February 2021 FINAL FANTASY XI Digest

[Alhanelem]

Gaol does seem special. I don't really see so much of the lag other people have been complaining about for a long time in Dynamis D, Gaol seems to be worse and there are times I can try to do it with no one else doing it on this server. So clearly something that didn't get enough testing before release, or was only tested in isolation.

[Leny]

Closing is the better situation. It's better to end a toxic relationship than beg for attention.

[Alhanelem]

Actually, I'd argue it's more cost effective to get your players on both games rather than either one.

[Monsuta_Man]

Disheartening to hear players talk about shutting down. New faces coming around these parts speaking their minds so it must have gotten bad at this moment. Closure would be nice. It looks like they have the foot off the pedal. I commend the team for doing these updates because they seem to be the company's whipping boys.

[Tsukihika]

It really is awesome how the developers themselves are still creating new content and keeping the game going. Thanks to these fairly frequent updates and improvements, old returnee players in particular can experience completely new, and hopefully improved ffxi all over again. Perhaps even form new bonds of friendship and reconcile with their old ffxi buddies from years back. I for one have no plans to ever un-sub from the game, even if I were to use it as nothing more but glorified social chat room. Going down with the ship! Sincerely wish though, that the game team would communicate with us western players more, so that we can all equally work together to improve the game and make it the best it can be. Even if the developers themselves are busy, well, developing the game . Surely some other game team representative can communicate with us players actively and work as intermediary to pass our thoughts and concerns even indirectly to developers. The lack of communication from their end, even on these "official" forums, is extremely disheartening indeed. This would perhaps be important matter to address at some point, when it comes to the longevity and future of ffxi as our most beloved MMO game?

There was some talk on other forums sometime ago, how old ffxi player from many years back regretted losing contact with their old ffxi friends over time after leaving the game behind. And certainly, these bonds we have formed with other ffxi players over years, from all around world, no doubt remain extremely important aspect and can for some even be the only reason they remain subbed to the game. The dev team making ffxi more "solo friendly" lately (trust system) could actually be considered counterproductive, as it takes away from players truly needing each other, in order to tackle the challenge ahead (battle content). This game truly is at it best, when players have to rely on each other, form actual bonds and know each other (jobs and their levels/gears), as opposed to simply being forced to do something together FF14 style with total randoms you never meet a second time in your life. Despite occasionally playing FF14 myself on the side and always checking new expansion content out, that game quickly becomes utterly boring daily-task-solo-grind, where you might as well just be playing some single player game instead. Although player experiences naturally vary, and this is merely my personal one. The FFXI dev team should definitely move ahead with player cooperation in mind, rather than the recent trend of solo-centric, time gated and easy gameplay, similar to countless failed MMOs out there where people simply quit/unsub once their goals are reached, or they are unable do advance further due to some forced artificial limitation (time gating content). The whole idea behind an MMO is after all, to play together with and interact with other human players.

[Pixela]

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[Feanorsof]

Enjoying the new content however as with many others I have found the lag in Sheol Gaol makes it unplayable at the moment.

[Zehira]

I like both XI and XIV. My friends from XIV have said a similar thing. They are happy XI does what it does well they do not like the outdated engine. They don't wanna talk about it even one of them has bought a copy. I know a bunch of players on a private server also play XIV.

Let's please stop that nonsense.

[Alhanelem]

I like both XI and XIV. My friends from XIV have said a similar thing. They are happy XI does what it does well they do not like the outdated engine. They don't wanna talk about it even one of them has bought a copy. I know a bunch of players on a private server also play XIV.

Let's please stop that nonsense.

Honestly, while XI looks dated to a degree I think it has aged well and certainly looks good for the time it was created in.

[Zehira]

I respect everyone's opinion.

Back in between 2012-2013, FFXI veterans had a kind of hope that XIV would be like FFXI 2.0. SE actually changed it to more a WoW clone theme park. I can understand why we are perma-banned from the official FFXIV forum. Even if they shut down this official forum then my account is worthless for good.

For the time being, FFXI has borrowed a lot of helpful features from FFXIV to make it better due to the QoL. More RMTs and bots born. Honestly, Asura never needed the trust system in the first place I guess which is why we need more new content to avoid problems and look more to team up. I am playing either one of the two MMOs I am currently a member in an endgame linkshell I play with once or twice a week then spend more of my time in FFXIV.