Final Fantasy XI --> XIV

What made you quit XI or switch over to XIV? Do you still play both or have you gone back to XI after playing XIV? What's new?

Me personally, I quit XI after I got XIV. I like XIV a lot and I think it has great potential and Yoshi-P seems like he's doing a great job.
XI was fun and the 6 years I played on it are memorable, but the game wasn't what it used to be. I feel people are too comfortable doing things a set way. If a PLD didn't have a RDM, he wouldn't join. If there was no BRD, people wouldn't bother. If you're tank was a NIN they would say "no, thanks". I enjoyed doing crazy shit. Going into a party and I (THF) was duo tanking with another THF. I had gotten so much EXP from that and we never stopped pulling until nothing was there to pull. The waiting for party invites that never came, no matter what job you were. Even as a PLD, alls I got were: Party? Level sync 37? No. I want to use the full extent of my character at level 66. Level sync should not be used to gain easy levels, just to even out exp.

Though I have some friends who still play say a lot of new stuff has come out and it sounds cool. I may try it again on a new server.

Although it is fun to actually be part of a new MMO and watching it "grow".

So those are my reasons, what are yours?

I quit XI when I started XIV Alpha test in early April 2010 (or May, i forgot), I fell in love with it, the graphics are great, the flexibility of using many actions from other jobs without the limitation from XI's mainjob/subjob combination. Even with a lot of problems with the alpha and beta, I always told my self, the final released version will iron out all those bugs and broken systems, lag UI, repetitive leves. XIV came out with big disappointment, I used to log in XIV everyday since April, but then I decided to return back to XI early November 2010 for the Abyssea expansion.

Basically all the negative points the OP listed in XI (cookie cutter pt, pld need rdm, no brd, no pt, no thf no drop, etc.) are all fixed with a single expansion. There are just too much stuff to do in XI it completely put XIV to shame.

Now i only login XIV for the craftleve, thats once every 3 days for 1-2 hrs, and my rest of gaming time are back on XI. XI is just too big of a success, SE really did a great job on it. It makes me wonder, why 2 games made by the same company, could be this big of a difference.

I quitted from xi pretty much the same way, my linkshell now is gone and after 7 years of continued play i feel bored of that place. I still love it, but can't help with the sensation of done everything i could do

I was not up for another 2+ year grind to get the new AF armor set and Relic II weapons. I did it with Dynamis and i did it with Salvage. Now Dyna and Salvage armor is pretty much useless although the salvage one still holds a unique status in how difficult it is to get.

I miss FFXI. It carries so many memories and i doubt any MMO can ever beat that, they are just too shallow. FFXIV certainly is not going into that direction. FFXI might be the one and only jewel and i will find myself going back to it sooner or later.

I've gone back to XI because it is ultra-easy and my kinda game (for now until XIV becomes decent). You dont need to waste years getting things, you can do dynamis with like 5 people lol you can do it every day now and its 1 off fee, all cop is uncapped, most missons uncapped, you can spam FoV you can level insanely quick to 75 then abyssea it all up from there.

I have gone back to XI because XIV is just terrible, i login, do leves, logout. Maybe break clusters for ls members

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Originally Posted by viion

I've gone back to XI because it is ultra-easy and my kinda game (for now until XIV becomes decent). You dont need to waste years getting things, you can do dynamis with like 5 people lol you can do it every day now and its 1 off fee, all cop is uncapped, most missons uncapped, you can spam FoV you can level insanely quick to 75 then abyssea it all up from there.

I have gone back to XI because XIV is just terrible, i login, do leves, logout. Maybe break clusters for ls members

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You telling me Dynamis does not have a cooldown timer anymore? What about salvage, assault, Limbus? God, i go back instantly if they removed those effing timers.

It's a bit incredible how SE doesn't realize that all the casual players they're trying to win over have fled long ago and only ex XI players are left but everything we loved in XI are being destroyed by "streamlining" so that there's absolutely no depth to gameplay to speak of.

