[[ Why do we miss the old FFXI community ]] What made it special ??

[frostmagemari]

My big question is, is that if FFXI was so great, why isn't -everyone- clamoring for more XI and things like it? The most reasonable answer, just because you* had a blast in the game and were able to find a clique, does not mean that the game was good or that it's community was great.

For the most part, i remember XI being the most vile and elitist community there was; When you tried to find a group, only certain classes were even entertained as being worth it, then when you found a group you were dressed down as soon as you got there and people didn't want to risk their XP on someone who didn't have every piece of gear people thought they should have for the level, no matter how unreasonable it was, and then you were booted from the group to find your own way back to civilization.

And my experience does not mean it was a horrible game either, but rather simply pointing out that nostalgia colours a person's view in many different hues, but rarely does it reflect the truth.

[busta]

My big question is, is that if FFXI was so great, why isn't -everyone- clamoring for more XI and things like it? The most reasonable answer, just because you* had a blast in the game and were able to find a clique, does not mean that the game was good or that it's community was great.

*Everyone* isn't. But most people are. If you look at the threads involving praising FFXI and asking to implement FFXI style systems, the amount of likes on comments here in the forum are heavily on the side of the people who support FFXI.

[Orsnoire]

*Everyone* isn't. But most people are. If you look at the threads involving praising FFXI and asking to implement FFXI style systems, the amount of likes on comments here in the forum are heavily on the side of the people who support FFXI.

This is extremely biased, and incorrect.

The "like" wars in the beta were never conclusive. At BEST the people clamoring for more FF XI are 50% of the forumgoing community.

The only reason it looks different now is that FF XI white knights make up a much larger portion of the forumgoing community for FF XIV, due (in my humble opinion) to the fact that they tend to be more dissatisfied with XIV and therefore more likely to spend time on the forums.

To claim that the forum community is reflexive of the in-game community is incorrect. As the beta forums showed conclusively, there absolutely is NOT a heavy lean towards including FF XI mechanics. (in fact, in beta VERY few threads asking for FF XI system implementation had a significant ~i.e. greater than 100~ # of likes; most of those threads were SEVERELY weighted against XI).