I really wish SE would drop / reduce the XI sub for XIV players

[Joshhoowah]

Oh I certainly realize that. You can still play it the same way. I wonder what the sort of meta of the game really is for people who want to level "au natural" and refuse to go Abyssea. Like, I can imagine the player pool is VERY scarce, trying to /sea all lfp would be very interesting just to see how many people in the 10~50 range there even are. I imagine some would not mind level syncing down, but, truth be told the only way it would really work is if you got 5 other friends and just went at it. I mean, despite how hard many remember leveling in XI was, if you had a solid static you could totally get stuff done.

I just think it would be a great gesture of SE. I have hardly any reason to play XIV (and obviously, much less XI) but it would still be fun to mess around over there.

I picked up the game for a few months and dropped it ~6 months ago. You won’t find anyone using the LFG group anymore. Even if you had 5 friends to run a static with, leveling the old way might still be impossible. The AH doesn’t have much low level gear anymore, so you would have to find some crafters willing to help out and gear your entire party. I found that people aren’t as willing to donate their time as they used to be. Nothing is free and inflation is high. I was able to get a few old school parties going for the sake of nostalgia… they got boring fast really fast. It’s hard to value the xp you’re getting when you know you could be leveling up so much faster.

[darkm0d]

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Hah, that's pretty interesting, if not depressing. To be expected, though I suppose. I was curious about the gear aspect for sure. I wonder, if any feasible way around that would be other than desperately clinging to signet gear, not that it's that sustainable anyway. I'm curious if my old character has anything of value, or if my gil would be enough to get a few friends set for a bit.

[Hvinire]

Currently we have no plans to implement a similar discount system like the one that ran during the launch of FFXIV 1.0.

[KariArisu]

Currently we have no plans to implement a similar discount system like the one that ran during the launch of FFXIV 1.0.

SE doesn't like making money.

[Dale]

I do like this idea.

But I think Final Fantasy 11 (especially since it continues to introduce new content) is worthy of it's own subscription fee.

The problem though is Final Fantasy 14 has made such a huge dent into Final Fantasy 11's population. The game is almost like a ghost town now... which is very sad to see. So I do think they should implement this change, if for no other reason than this.

[Roaminggnome]

Oh well I probably would have bought the game and subscribed if they had but as I see no reason to pay for the game and another full subscription price on top of what I'm already paying I guess not.

Currently we have no plans to implement a similar discount system like the one that ran during the launch of FFXIV 1.0.

[Shori]

this is sad news I was considering reviving it for at least a month or two to show my other half what the previous FF-MMO was like (including how cute the tarutaru were).

[Altanas]

Coming from another angle, I would gladly have paid a few more bucks more had SE found a way to connect both 11 and 14 as one world/parallel world via moghouses as originally envisioned.

[Reiterpallasch]

XI is their most profitable title to date, dropping or reducing the sub would be silly.

Why do people keep saying this as if it's at all relevant these days? Sure, SE made a ton of money on it in the past, but that doesn't mean it's still raking in tons of cash for them today.

[ufufu]

SE doesn't like making money.

More like they want you to spend money on what they're putting dev hours into now, like Lightning Returns.