SE WAKE UP! 90% of the lost subscriber base was expecting FFXI-2!

[Argh]

reading the constant whines of the fanboys on these forums has risen my temperature! the forums are being overrun by their arrogance and ignorance. instead of embracing tried and true mechanics from the game's predecessor (FFXI) they instead abruptly reject them without giving a logical reason or proposing anything that's better.

fanboys are toxic;

1] you like the game in it's current state so everything is rosie.

2] you don't like the game in it's current state & don't want FFXI-2, basically not knowing what you want.

3] you say that ffxi sucked, despite being a subscriber to it for years.....

4] you defend the blatant copy-pasted world by saying every mmo does it.

5] you defend the boring-as-hell 1-1-1-1-1-3-1-1-4-2 battle system.

6] you defend the economy-killing & bland armory system that does not allow for uniqueness all because you want to play dress up doll with your mancats.

7] you enjoy teleporting everywhere instead of traveling in a dangerous world.

8] you think ffxi party system is "old and tiresome" so you would rather kill 468 squirls, by yourself.

9] you don't want a death penalty or risk vs. reard system because it's more fun racing and exploiting to max level being invincible.

10] you simplify it all by saying the game just needed more content when in fact the far majority quit before they reached level 20, obviously not caring to see any more content.

11] you think lifeless market wards are better than a bustling full fledge AH structure.

90% of the subscriber base has long quit for the exact reasons you see in front of your screen whenever you log into the game...these same reasons you are trying to defend. the ones still playing are only doing so because the game is free.

FFXIV was purposely designed to avoid everything that defined FFXI. it is a general statement (and factually correct one) of why it died, hard. demanding a continuation of what killed FFXIV is insanity.

[Xzen]

reading the constant whines of the fanboys on these forums has risen my temperature! the forums are being overrun by their arrogance and ignorance. instead of embracing tried and true mechanics from the game's predecessor (FFXI) they instead abruptly reject them without giving a logical reason or proposing anything that's better.

fanboys are toxic;

1] you like the game in it's current state so everything is rosie.

2] you don't like the game in it's current state & don't want FFXI-2, basically not knowing what you want.

3] you say that ffxi sucked, despite being a subscriber to it for years.....

4] you defend the blatant copy-pasted world by saying every mmo does it.

5] you defend the boring-as-hell 1-1-1-1-1-3-1-1-4-2 battle system.

6] you defend the economy-killing & bland armory system that does not allow for uniqueness all because you want to play dress up doll with your mancats.

7] you enjoy teleporting everywhere instead of traveling in a dangerous world.

8] you think ffxi party system is "old and tiresome" so you would rather kill 468 squirls, by yourself.

9] you don't want a death penalty or risk vs. reard system because it's more fun racing and exploiting to max level being invincible.

10] you simplify it all by saying the game just needed more content when in fact the far majority quit before they reached level 20, obviously not caring to see any more content.

90% of the subscriber base has long quit for the exact reasons you see in front of your screen whenever you log into the game...these same reasons you are trying to defend. the ones still playing are only doing so because the game is free.

FFXIV was purposely designed to avoid everything that defined FFXI. it is a general statement (and factually correct one) of why it died, hard. demanding a continuation of what killed FFXIV is insanity.

Boo. I played FFXI and liked it but I don't want to play it anymore.

Points 6, 8, and 9 are the only ones I actually disagree with.

[puretone]

Flame Suit: On!

[Wolfie]

No, I think 90% of the lost subscribers wanted a good, MODERN game.

[Galamantyl]

Little do you know that this was SquareEnix's plan from the beginning! They forced people to quit FFXI by raising the level cap, then lured them into a false sense of security, making people think that FFXIV was going to make up for it. They fooled everyone, including you! Mwahahahaha!

[kukurumei]

But it's true. 90% did expect the next evolution of FF11. Not horrendous incompetence of the un-FF11.

They could have made FF11-2 and lived on an existing fanbase
or
Bet it all and make something so different from the ground up.

The lost the bet and made crap on top of being different.

[Argh]

Boo. I played FFXI and liked it but I don't want to play it anymore.

FFXIV
new world
new graphics
new sounds
mew monsters

come up with something better....

[Rjain]

Saying 90% quit expecting FFXI-2 is ridiculous. Where do you get this information? What an exaggerated number.

I'd say a large percentage quit expecting WoW or a finished game.

Sure I love a great deal of stuff in FFXI and would like to see it incorporated in FFXIV, but making it "FFXI-2" is not going to bring back everybody.

[Corrderio]

Boo. I played FFXI and liked it but I don't want to play it anymore.

QFT. If I wanted something that played exactly like XI, I'd play XI. I actually want this game to be different instead of the same game I was playing.

[Abriael]

Considering I played XI for several years, I simply want something new. FFXIV is that something.

It's that simple, really.

I'm amazed, my dear Argh, at how you always manage, with every post of yours, to completely mistake your opinion for that of the majority