This is what FF14 Needs

[Scape]

ah the memories. I miss XI. The person who made that video really took their time to smell the flowers on their journey. Good stuff.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

I'm sure this will be there, and hope Yoshi-P does this in the future, but for now i rather have him concentrated on what on hand rather than ditching it.

One step at a time buddy.

[Aldora]

thats pretty shocking to know i played that game for 7 years and never seen the grasshoppers or the whales

I know what you mean... I've never seen those whales during a boat ride. And those Apkallu's jumping on board are so funny. (^_^ )

[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...

[Keftenk]

That's an excellent movie, can't believe there was so much I didn't ever witness or notice.

[Khalus]

Here is the second nuance video that I had posted in the other thread. Its even better than the first...

[AlexiaKidd]

Here is the second nuance video that I had posted in the other thread. Its even better than the first...

ENOUGH STOP POSTING THESE VIDEO'S!!!!!! They make me want to go back and play FFXI ; ;

But seriously Yoshi does have his work cut out for his team if they hope to be able to compete with FFXI for the variety and that feeling of immersion that Vana'diel offered though it does have a few extra years of development as a head start I suppose, still you would have thought they learned from FFXI what people liked about it and had that ready from the get go for FFXIV.

[Khalus]

They make me want to go back and play FFXI ; ;

That should be a good thing though, I might be when the account merger/new payment options are avail. Course this will also depend on if XIV's 1.18 lives up to the hype and draws me back in. If not, then Vana'diel it is!

[MattyWS]

Only problem for me is when I quit FFXI, I have away any non rare/ex gear I had, dropped everything else, gave away my gil and then deleted my character. I let people /random for my stuff on the streets so no way I could get anything back. I just loved peoples reaction when I dropped my full usukane though.

[AlexiaKidd]

That should be a good thing though, I might be when the account merger/new payment options are avail. Course this will also depend on if XIV's 1.18 lives up to the hype and draws me back in. If not, then Vana'diel it is!

I did go back for a little while a few weeks ago with some LS members and wow things have change but I am not sure if it for the better. We flew up the levels pretty quick and getting parties was quick with level sync, even in the Dunes. Getting 800 EXP on Clippers in the Dunes my jaw nearly hit the floor lol. I suppose those were good changes but I didn't get to the Abysea thingy that I know a lot of people are up in arms about but I hear that has ruined FFXI for the most part.