This is what FF14 Needs

[Mug]

This is one of the main reasons why I found FFXI so appealing. There was so much detail, so much heart put in each of the zones even with the limited graphical resources they had. After several years I still discovered new things, often by accident, and it was such a great feeling. Made the world feel so much more alive and dynamic.

[Khalus]

There are pretty things in FFXIV as well but they have no purpose and give you no reason to go there. When you can go from R1 to R50 in one zone there is very little reason to go anywhere else. In FFXI as you levelled you would move from zone to zone fighting tougher enemies and while doing so you could experience and explore the world a little bit on your journey. In FFXIV there is no journey, just leves for the most part and that means you hover around the same places day in day out.

This is one of the main reasons why I found FFXI so appealing. There was so much detail, so much heart put in each of the zones even with the limited graphical resources they had. After several years I still discovered new things, often by accident, and it was such a great feeling. Made the world feel so much more alive and dynamic.

This is the primary reason why I'm so adamant that SE scrap XIV, and just remake FFXI, as they should have to begin with. Sure it would have been a massive undertaking, but so was building XIV, only to basically rebuild it again, as they're doing now...le sigh

Anyone that has played XI extensively and was actually attentive to the story, lore, world and everything the NPCs said would know there is a massive amount to the world of Vana'diel that was talked about or mentioned, but has never been added. Here is a map someone made that I'm assuming is their depiction of where the other continents are located and their shape/size.

There is a massive amount of untapped content for FFXI, and it really saddens me the way SE have changed FFXI, and how they ruined XIV. If only they had remade XI instead and moved it onto the PS3 so the PS2 would stop holding it back. Seriously, those still playing on the PS2 would have to just suck it up and repurchase the game remade and/or a PS3 to continue playing...or the PC ver.

Makes em wonder what zones will be reused for the lvl 91-95 and 96-99 level cap raise. And will we ever get another epic storyline to play through, seeing as Abyssea was quite short and not that great, or so I'm told. Just think, we could have been adventuring on another continent instead of waiting on them to fix this most horrible decision...

[Sephr]

This is the primary reason why I'm so adamant that SE scrap XIV, and just remake FFXI, as they should have to begin with. Sure it would have been a massive undertaking, but so was building XIV, only to basically rebuild it again, as they're doing now...le sigh

Just no.

Revamping the entirety of FFXI would take far, FAR more time for what isn't likely to be a great return than just making a new game or better yet, making FFXIV good.

FFXI has SO many redundant assets that would have to be redone.

[SniperRifle]

I'm still not sure why I like every single song in FF11, including San d'Orias March, but I continue to dislike every song in FF14. No idea why. It's 9 month old puzzle I have not figured out. And I've turned down all the music to like 3/100 volume as of like 6 months ago.

[alexi14]

I'm still not sure why I like every single song in FF11, including San d'Orias March, but I continue to dislike every song in FF14. No idea why. It's 9 month old puzzle I have not figured out. And I've turned down all the music to like 3/100 volume as of like 6 months ago.

Lol, I was never really into classical music, but I literally baught the FFXI soundtrack when I was not playing. I LOVED it. Not becasue OMGOSH THIS IS GENIOUS classical, but becasue of the fond memmories that music was associated with

[Kilta_Firelotus]

@ allex
that is a pitiful excuse.
sorry but i didn't need a reason to go to any place in ffxi. Me and my boyfriend just loved to explore.
There are places in ffxi that had no reason. Like bearclaw pinnical. I went there cuz someone said it has a pretty sunset. So me and my b/f treked their.

Honestly there are area like this in ffxiv. Just go explore. You never need a reason to do so. Saying you do is just a bad excuse. I saw alot of stuff just out of curiousity.
Try a new fad in mmo called talking to people. you might actually find out places. What happen to the mmo community? no one plays mmo anymore they just care too much about content, and that lame carrot. No one talks in this game really only if your in a active guild. I need to near;y every server. Playing in every city. Getting a hello from people is like pulling teeth.

A community is what this game really needs.

[Tigercub]

@ allex
that is a pitiful excuse.
sorry but i didn't need a reason to go to any place in ffxi. Me and my boyfriend just loved to explore.
There are places in ffxi that had no reason. Like bearclaw pinnical. I went there cuz someone said it has a pretty sunset. So me and my b/f treked their.

Honestly there are area like this in ffxiv. Just go explore. You never need a reason to do so. Saying you do is just a bad excuse. I saw alot of stuff just out of curiousity.
Try a new fad in mmo called talking to people. you might actually find out places. What happen to the mmo community? no one plays mmo anymore they just care too much about content, and that lame carrot. No one talks in this game really only if your in a active guild. I need to near;y every server. Playing in every city. Getting a hello from people is like pulling teeth.

A community is what this game really needs.

The difference is that in FFXI the game encouraged you to explore. There were missions, quests, a huge number of NMs (and even sometimes stuff like fishing) which took you to new and remote places with amazing sights to see. Bearclaw Pinnacle was no exception, I remember the game actually does bring you there at one point. I was a huge explorer in FFXI, Vana'diel was the most beautiful, fleshed out game world I've ever seen. But actually a majority of the amazing things I saw in Vana'diel were things I saw while doing something with a more grandiose purpose, which made them that much more memorable as opposed to stumbling upon stuff by randomly walking in an arbitrary direction.

If I've only got so much time to play, I'd like to be able to see the sights and progress my character at the same time. Most importantly, I'd like to feel as though I am being pushed out into the world and that everything I see along the way will be a part of a larger, cohesive story; an adventure. The most memorable moments of a truly epic story. FFXI accomplished this with flying colors. FFXIV obviously does not, at least not yet.

By the way, Alexia is actually one of the most talkative and encouraging people I know in the game ^^