(6.0 Spoilers) Endwalker will be your last expansion?

The only reason I always come back to FFXIV is because of the MSQ and now that Square Enix finished 11 years of story in the best possible way I feel like the next expansions will be just "filler", does anyone feel the same way?

I am grateful to Yoshi-P and all the staff for creating such a beautiful world and the best story I have ever seen in a video game, I enjoyed every moment of my almost 8 years of living in Eorzea and I hope that future expansions will live up to SHB and EW.

I think I'll wait until the final EW patch to make a decision.

https://i.imgur.com/UwNSEEI.jpg

I don't remember the exact source but I am fairly certain that they said that EW will conclude the Hydalyn vs Zodiark story and will start a new plot with further patches and expansions.

6.1 and on im sure will set up the next major story. the first raid deals with the deities that you hear about but we never touch on

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Originally Posted by Revash

I don't remember the exact source but I am fairly certain that they said that EW will conclude the Hydalyn vs Zodiark story and will start a new plot with further patches and expansions.

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Yeah Yoshi P did say that Also they wont start working on a new MMORPG until they are fully finished with Final Fantasy 16. since Final Fantasy 14 didn't come out not until Final fantasy 13 was completed finished. It took 2 main line Final Fantasy to be realised before they started working on 14. And Final fantasy 11 servers only closed down I think early this year.

As it goes for me. I've been here for 6,5 years now. Enjoying every expansion. I didnt think they could top shadowbringers but they did in my opinion. Eorzea is my second home and i am not leaving until my pc dies, my priorities shift drastically irl or the servers go down. Quote me on that, i dare you :)

In stormblood when the majority didnt want Whitemage for example. I was loyal to the job, all the way from ARR to now, as my main job doing the MSQ.

I can understand people leaving, cause they think its dull or bad or whatever it is. Everyone has a different mindset and different opinions and expectations. What we really need to do sometimes is respect und accept that.
Endwalker is the end of a 10-11 year story arc and won't be the last for me.

Greetings fellow warriors of light

edit: Just thoughts about the whole story arc and endwalker.

I can say for me someone who came early in Heavensward, this game had been quite special to me for a long time now.

And the way they executed this msq is more than enough for me to trust and believe in this dev team going forward, and my friends agree, so we all plan to stay through til the end.

I play since 2014 and i love this game so much. No, it will not be my last expansion :)

Oh gods no, I'm not quitting anytime soon. I'm very much looking forward to where the story goes next. I mean, right before the final boss for this storyline, we were giving a hefty list of all the stuff yet to come.

Being around since alpha 1.0, I thought I would hang up my hat too after completing Endwalker. How could you top that take and those hours of investment into the characters and the world?

But after finishing the MSQ a few days ago, I can say with full certainty I’m in for a longer haul and stoked for the next big story arc. Cheers!

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Originally Posted by Lily_Skye

The only reason I always come back to FFXIV is because of the MSQ and now that Square Enix finished 11 years of story in the best possible way I feel like the next expansions will be just "filler", does anyone feel the same way?

I am grateful to Yoshi-P and all the staff for creating such a beautiful world and the best story I have ever seen in a video game, I enjoyed every moment of my almost 8 years of living in Eorzea and I hope that future expansions will live up to SHB and EW.

I think I'll wait until the final EW patch to make a decision.

"In Darkness seek Joy, walk free and bear the light for others to follow"

https://i.imgur.com/UwNSEEI.jpg

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I don't think it was in the best way but to each their own. As for filler most likely. But then all of ShB and HW was filled as it was not the main problem directly. We need to wait and see.thing is next expansion can be way longer that normally.

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Originally Posted by Lily_Skye

The only reason I always come back to FFXIV is because of the MSQ and now that Square Enix finished 11 years of story in the best possible way I feel like the next expansions will be just "filler", does anyone feel the same way?

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Frankly I would welcome a shift to less interdependent story telling. Regardless, FF14 is the only MMO that even approaches the level of quality I expect from a service that wants me to pay monthly. There aren't any other MMO's that I feel are worth playing much less paying for.

Until there's a viable contender or Square itself faces some crisis I don't see myself playing anything else.

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Originally Posted by Blackcanary

And Final fantasy 11 servers only closed down I think early this year.

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Are you from the future? I'm not being flippant. FF11 has been getting regular updates the last several years and apparently still chugging along.

I'm going to continue playing. Endwalker is the conclusion of the current story, with future content starting another arc. I look forward to seeing what new places we visit going forward.

Being free from the shackles of the scions gives more creative space going forward. There are certainly a handful of new characters this go around that we also hope to continue to be featured.

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Originally Posted by Blackcanary

And Final fantasy 11 servers only closed down I think early this year.

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Wrong.
FFXI is still going strong with updates/new story.

6.0 was the conclusion of the Zodiark/Hydaelyn/Ascian storyline. Yoshida said that they were not finished with XIV’s story yet, just this chapter. I believe during one of the PPLs (or it could have been during the 6.0 Media Tour), they mentioned already having ideas up to 7.0. 6.x will be setting up those events, I wager. But XIV isn’t over yet, even if this chapter has reached its end.

