not played XI for a long long time. It's incredibly obvious who those are here.

[Bluestar2kx]

I kinda do yes, I've played mmo titles for a long long time and I've played a lot of them.

New content to a game is what keeps the majority of people around, if this was not the case Square would of not updated XI for the last 13 years. They would not be updating XIV now, it's the life blood. I also have very little faith in players words, some of the strongest defenders of XI that I knew (that would play it till they took the servers offline), no longer play. Words are cheap.

Also as I said, there are a handful of XIV players how post here that have not played XI for a long long time. It's incredibly obvious who those are here.

Hey me too!^^

But be that as it may, as if most people don't know this. The people who flock to a new update leave a month later after they've done it, every MMO has this issue.... But assuming the game lives, these people aren't our target. We're (as in us and SE) not interested in the "majority" anymore. There's no way SE can pull them back to FFXI, esp after XIV, which is where they are. Not without spending tens of millions creating the game AS IS, in FFXIV's engine and borrowing suitable graphics assets that XIV already uses, and porting it all to the PC code base and putting it on the PS4 as well, and resume expanding our beloved world of Vana'diel, will SE get the "majority" to consider FFXI again.

We're after holding onto the dedicated players. Which don't entirely need new content like Vagary all the time or this game would be a lot more empty.
What the game has, and what bits they'll be able to add after major content ends in november will hold over a fair portion, probably enough of the games playerbase for the next few years. Maybe someday the game will sunset, but I doubt it will be anytime soon. People still play MMO's with far more outdated graphics and engines that are far older then FFXI with enough to support the games functions, and SE has said it takes little to run FFXI.

Yes some peoples words are cheap. But you can't consider just their words.
Most of the players who love FFXI most, who grew up with it, aren't teens with ample free time anymore. There's not enough time in the world for every player to be able to tend to life and play games. Some people have life sudden life changes (Me and my partner for example, just decided yesterday, we're moving in the spring (perhaps sooner) to the far side of the country), or other events that may require them to leave the game: jobs, schooling, deaths in the family, travel for any of those, having kids, all this happens in our limited awake hours.

This is not a judgement against them, but a testament to life, but I would bet money, they will never forget FFXI (Nor will I), and a fair bit would return if they could.
The old saying always was: You'll return to Vana'diel^^