Just played Final Fantasy XI

[Justuas]

Im mixed. I loved XI but before they changed the game to where you can power level to using the EXP camps. I miss the days where you had to group up and grind goblins or crawlers for EXP. The game that I loved is gone, so i will say FFXIV is better now.

I missed spell bursting and chain skilling.

The game is much more than just exping (thankfully so). After 15 years would you still be exping and liking it?

[Tracewood]

I loved XI, lots of good, and bad memories. There's always something to do with every expansion. They didn't have patches every few months like XIV does, but for the most part you had endgame content that was relevant for years. Horizontal progression and such. Maybe if they did some kind of overhaul I'd go back, but honestly I'm liking the storytelling far more in XIV.

XIV endgame is frustrating to me. It's restricted to Savage raids only until the next patch where you run a 24 man raid to catch up. Then the next patch it's back to Savage only. Variety is the spice of life, and Diadem could of been that spice but for the life of me I don't get why they did what they did for it. Let us have other ways to gear up. Don't let the Savage people dictate gear progression, Diadem could of been an endgame hub with triggers and a token system. XI had something like it, called Abyssea. You could grind for exp, but it's mostly endgame where you fight bosses and get drops to trade for gear and weapons.

I'm hoping Eureka will take a page from Abyssea, because this is what XIV desperately needs right now. We'd still do Savage but it can't be the ONLY thing available for endgame gear.

[RyuDragnier]

The game is much more than just exping. After 15 years would you still be exping and liking it?

I'll say. I remember the time I was taking a ship from Selbina to Mhaura, and there was a Bard and a Dancer combo, singing and telling stories to the 5 of us on the ship along with them...when suddenly the Sea Horror appeared, and all of us got up, defeated it, and the ride ended with a retelling of the fight to defeat the Sea Horror. It brings a tear to my eye remembering that moment...you sadly can't get a memory like that from FFXIV.

[ZanzhizExaverion]

Played for years... Quit in 2012. Started again on January 1st when they had the $10 sale.

Game is still as incredible as I remembered. It's so accessible now as well. Feels really good to play again. I can do so many DIFFERENT activities, not the same blunder over and over like in XIV.

They need to expand their horizons to be honest. XI's world really is incredible.

Kronkeykong on Asura

[AnimaAnimus]

I honestly just resubbed about a month ago. But I am at a loss as to what to do since I am completely lvl capped on all jobs, have all expacs done and as a smn I only have the nirvana to work on atm and getting gear, mostly grinded out items and very few battles. I also have capacity points but hell if I know where to even begin there, all CP pts require a smn who already has acquired the mythic and I dont have another job that I am interested in playing again (brd, cor, geo, blm, sch, thf, rng) geared even remotely well.

It's a fantastic game with lots to do I am just stuck on looking around everywhere not sure where to go or what to do first. The bane of coming back with an endgame ready char.

[Cylla]

The memories ;-; I miss XI as well. Played from release all the way up to 2015. Go back during the free to play events.
Still to this day I think XI is the better of the two. Don't get the same feels or memories from XIV as I did in my years of XI.

[Talraen]

The players of XIV could not handle content like Dyna...or salvage or assault, def not sky or sea, NMs or most of the bcnms for that matter, imo anyway. Look at the way they freak out about everything. A very small and select group would be able to have fun with it and the rest would be flooding the forums screaming demands of nerfs because god forbid you make anything even a teeny tiny bit difficult. Even the minutest amount of challenge is met with a hailstorm of whining in this game, which is why everything but top tier endgame is an absolute faceroll.

The only difference between now and then is that the people who are whining now would just quit (or not try the game in the first place) then. "A very small and select group would be able to have fun with it" - exactly. That's why they stopped making content like that.

[Tanama]

What ever happened to that FFXI Mobile reboot? That looked promising but I don't think we've heard anything from that in years.

[AnimaAnimus]

The only difference between now and then is that the people who are whining now would just quit (or not try the game in the first place) then. "A very small and select group would be able to have fun with it" - exactly. That's why they stopped making content like that.

No, technically they could make content like that. The problem lies with the fact that if the guy who plays for an hour a week cannot or will not put in any effort into making time or learning his job so he can do it, he will just scream and shout about how unfair it is to him and how every bit of content should cater to him and him alone because his sub is all that matters.

No one quits, they just throw tantrums til they get their way.

Pharos Sirius Hard says hello!

[AnimaAnimus]

What ever happened to that FFXI Mobile reboot? That looked promising but I don't think we've heard anything from that in years.

It's being "fine tuned" atm according to a recent Yoshi P interview. Other sources say its going to be JP only, others yet say its cancelled. So who knows.