I quit FFXI between A Crystalline Prophecy and A Moogle Kupo d'Etat. I was absolutely disgusted with this content and couldn't beleive I paid for it. Also the linkshell that I had help build for years was losing players (and friends) and I really think I just got tired of the game. The fun went out it, I had become a robot.

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Originally Posted by Skyrant_Kangaroomouse

You telling me Dynamis does not have a cooldown timer anymore? What about salvage, assault, Limbus? God, i go back instantly if they removed those effing timers.

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I've no idea about them but non COP dynamis can now be done every 24hrs and the cost is a 1 off fee, u dont need reservation u just walk in too i think its instanced.

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Originally Posted by Niyariko

I quit XI when I started XIV Alpha test in early April 2010 (or May, i forgot), I fell in love with it, the graphics are great, the flexibility of using many actions from other jobs without the limitation from XI's mainjob/subjob combination. Even with a lot of problems with the alpha and beta, I always told my self, the final released version will iron out all those bugs and broken systems, lag UI, repetitive leves. XIV came out with big disappointment, I used to log in XIV everyday since April, but then I decided to return back to XI early November 2010 for the Abyssea expansion.

Basically all the negative points the OP listed in XI (cookie cutter pt, pld need rdm, no brd, no pt, no thf no drop, etc.) are all fixed with a single expansion. There are just too much stuff to do in XI it completely put XIV to shame.

Now i only login XIV for the craftleve, thats once every 3 days for 1-2 hrs, and my rest of gaming time are back on XI. XI is just too big of a success, SE really did a great job on it. It makes me wonder, why 2 games made by the same company, could be this big of a difference.

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Leves reset every day and a half...and XI is a, what, eight year old game?

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Originally Posted by MonsieurVerde

Leves reset every day and a half...and XI is a, what, eight year old game?

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3 days, i can do 16 craftleves back to back, holding on to 8 while waiting for the coming reset.

Whats your point? are saying don't compare contents between an 8 year old MMO with a brand new MMO?
If both games are available to me, they are from the same company, SE have 9 years of running and developing experience on MMO, why can't I compare them!? Is not like this is SE's first game in their history, they had all the data they needed to make an MMO, they "should" know what players wants when making a game. I'm just sharing how I moved from XI -> XIV and back to XI (for now).

I'm pretty sure this is what most people were saying about Final Fantasy XI the year and a half before it was released stateside.

I preordered the XIV collectors edition, with the intention of simply balancing both games. Then reality hit and I realized I had no sense of time overall, and how many hours were actually in a day. XI itself I played from NA release, way back in the day, basically straight through until XIV arrived.

Then I had to choose!

I ended up enjoying XIV more than I had anticipated, and reading these forums briefly, this fact alone makes me question my sanity and general taste as a gamer. But to me, the battle system was engaging and fast paced, graphics were ridiculous, crafting was great fun (and I usually never craft) the story was entertaining and the dialogue was well written and there was lots of humour and good times to be had. All aspects since then have only improved in my eyes, so I'm still here and loving it.

The only thing that has gotten detrimental to my fun is the total lack of people to play with! Hard to find people to party with or talk to, or good active linkshells.

For now though, it is very passable in it's solo aspects, and I can accomplish much in little time, which I love. And I can craft so easily now that it enables to browse things online and do my homework as I spam X. efficiency!

I haven't really quit one MMO for another. I stop playing them when I feel I've done everything there is to be done.

I quit FFXI mid-TOAU because I got bored. Played WOW for two years, back to FFXI for half a year, back to WOW for a year, then Aion for a year, then back to WOW for a bit, now RIFT.

FFXIV... I only played for like 2 weeks. But I'm still keeping a close eye on it because I still think this game can become an excellent game.

Quit just before big Level cap break to 80 at first I was excited about it but then I realized...Why am I going to level my character more when I don't have the time or motivation to do endgame? That coupled with most everyone I knew already having quit or at the point of quitting pretty much did me in. The whole reason this game brought me in was the friendlier solo play from 11. While most people are screaming for more content I honestly am quiet entertain Ranking up my classes trying to make my Perfect Job in the game.That and crafting is much more engaging than it was in 11 with it's dice roll crafting method, and with Local Leves its free to level also..

