So... why aren't you playing Final Fantasy XIV?

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Just thought it would be interesting to see answers to this question from FFXI players.

I've got two issues, personally: hardware and social.

On the hardware end, quite simply I don't have it. For the PC, I'd need to shell out $150-$200 for a graphics card that is realistically capable of playing the game (the "minimum requirements"are a bald-faced lie, in my opinion), and that's money I just don't have, especially not for just one game.

I could say that I'm waiting for the PS3 version, but between my white-knuckled grip on firmware 3.15 (Other OS) and being on my second YLOD (at $150 a pop), I don't think I'll be able to play a new PS3 game.

But overall, my greatest concern is social. I can see no way of elegantly transplanting my social linkshell from FFXI to FFXIV. Even if I had the hardware to play the game, not everybody in my linkshell does (insufficient PC, Xbox instead of PS, etc), and they'd be left behind. And even if everybody in my linkshell was able to play both FFXI and FFXIV, there's still the problem that we'd be balkanized: two separate linkshells in two separate games just don't add up to a single cohesive group.

[rog]

Because it is a terrible game.

[Olor]

Because it is a terrible game.

God yes. Spent six months wanting to like it so bad that I almost felt like I was having fun. Then they added ginormous red aggro markers, "!" over the head of quest npcs... and nothing that made anything that sucked better... so I quit. Then I rerolled on XI and remembered what having fun felt like...

Yeah, I built a brand new computer to play it (my first ever build...) - what a huge dissapointment.

[Juri_Licious]

Because it is a terrible game.

How about actually posting something that's more then 5 words for once in an attempt to boost your post count.
You're just spamming all over the forum pretty much.

[rog]

How about actually posting something that's more then 5 words for once in an attempt to boost your post count.
You're just spamming all over the forum pretty much.

What? I hardly ever post anymore.

Sorry, i wanted to respond to the OP, but ff14 does not deserve more than a 5 word explanation.

[Atomic_Skull]

How about actually posting something that's more then 5 words for once in an attempt to boost your post count.
You're just spamming all over the forum pretty much.

He was even worse on Allakhazam until they finally got sick of his antics and banned him. But at least here he doesn't constantly attack people and brag about cheating.

[rog]

He was even worse on Allakhazam until they finally got sick of his antics and banned him. But at least here he doesn't constantly attack people and brag about cheating.

if you say so.

[Atomic_Skull]

He was even worse on Allakhazam until they finally got sick of his antics and banned him. But at least here he doesn't constantly attack people and brag about cheating.

if you say so.

You are correct, I was wrong. You do talk about violating the TOS here.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...7682#post47682

Getting banned from FFXI and then coming back on a different account is a violation of the TOS. Don't bother editing that btw I quoted you back when you made that post here:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...ll=1#post59786

[RAIST]

didn't like it in beta...

Interface drove me nuts, as I play with a PS2 controller on my PC and I am too accustomed to how FFXI is setup and XIV was simlar but just different enough to annoy the hound out of me. Didn't care much for how you "quest" either, but both those things are just wonkiness I'd have to get used too. But, I have too much to do still in XI still, and it was obviously unfinished--might as well go back to XI and when I'm pretty much tired of that and XIV has matured a little I'll probly go to it.

Specifically though, some things I really didn't like were the limits put on advancing (fatigue system thing forcing you to change jobs after a while), and lack of a freaking Auction House was a boneheaded move. If not going to let us have centralised locations to sell warez directly to players, then let us sell stuff to NPC's directly for decent profit (but also provide a means to purchase items directly from NPC's for a reasonable price as well)--the AH system rounds all that out.

[Fiarlia]

didn't like it in beta...

Interface drove me nuts, as I play with a PS2 controller on my PC and I am too accustomed to how FFXI is setup and XIV was simlar but just different enough to annoy the hound out of me. Didn't care much for how you "quest" either, but both those things are just wonkiness I'd have to get used too. But, I have too much to do still in XI still, and it was obviously unfinished--might as well go back to XI and when I'm pretty much tired of that and XIV has matured a little I'll probly go to it.

Specifically though, some things I really didn't like were the limits put on advancing (fatigue system thing forcing you to change jobs after a while), and lack of a freaking Auction House was a boneheaded move. If not going to let us have centralised locations to sell warez directly to players, then let us sell stuff to NPC's directly for decent profit (but also provide a means to purchase items directly from NPC's for a reasonable price as well)--the AH system rounds all that out.

Pretty much exactly this, though many of my LSmates also did the beta and we played on the same server. Still didn't do it for any of us (to my knowledge). One person quit both games, everyone else stuck with XI.