Next Final Fantasy MMO due soon?

[SaitoHikari]

If you look in the credits of other Square Enix titles, you'll already see names from the FFXIV team in them.

But, it's pretty normal for companies to share people between projects, particularly if the bottleneck is not a given person's skillset.

Yeah, I should have probably been a bit more blunt with what I meant.

Three key staff members from FFXIV stepped down when Heavensward was released. A battle designer, a scenario writer, and one other I can't remember off the top of my head. The public hasn't really heard from them since, though we know they're still employed within SE. Speculation is that they're working on FFXVI.

[Dibella_Heartilly]

I'd love a prequel mmo to FF8 "Final Fantasy Zero VIII" or FF0.8 Where everyone picks a starter class and depending which you pick you get sent to either Balamb Garden, Galbadia Garden or Trabia Garden.

[ImagiNation]

Is it 3 MMOs? Dragon Quest X Online not consider an MMO? As for eight years between launch of XI 2002 to XIV 2010, I could understand how some people would be thinking well its been eight years since XIV. I have heard of several people saying they would jump on an MMO that was more like XI various gear sets, various horizontal levels of content that overlap in someways that are not the same thing every seven months. SE has plenty of money to employ people, but as you all said they have other MMOs running so they would have to basically stop supporting them to put effort into a new MMO. Think it comes down to does SE feel they would profit from making a new MMO versus running XI and XIV on fumes while their mobile games makes them tons more.

[Lubu_Mykono]

Is it 3 MMOs? Dragon Quest X Online not consider an MMO? As for eight years between launch of XI 2002 to XIV 2010, I could understand how some people would be thinking well its been eight years since XIV. I have heard of several people saying they would jump on an MMO that was more like XI various gear sets, various horizontal levels of content that overlap in someways that are not the same thing every seven months. SE has plenty of money to employ people, but as you all said they have other MMOs running so they would have to basically stop supporting them to put effort into a new MMO. Think it comes down to does SE feel they would profit from making a new MMO versus running XI and XIV on fumes while their mobile games makes them tons more.

The mobile division alone makes them a ton more money than the MMOs. The market is changing a lot. I mean there is still a place for MMOs on computer etc. but the numbers for this game are overall growing on each expansion. If the next one drops significantly they might start researching and preparing a new one, but they put like 7 or 8 years into this game before it really got profitable so it would be stupid to ruin that. And even Yoshi-P said they are mirroring WoW to be more successful, which just released its.... seventh expansion.

I mean, looking at it casually, this game has a few more good expansions in it before the content runs completely dry.

[Derio]

Honestly with the way Stormblood looks and feels. It feels like they have taken some devs away and put them on other projects, thus reason why they are spacing out patch content.

Could be possible they are launching a new FF MMO in 2021 or 2022.

Realistically I think FFXIV has about 2 more good expansions left for it, which in this case would be 5 years left.

[ImagiNation]

I agree with that. I do not think they would come out with a new one anytime soon, but im sure they would want a new one in the works if they wanted to come out in the near future 5-10 years. As for content flying really did not seem like it was much, just let you get from place to place a bit faster but consider getting one end of Sea of clouds to the other like getting to Whitebrim. Swimming is annoying because you have to basically zone each time you go in or out of it. I do not understand those mandys in canals i seen twice out of 300+ maps in over a year and the up down once. These bunnies in pagos are not looking too good. Rival wings died at two weeks. Ultimate and potd/hoh i feel were good. And hopefully Eureka will get better. Most of the content is the same dungeon every 3.5 months new raid every 7 months new 24 man every 7 months. I find it hard to understand why so many different pieces of content that are in XI that are not used in XIV such as weekly fishing contest, Pankration, Moblin Maze Mongers or various other peices of content. I apologize to sound so negative just would like more and I feel like SE can give more various content.

[Luna-M]

Honestly with the way Stormblood looks and feels. It feels like they have taken some devs away and put them on other projects, thus reason why they are spacing out patch content.

Could be possible they are launching a new FF MMO in 2021 or 2022.

Realistically I think FFXIV has about 2 more good expansions left for it, which in this case would be 5 years left.

That's probably fair. That would give the game a lifecycle of 10 (13 if we count 1.0) so that not too far fetched.

[Listrella]

maybe once ff14 has run it's course and they aren't releasing expansions for it anymore, then it might me time for a new FF MMO, as of right now though there is no need for it.

[Cabalabob]

I don’t want another MMO, but a multiplayer FF would be interesting. Not just a mode like comrades, but a fully fleshed out multiplayer game. Imagine ff12 but if the AI could be controlled by your friends.

[PALADIN01]

Its about time, especially with the newer stuff coming out in 2018,19,20,21,22. Sad to say it, but I only log in to play story as it is interesting.. Everything else about this game is dreadfully dull. I have no interest in it anymore, same old same old- no diversity everyone is the same, everything is the same. It looks like the newer MMO are sliding back to the traditional sandbox (even if action) FF needs to go back to this, the whole themepark style is no good- I feel the game has trapped itself in a box. The jobs are uninteresting and pretty much all the same, I loved the way they were handled in XI, among other things like the gear- such depth, even with exploration. After playing Dragon's Dogma Online with a friend in Japan.

I remember thinking "Wow I wish XIV played like this" "Wow I wish BLM played like this" "Whoa this is what RDM should have been like!" (High Scepter class) Take a look at the class videos of Dragon's Dogma Online, and imagine those jobs Final Fantasy style. The jobs in XI felt more unique, even special.. I remember when playing WHM, if we were fighting undead, I'd do the classic FF attack of putting cure on it, things like that just felt awesome. Though you usually just sat in one spot, I loved the strategy with the combat. Things like the elemental wheel, the skillchains, personal limit breaks (two hours)- and again the jobs truly felt far more interesting.. SMN actually felt, and looked like a SMN, I loved the SCH ability to change the weather around itself- there was just so much you could do.. Would love to see that depth, and diversity back with the jobs, mixing the system with Final Fantasy Tactics, and doing combat Dragon's Dogma style.

Only thing I'd be interested in doing, if I were to login otherwise- is gather tomes to boost up my SCH/RDM.. But I can only hold an X amount which is so bleh, and I hate that there is even a currency like this in the game. I have no interest in doing extreme fights to try to get a piece of gear, that will quickly end up a glamour piece, not interested in the chore of crafting, or beast tribe quest- its just boring, all of it now. You take a break, and you'll never be able to catch up to friends. I take a break on Elder Scrolls Online, and can jump right back in with my friends, and when I logout, I feel like I've accomplished something.