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

[realmreborn]

Anynone of you still play FFXI?

[SynMaris]

Anynone of you still play FFXI?

Stopped playing in 2009.

[Machazareel]

Anynone of you still play FFXI?

I quit shortly after the most recent expansion. I had quit once before, in the middle of ToAU, but came back on a brand new character during abyssea. Aby was fun, I liked being able to lowman everything with my closest XI friends. Adoulin took that away

On the topic of the Ridill again. The dude was a WAR main, my WAR was just for xp, he showed up for stuff all the time, and he was a pretty nice dude. Still, if I had known he'd end up quitting so soon, I would never have given it up. But hey, hindsight is 20/20.

[charlemagne]

Anynone of you still play FFXI?

I quit when 1.0 came out but rerolled for a while between 1.0 and 2.0. Anyone who still has love for xi, even if it is just nostalgia, shouldn't go back. The negative aspects of the xi community have got worse and the great aspects have diminished.

Was the xi community was better than the ARR community? I think even the 1.0 community was better than the ARR community. The game design isn't as sociable as either xi or 1.0. I think the df means we gives people more license to be horrid and that their attitude has rubbed off on some players who otherwise would have been fine.
I think the ARR community needs something that encourages some of the socialisation that we remember from xi, maybe one piece of content that is slower paced somehow with more time to chat between button mashing. The ARR community is just as nice as the xi community ever was, they just need the same opportunity to interact sociably.