Development Team Downsizing and Justification Makes no Sense

[Alhanelem]

In America, it's very hard to sue HorizonXI due to the fact they all work for free. Like I thought maybe one day SE could just buy HorizonXI and make it official. They are the only experienced GMs I know that exist.

You don't have to make money to get content matched online or get DMCA takedown'd. Now, if they did collect money for the service that would almost certainly trigger SE to go after them if they found out about it.

Nintendo is infamous for shutting down fan projects even where no money is involved.

I hate those players that quit for years and come back and try to dissuade others from caring about the game.

I've never truly quit, nor do I want people to not care about the game. But I also don't think people should put up with something they feel is constantly giving them the finger like in your case. If you're not having a good time, I would encourage you to find an activity that you do find enjoyable, nobody should be doing things they aren't happy doing.

All I've been trying to tell you this whole time is SE is going to do whatever will make them the most money. And developing major new expansions or makeovers for FFXI with tons of new content is not likely to give them anywhere near the payoff on their investment as if they spent those resources on something new. Complaining here and making fales statements about that other game you feel is somehow responsible for all of this (even though it isn't) is not going to persuade them to invest more in FFXI. it's going to take way, way more than the dozen or so of us who post on the forums to convince SE that it would be worth investing a lot of money into FFXI again.