Played for 7 years and my friends/linkshell started vanishing slowly before me. After I was the few to remain I noticed the major issues XI had(cemented more once i played other MMOs). So after the last Abyssea I got my DRG to 90 and tried to get the armor. It was super difficult trying to get my AF3 since the lack of friends remained(ones left stop logging in a lot). So I really felt why noobs didn't join FFXI because it started becoming very pressuring just to do the minor of tasks.

FFXI will always be my home, The memories of that game or priceless. the ONLY reason i left was because after 5yrs+ of grinding and getting angry at the gear drops or lame pts, i just needed a change of pace

I quit ffxi for ffxiv because there is lot more solo content and the don't waste my little time to play like ffxi

I played XI on and off since NA ps2 release. Eventually, I quit for two years, but ended up creating a new character in Dec 09'. I hit 75 right before Abyssea came out and ended up staying around, eventually reaching 85.

Then came XIV.. I played in Beta, bought a pimp-ass Alienware computer (it was time for an upgrade) and thought, like everyone else that it'd get better when released. I dealt with all the lag and bugs and lack of content for a few months. Eventually I had to hang up my hat; I canceled my XI account and have not logged into XIV in a month or two.

It was a sad ending to my FF career, BUT I made a friend in the process who I regularly keep in contact with and I have all those screenshots and memories.

I was disappointed when XI got the level sync option making the game easier but nerfing the skill of players and the character skills by not exposing them to the highest most challenging content and getting PLed in quifim island for 40k exp an hour or some ridiculous amount. I stuck with it for a while until I caught wind of the raising level cap and making story mission easier by uncapping them. I enjoyed the challenge of the game and the sense of accomplishment and reward. I left because the game changed dramatically. Level cap, difficulty, exping, balancing, and other miscellaneous changes ruined what i had learned to know and love. They dumbed it down and I left. That's why I say I want to play XI, and choose not go back to it in it's current state like a lot of people demand.

I quit FFXI right before XIV alpha started. After playing XIV for a few months and realizing it was not fun, I am now back on FFXI.

I quit XI after I found out there's no such thing as reasonable endgame players, and it was nice to play something else that actually felt like fun instead of a full time job.

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Originally Posted by Corrderio

I quit XI after I found out there's no such thing as reasonable endgame players, and it was nice to play something else that actually felt like fun instead of a full time job.

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Ironic in the sense that tons of other people think playing XIV is a job. O_o

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Originally Posted by MonsieurVerde

Ironic in the sense that tons of other people think playing XIV is a job. O_o

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Depends. The grind is a bit of an annoyance but doesn't bother me much, but beats doing the same tiring event 1-2 times every week due to crap drop rates.

A job I still had back last summer was giving me very random hours week after week, so I couldn't keep with a consistent schedule for anything in FFXI. Also all I ever did was farm and level my crafts, I was always in fear of running out of gil with the way prices on everything were (ninja tools, magic scrolls for classes, non rare/ex gear that you needed). I never got into endgame so my gear was lacking for exp/merit parties and eventually I got to a point where I didn't want to waste my free time trying to get into a party or exping. Lots of things, I just got fed up with the whole system.

About the same time, I got into the FFXIV testing. So I decided to spend my free time on there.

I was banned from XI for duplicating salvage drops with the rest of end game Valefor in 2009.

I just got really bored of FFXI after putting so many years into it, roughly 5 years. I have been following FFXIV (Originally Codename: Rapture for quite some time). When it came out finally I decided this is going to be my game and there for awhile I questioned if the game is going to survive and then Yoshi-P got made the new director and started making posts and Polls asking what players like and would like to be added and now I have faith in the game.

FFXIV had a rocky start they rushed the title out too early and even though Tanaka is an amazing guy he messed it up from the start. Atleast Yoshi-P is taking all the right steps to correct the problems and add new expected out of the box features (some may call this streamline but I don't really agree with that). People judged FFXIV way too harshly imo, almost all MMOs have big struggles within the first 6 months and then usually either succeed or die within the first year. They make the cut or they don't.

