Development Team Downsizing and Justification Makes no Sense

[Haldarn]

I think (yeah yeah) S-E should pile everything on a full conversion into a new engine and modern system, near identical to FFXIV's. Then Yoshi-P isn't just the guy who turned a failed MMORPG into a success story, he's saved a dying MMORPG on the brink and shown how live service games can evolve past tech restrictions. What an amazing project for developers to be involved in, and one that both uses existing expertise and also provides those devs with a solid future and potential accolades to boot.

The next decade XI and XIV can then move forward in concert until we can all complain together about how FFXIX being an action looter/shooter MMO with NFT lootboxes is an awful idea.

[Alhanelem]

I think (yeah yeah) S-E should pile everything on a full conversion into a new engine and modern system, near identical to FFXIV's. Then Yoshi-P isn't just the guy who turned a failed MMORPG into a success story, he's saved a dying MMORPG on the brink and shown how live service games can evolve past tech restrictions. What an amazing project for developers to be involved in, and one that both uses existing expertise and also provides those devs with a solid future and potential accolades to boot.

The next decade XI and XIV can then move forward in concert until we can all complain together about how FFXIX being an action looter/shooter MMO with NFT lootboxes is an awful idea.

I'd be 100% behind this as long as it didn't involve a hardcore dumbing-down of existing game systems. i.e. elemental and monster relationships, physical strengths/weaknesses, etc. For all the good things FFXIV does, it feels like it came at a cost of making job mechanics too simple (for the sake of roping in new players). So I would love to see Yoshida decide to breathe life into FFXI, as long as that doesn't mean drastically changing the things that made FFXI what it was. New graphics, better (and officially customizable) UI, better netcode and regional servers, and less clunky delays / animation locks.

[Sirmarki]

I think (yeah yeah) S-E should pile everything on a full conversion into a new engine and modern system

The only problem with that I find, is that a lot of long-term players actually play this on older dedicated systems. That and other people seemingly running multiple instances (obviously not mean to be but..) due to the fact the current game requires little to no resources in order to run, and people take advantage of that. Increase the games demand on resources and said people would probably be unable to do what they do.