Final Fantasy XI --> XIV

[Lacard]

What made you quit XI or switch over to XIV? Do you still play both or have you gone back to XI after playing XIV? What's new?

Me personally, I quit XI after I got XIV. I like XIV a lot and I think it has great potential and Yoshi-P seems like he's doing a great job.
XI was fun and the 6 years I played on it are memorable, but the game wasn't what it used to be. I feel people are too comfortable doing things a set way. If a PLD didn't have a RDM, he wouldn't join. If there was no BRD, people wouldn't bother. If you're tank was a NIN they would say "no, thanks". I enjoyed doing crazy shit. Going into a party and I (THF) was duo tanking with another THF. I had gotten so much EXP from that and we never stopped pulling until nothing was there to pull. The waiting for party invites that never came, no matter what job you were. Even as a PLD, alls I got were: Party? Level sync 37? No. I want to use the full extent of my character at level 66. Level sync should not be used to gain easy levels, just to even out exp.

Though I have some friends who still play say a lot of new stuff has come out and it sounds cool. I may try it again on a new server.

Although it is fun to actually be part of a new MMO and watching it "grow".

So those are my reasons, what are yours?

[Niyariko]

I quit XI when I started XIV Alpha test in early April 2010 (or May, i forgot), I fell in love with it, the graphics are great, the flexibility of using many actions from other jobs without the limitation from XI's mainjob/subjob combination. Even with a lot of problems with the alpha and beta, I always told my self, the final released version will iron out all those bugs and broken systems, lag UI, repetitive leves. XIV came out with big disappointment, I used to log in XIV everyday since April, but then I decided to return back to XI early November 2010 for the Abyssea expansion.

Basically all the negative points the OP listed in XI (cookie cutter pt, pld need rdm, no brd, no pt, no thf no drop, etc.) are all fixed with a single expansion. There are just too much stuff to do in XI it completely put XIV to shame.

Now i only login XIV for the craftleve, thats once every 3 days for 1-2 hrs, and my rest of gaming time are back on XI. XI is just too big of a success, SE really did a great job on it. It makes me wonder, why 2 games made by the same company, could be this big of a difference.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

I quitted from xi pretty much the same way, my linkshell now is gone and after 7 years of continued play i feel bored of that place. I still love it, but can't help with the sensation of done everything i could do

[Skyrant_Kangaroomouse]

I was not up for another 2+ year grind to get the new AF armor set and Relic II weapons. I did it with Dynamis and i did it with Salvage. Now Dyna and Salvage armor is pretty much useless although the salvage one still holds a unique status in how difficult it is to get.

I miss FFXI. It carries so many memories and i doubt any MMO can ever beat that, they are just too shallow. FFXIV certainly is not going into that direction. FFXI might be the one and only jewel and i will find myself going back to it sooner or later.

[viion]

I've gone back to XI because it is ultra-easy and my kinda game (for now until XIV becomes decent). You dont need to waste years getting things, you can do dynamis with like 5 people lol you can do it every day now and its 1 off fee, all cop is uncapped, most missons uncapped, you can spam FoV you can level insanely quick to 75 then abyssea it all up from there.

I have gone back to XI because XIV is just terrible, i login, do leves, logout. Maybe break clusters for ls members

[Skyrant_Kangaroomouse]

I've gone back to XI because it is ultra-easy and my kinda game (for now until XIV becomes decent). You dont need to waste years getting things, you can do dynamis with like 5 people lol you can do it every day now and its 1 off fee, all cop is uncapped, most missons uncapped, you can spam FoV you can level insanely quick to 75 then abyssea it all up from there.

I have gone back to XI because XIV is just terrible, i login, do leves, logout. Maybe break clusters for ls members

You telling me Dynamis does not have a cooldown timer anymore? What about salvage, assault, Limbus? God, i go back instantly if they removed those effing timers.

[Seif]

It's a bit incredible how SE doesn't realize that all the casual players they're trying to win over have fled long ago and only ex XI players are left but everything we loved in XI are being destroyed by "streamlining" so that there's absolutely no depth to gameplay to speak of.

[Grundy]

I quit FFXI between A Crystalline Prophecy and A Moogle Kupo d'Etat. I was absolutely disgusted with this content and couldn't beleive I paid for it. Also the linkshell that I had help build for years was losing players (and friends) and I really think I just got tired of the game. The fun went out it, I had become a robot.

[viion]

You telling me Dynamis does not have a cooldown timer anymore? What about salvage, assault, Limbus? God, i go back instantly if they removed those effing timers.

I've no idea about them but non COP dynamis can now be done every 24hrs and the cost is a 1 off fee, u dont need reservation u just walk in too i think its instanced.

[MonsieurVerde]

I quit XI when I started XIV Alpha test in early April 2010 (or May, i forgot), I fell in love with it, the graphics are great, the flexibility of using many actions from other jobs without the limitation from XI's mainjob/subjob combination. Even with a lot of problems with the alpha and beta, I always told my self, the final released version will iron out all those bugs and broken systems, lag UI, repetitive leves. XIV came out with big disappointment, I used to log in XIV everyday since April, but then I decided to return back to XI early November 2010 for the Abyssea expansion.

Basically all the negative points the OP listed in XI (cookie cutter pt, pld need rdm, no brd, no pt, no thf no drop, etc.) are all fixed with a single expansion. There are just too much stuff to do in XI it completely put XIV to shame.

Now i only login XIV for the craftleve, thats once every 3 days for 1-2 hrs, and my rest of gaming time are back on XI. XI is just too big of a success, SE really did a great job on it. It makes me wonder, why 2 games made by the same company, could be this big of a difference.

Leves reset every day and a half...and XI is a, what, eight year old game?