RIP old friend. Still miss XI pre-Abyssea every day.
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RIP old friend. Still miss XI pre-Abyssea every day.
Nothing is certain tho. The consoles are being dropped because one is no longer supported and the other ceases support in 2016. Even tho it looks like the game is going into maintinence mode with the dropping of the consoles it means nothing is holding back the game from redevelopment. Its also a numbered FF to boot so its unlikely it will ever shutdown or dissapear completely. Could see the possibility of either a solo player version of the game down the road sometime so the lore and stiry is never lost to those that never played or even a possible ARR style relaunch which would be really epic expecially since they pulled it off once before with 14.
Since I don't like XI, even after giving it a try twice, I'm not phased by the news at all.
Sad, I played FFXI back when PS2 version launched in NA.
I think I ended up clocking close to 1000 days of play time over 10 years.
I really enjoyed the game up until Adoulin, but then the vertical gear progression sort of ruined the game for me as it had been pretty much horizontal gear progression. Even with the level cap raise, old lvl75 gear were still useful.
Some of my fav videos made by a JP taru from my server
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aDSM8niS58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXMphucgfcY
I had good times with ffxi even met my irl husband through that game kinda sad that it's ending. But hey it had a good 15 years and I'm playing Ff xiv now which to me is more fun. So I guess I don't feel to bad.
I am sad over the news but it was not wholy unexpected. I invested countless hours over the last decade and a bit into that game... I still have it installed on my PS2 including the latest expansion (japanese version) I will probably partake in its sunsetting events and stories but with them passing a mobile version off to a (rather dubious imo) 3rd party I am doubtful I will take part in that. It was a big part of my life that let me meet friends who are still an important part of my life and was my first real social outlet being that I deal with some social disorders irl that I wont get into here so that game really ment a lot to me.
I stopped playing when the level cap was 75, might just need to go back and see what's new before they shut it down. One thing that game captured fantastically was the sense of adventure when going in new zones and trying not to die/get lost.
I don't get where the whole "shut it down" is coming from. Seems like itll be similiar to Gw1
I'm hopeful it'll still live on for years but yeah, it felt like the beginning of the end and I was little sad at first. I have a lot of great memories from that game.
im a little sad about it. i was realllllyyy hoping the news would be that the player sub would drop from 12$+$1 per retainer to about 9$ so I could play both :( really thats the only thing holding me back from going back at the moment and playing both. Especially since in 1.0 XIV I could have a lower XI sub for paying for this one :(