Quote Originally Posted by Cegiana View Post
You keep talking about FFXI in a past tense, you do realize that the game is still up and running and with new content, don't you? If FFXIV isn't as good as FFXI in your eyes, then why are you playing FFXIV instead of FFXI?
This argument does not work. Would be like saying if you loved Vanilla WoW and Burning Crusades, WoW is still there. But in reality the game is totally different now.


Most people who state this yet are still here it is because XI was better. Past tense. abysea killed/ruined the whole game, the game has been a shadow of its former self since abysea released and is plagued by the same problems XIV has atm. XI now is a complete joke compaired to how it use to be. If I was to go back to XI with my guild we could get the best of everything in about 2 months.... before abysea we spent 18,900ish hours of scheduled events and never once ran out of progression to do... now there is less then 1000 hrs of content at endgame. The best gear is a drop of a single mob, the gear is more linear, guilds are diminished importance, and there is nothing but instant gratification feed to you. They tried to mainstream a game that was designed for the Hardcores... it is why they lost near 60% of their population in 2yrs. They want to get people to go back to XI, they need to roll the game back 3yrs and remove all the new stuff added.

So XIV has the same problems as XI currently, but XIV has more of a future then XI so it makes sense to stay here. I am playing XIV and subbing, but XI pre abysea was 10fold the game XIV is currently, XIV is twice the game XI is currently.

I honestly wish someone would make a game with as much dept, content, and lasting appeal as old XI, can have new concepts and more modern battle... but the casual only focus is ruining the genre it honestly is. XIV has a very long way to go to even be in the same league as XI was in those regards. The problem is XI was not just a game, XIV is.