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Originally Posted by Blackcanary

Yeah Yoshi P did say that Also they wont start working on a new MMORPG until they are fully finished with Final Fantasy 16. since Final Fantasy 14 didn't come out not until Final fantasy 13 was completed finished. It took 2 main line Final Fantasy to be realised before they started working on 14. And Final fantasy 11 servers only closed down I think early this year.

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I could be wrong since I’m not a former FFXI player, but pretty sure the servers for XI are still up and running. There’s even an XI Lodestone post about free trials dated November 2021.

EW was the culmination of all of their hardwork, and i have to say i really enjoyed the gripping emotions at every turn! i've been a long-time FF fan since i've been a kid and have always enjoyed the games, along with owning every game of the FF franchise. i'm excited to see what they have in store. the only thing i question, is are they going to try to develop a game using the same engine even though it is antiquated? i've perhaps thought that if they release an entirely new ark that they'd be building upon a new type of game engine or world per say, or perhaps just continue the same world but on newer engine etc, but i know thats a lot of work, new assets, models, meshes, environmental assets etc. i will be an FF fan until i die considering such good storytelling with a rollercoaster of emotions if you get sucked in like i do!

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Originally Posted by HyoMinPark

6.0 was the conclusion of the Zodiark/Hydaelyn/Ascian storyline. Yoshida said that they were not finished with XIV’s story yet, just this chapter. I believe during one of the PPLs (or it could have been during the 6.0 Media Tour), they mentioned already having ideas up to 7.0. 6.x will be setting up those events, I wager. But XIV isn’t over yet, even if this chapter has reached its end.



I could be wrong since I’m not a former FFXI player, but pretty sure the servers for XI are still up and running. There’s even an XI Lodestone post about free trials dated November 2021.

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XI is alive and well. They are planning for the 20th anniversary next year.

I just bought Endwalker.... 28 gig download... Only once logged in, why won't it download before log in. Sad.
Now 28 gig download and probably a 6000 person queue

sad sad day for me

They blatantly said a new story was going to start afterward.

No reason to quit unless you just don't like the game and don't care what a new story would entail.

Endwalker is just the finale of the original Hydaelyn and Zodiark arc. They're already planning out a new story arc and have seeded idea's already for it. There's alot of ways to for the story to go after this not including the void, the other shards, the other continents and the rest of islabard, the new world as well.

They quite literally dump a list of locations we might head off to next.

All the mysteries that I enjoyed got solved in a rush, and I was left unsatisfied. If next expansions are small self contained stories, then I'll continue playing every expansion, forever. If they start another huge story, I'll think about it... don't want to be invested for years just to end disappointed again.

Theres no filler, Yoshi P reffered to the next "season"/arc as Major.
And obviously ill continue playing, no reason not to. They write good stories, so the next arc will be just as good if not better.

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Originally Posted by Lily_Skye

The only reason I always come back to FFXIV is because of the MSQ and now that Square Enix finished 11 years of story in the best possible way I feel like the next expansions will be just "filler", does anyone feel the same way?

I am grateful to Yoshi-P and all the staff for creating such a beautiful world and the best story I have ever seen in a video game, I enjoyed every moment of my almost 8 years of living in Eorzea and I hope that future expansions will live up to SHB and EW.

I think I'll wait until the final EW patch to make a decision.

"In Darkness seek Joy, walk free and bear the light for others to follow"

https://i.imgur.com/UwNSEEI.jpg

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says at the end of the credits that this story has come to a close but many more adventures are still to come,
also a certain NPC also mentioned loads of places and basically says Eorzea not the only place with problems.

I mean, a certain character teases what we should go do next (and probably 6.patches or 7 hinting.)

I cut off the speakers name.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...80/unknown.png

It really depends on the content.

We could get a Blitzer class, a Green Mage class with a greathammer, Valefor, Griever, Pupus, Balthier, Minwu, Zeromus, and a Kefka/Warring Triad Ultimate. They could move toward a more exploration/frontier vibe.

Or we could get an underwhelming Beastmaster class, a janky Lady Luck Time Mage class, JENOVA, Vivi, Vegnagun, Barthandelus, and a Sora cameo. They could lean even harder into homogenous cyberpunk-magitech-blah.

There's enough left in the series for the devs to pull fanservice from, for me a lot of it just depends which titles (evens or odds?), what they pull, and how they contextualize it.

Yes a major story arc has come to an end but right now I dont plan on quitting the game. Depending on where they go with the gameplay systems I might play it less over time but the story is just one (but also important) part of why I continue paying for it. And I honestly hope that at least the next few expansions are closed stories. This way if I may find myself not happy with the gameplay part and the story I can stop playing the game without "missing" the end of a story.

So to answer your question: No right now it wont be the last expansion.

We haven't even seen half the places on the star, not to mention there are still many many shards we haven't visited. I for one am interested to see what the new story holds and what the future of this game brings.

Yes, it was ultimate meh, and I am fed up with how mediocre stories here are.

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Originally Posted by Blackcanary

Yeah Yoshi P did say that Also they wont start working on a new MMORPG until they are fully finished with Final Fantasy 16. since Final Fantasy 14 didn't come out not until Final fantasy 13 was completed finished. It took 2 main line Final Fantasy to be realised before they started working on 14. And Final fantasy 11 servers only closed down I think early this year.

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FFXI did not shut down. The game is up and running and gets plenty of patches.
http://www.playonline.com/pcd/service/ff11usindex.html