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

[Delorean]

i don't think your community really went anywhere

i mean. people always talk shit about world of warcraft's community and how everyone in that game acts like a douchebag. but if you played the game on an rp server or something, the type of people you encounter would be very different compared to the types you would encounter on a highly populated pvp server.

point is, ffxi wasn't popular. ffxiv is popular. final fantasy is a popular franchise, a revamp of a game so bad that it had to be taken down and remade, but still retains a lot of the great things about oldschool MMOs that made them great while mixing in modern systems is a pretty damn good selling point for a game if you ask me.

the game attracted a lot of players from different games that have, i guess, a different "game culture".

your community didn't go anywhere. it's just being overshadowed.

[Aegis]

still retains a lot of the great things about oldschool MMOs that made them great

I must confess I don't see any oldschool elements in XIV ARR (except for quest grinding which is older than mob grinding).

When I think old-school I think open world dungeons, open world grinding, roles more diverse than tank/DPS/healer (think dedicated buffer, debuffer, crowd controller, soloists), competition for resources, PK'ing, craft-led economies etc

[Doo]

I must confess I don't see any oldschool elements in XIV ARR (except for quest grinding which is older than mob grinding).

I think she means old school as in WoW. All the new school mmos are action mmos.