In the end I know FFXIV is going to be better than FFXI. When? Give the game some time it is fighting against its predecessor, within 6 months time the game will have flourished and tons of a people will be playing it and there will be enough content to make us happy. May take a few years to topple its big brother but it will without any doubt in my mind.

Also FFXI is a dying MMO at this point in time. It loses players on a daily basis and the new content is kind of a jock, it only keeps the hardcore FFXI lovers at bay and even some of them are slipping to newer more promising games. I know some of you probably won't like what I said about FFXI but it is a fact no matter how you look at it. Atleast SE will always support FFXI as long as it keeps money in their pockets until the day comes where the money just isn't enough. By then Lil bro FFXIV will be prospering and reaping the benefits because then it will be a really solid game and the old school FFXI players will most likely move to it unless some other game comes a long and takes FFXI's place other than FFXIV.

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Originally Posted by Skyrant_Kangaroomouse

You telling me Dynamis does not have a cooldown timer anymore? What about salvage, assault, Limbus? God, i go back instantly if they removed those effing timers.

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Not yet Skyrant, it is currently planned in the next major version update (see http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...ynamis-Reborn!).

I got tired of only a very select few people getting the stuff in our shell. This game is new and is going to get a lot of content added to it, where ffxi has basically max'd out its memory now and can't grow much more (dying game). A lot of the things were fixed between the time i first tried this game and when I decided to Actually start playing it.

I LOVE the fact that I can just log in, and go solo some stuff without any prep work, massive gear swap, since nearly all my gear in ffxi was class specific I had ...~300 inventory devoted to gear for different jobs. And since there is no end-game content at the moment, I can just treat this game like a single player RPG that is in its beta.

I quit FFXI simply because I didn't have the time to play it. Waiting for parties was one of the biggest time sinks the game had, but I still love FFXI to death.

If I had the time to play it, I would in a heart-beat. No questions about it. But when FFXIV was first advertised, it was shown as being all the good things about FFXI, but faster. It was supposed to be FFXI for players who can only play an hour or two at night. And that's exactly what I wanted. I miss almost everything about FFXI, because it was just too good. The only problem I had with it, was how long it took to get a group of people together to go do something. So having an FFMMORPG where classes can solo? Awesome!

I know there is a lot of controversy over FFXIV becoming a sequel to FFXI. Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I wish it were like that. The main-job / sub-job system was both fair and engaging. Players had to make a choice about the style their character would have, rather than just grouping up all of the best abilities from each class. It's like if a Samurai decided to be /warrior AND /thief AND /ninja AND /ranger all at the same time. It's just not fun, because we don't have to choose anything. Why would we pick and choose if we can just have everything we want?

So I am also baffled why SE can't look at their past successes and learn from them. It seems so ridiculous that they can have a game that is so old, but still is better in almost every way to their new one.

They killed my Aht Urghan. I miss Assaults and Nyzul and Einherjar and White Gate and the atmosphere of it all. I hate abyssea :(

I quit ffxi last summer in anticipation of ffxiv, i quit ffxi for a year and then came back in late 2009, but at that point it seemed that I was so far behind there was no way to catch up due to lack of low level exp parties. I was praying that fxiv would be a great oppurtunity to get a fresh start along with all my other xi friends, but it was a large dissapointment. The connection to XI is so weak that if felt as though it were not a Final Fantasy at all, I am all for new ideas but this game lacks the XI feel that we all loved.

Talk about dwelling on the past...you'll never have fun again if you keep comparing. -_-

Is there a site where we can see where our FFXI friends are today in FFXIV?

People have to remember they wanted to try a clean slate, something that had some familiarities but was a totally different game. Then they released it earlier than they should have and didn't have the proper team working on it from the beginning. There is plenty of stuff that can and will be added to make this game awesome. We have the ingredients for the cake ready and mixed up all that is left is for SE to cook this thing.