Why going back 10 years doing Korean Farming Content?

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Originally Posted by Vyriah

This is why you just can't make a FF XI map in FF XIV anyway. The fact that FF XIV have more recent engine doesn't help, especially since FF XIV was made in difficult conditions.

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I have a hard time believing that FFXIV has a more recent engine when everything in FFXIV can't improve beyond anything else because #limitations.

* Improved character models and character creator? #Limitations
* Better lighting, textures and other asthetic options on higher end? #Limitations
* Better QoL improvements on HUD, System and Inventory Usage? #Limitations

They have little reason to do any of this when the overall feedback is positive. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is the best translation on how they don't want to improve it. XI is running fine for now and a likely foreseeable future. FFXI was their most profitable title 6 years ago. XIV will likely take that spot and on both titles, the technological investments are minimal.

They likely never will make the upgrades that people asked because 1.0's "bad things". But games can be done better, faster, easier with the right tech, but that tech takes time, like any skill, to improve.

The key word is always "improve". A word that doesn't seem to be in their dictionary as of late.

Because i enjoy it and i am not the only one. I dont enjoy other contend tho, like running 15-20min dungeons all the time.

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Originally Posted by Binahel

I doubt that people asked for the same grind we did in 2004 XD to not be able to play with friends.

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Relic and Anima weapons have always been a grind. Where were you for 2.0 and 3.0?

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Originally Posted by Thorbot

Every game needs to innovate. No matter how fun the formula, it gets stale eventually. That's why people stopped playing FFXI.

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While I agree with the rest of your post, I will make one point of argument here. FFXI was always innovating their gameplay, at least within the limitations of their engine. I would argue the larger reason stopped playing it was its dated in a lot of ways. While I love XI and I have gone back from time to time since they have eased up on the time commitments to doing content, it's just hard to get into it because it lacks so much functionality that modern MMOs have like easy to use menus, good mouse and keyboard controls, or even simple jumping over small ledges.