What was FFXI like when that first launched?

[Tanaya]

@Reika: I was going straight from memory, so my years got jumbled. Oh well though.

And the train wreck was only really bad to those who thot MMO's launched with flawless victories 100% of the time. I survived it because I knew it was a new MMO and what to expect from new MMO's.

Maybe people would feel a whole lot better if they just released it in Japan in September, then made NA/EU wait a year and 5 months to play it with a possible first expansion again? I sure as hell am glad they didn't do that again. And it's not like we are paying anything right now, SE is just keeping the servers open while they make fixes and additions and prepare for a re-release ^^

I don't necessarily believe MMOs at launch are 100% perfect, but they're certainly better than what XIV given out, just on content alone. And like I said before, this game was heavily advertised and had a simultaneous release worldwide, and is a successor to XI, an MMO that has been out for 9 years. A lot of these mistakes shouldn't have happened and the game was no different at release when played on Beta. In fact it was the exact same game.

It seems like their experiences from XI didn't carry over at all. The fact they even had to make it free to even keep a sufficient amount of players on servers is about as drastic as I've ever seen anyone do with an MMO. XIV had a much bigger mantle to carry than XI and that's why it bombed harder.

[SuzakuCMX]

@Reika: I was going straight from memory, so my years got jumbled. Oh well though.


I don't necessarily believe MMOs at launch are 100% perfect, but they're certainly better than what XIV given out, just on content alone.

Really? What MMOs did you play at launch that makes you state such bold things?

Specific examples are better support for an opinion than just a statement of opinion.