Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
Also, if you're "not here to argue," then you're not in the right place. By posting opinions on a forum, you open them up to be disputed (or agreed upon) by others. Your comments demonstrated a clear bias I felt obligated to dispute due to inaccuracies.
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I left feedback regarding FFXI (by agreeing with the original post) and further outlined why I think certain products did in fact fail, and why I am not pleased with new products being released by SE.

You are welcome to disagree all you like, but I'm not here to debate you.

I believe, and know the forums are used for leaving feedback and I would like to continue to focus on that, instead of responding to your replies that do not include feedback regarding any SE product.

I am sorry.

To try to bring the focus back to feedback I will add why I personally did not try FFXI sooner, a reason why SE might have not have seen greater success with FFXI earlier on.

I cannot speak for others, but in my example, and I am most certain that I am likely not the only person in this situation, I was simply too young to start playing FFXI at its release.

When FFXI released be that in 2002, or 2003, in the USA, I was simply too young.

When I turned 16 I was required to start buying my own needed products such as shampoo and other household needs, so having a parent pay for XI was not an option.

When I did join, it was well after release, and after FFXIV 1.0 had already released, but I chose to start with FFXI regardless.

The next issue, I faced with XI, was all the players had already had long moved on to level 99 content, and I was level 1 so leveling was very difficult, let alone completing missions solo. (Pre-trusts and pre-RoV.)

Ever since FFXI addressed those last two issues, I have been enjoying FFXI.

Which is quite wonderful considering I do not enjoy any new products from SE or many other developers for that matter.

For this fact, to be capable of still playing and enjoying XI, I am grateful.