ffxi mobile information

[Ultimoore]

My point was simply that it's not the big grand scheme that veterans salty about FFXIV think it is. It's just standard business fare, there wasn't like some big concious decision to screw over FFXI players as hard as they could or something like that. And in th e years that followed, they're like "wow, people are still playing this," and well, here we are.

I agree, I tried XIV. I like the look and how interactive the crafting was but that is it. XI has better everything else. On a business stand point I get why SE isn't developing the mobile game themselves. It spreads their workers too thin-ly? Thin. XIV make alot of money for the masses because of how "Streamlined it is". I would rather XI stay the same mechanically than pander to the masses. XI should stay hard for the veterans and focus on the people who love the game as it is.

[Alhanelem]

I agree, I tried XIV. I like the look and how interactive the crafting was but that is it. XI has better everything else. On a business stand point I get why SE isn't developing the mobile game themselves. It spreads their workers too thin-ly? Thin. XIV make alot of money for the masses because of how "Streamlined it is". I would rather XI stay the same mechanically than pander to the masses. XI should stay hard for the veterans and focus on the people who love the game as it is.

The two main things that are keeping me playing right now-
Deep Dungeon solo challenge- that is climbing the floors of Palace of the Dead or Heaven-on-High entirely solo without a party (There's a special achievement for this, one of the rarest in the game, that's how hard it is)
and PvP. As not that great as it is, I like the action and streaming it has been good for my twitch channel lol. Plus its fun to show off the prizes for making the rankings that ppl who don't do PvP can't get.

I'd honestly like the game a lot more if the open world was more important, because it really isn't unless you're gathering or going through the story. FFXI's world is far more worth exploring, and there's hidden stuff all over the place, quests make you think (sometimes), decision making on gear is usually more complex than "is it the highest iLvl?", and so on.

I pay subs for both. I really wish they'd bring back the discount they offered for subscribing to both during FFXIV's "whoops, we really screwed up" days. I see people discuss FFXI on a regular basis, particularly in the novice network, and if they lowered this barrier to entry, it might get more people to try it.

[Ultimoore]

So here is a new qustion: Would it be easier to rebuild from scratch or Remake the game through XIV's graphics engine?