As an FFXI player, thank you for Limited Jobs and BLU SE

[Lambdafish]

The success it enjoyed was entirely due to the Final Fantasy IP, and having the (at the time) commercial juggernaut of SquareSoft be able to continuously throw money away to support it. It was well over a year after the game's initial release before it attracted enough subscribers to break even.
If that game had been released by any other company you would not even know it ever existed.

Counter point: Star Wars: The Old Republic, a game which had to change to a F2P model due to a loss of interest and declining subscriptions. And please don't tell me that the Final Fantasy IP is more valuable than Star Wars (or even KOTOR for that matter).

The simple fact is that FFXI stays afloat because it has enough people enjoying it to justify its existance. Doesn't matter if lots of people hate it vocally if enough people like it then it is a success. Now get off your high horse and say what you really mean: You don't like XI and you are butthurt that others don't share your opinion.

[Dualgunner]

Counter point: Star Wars: The Old Republic, a game which had to change to a F2P model due to a loss of interest and declining subscriptions. And please don't tell me that the Final Fantasy IP is more valuable than Star Wars (or even KOTOR for that matter).

TBF one's in Disney's pocket and the other is in Disney's bed.

[Lambdafish]

TBF one's in Disney's pocket and the other is in Disney's bed.

And Disney knows how to make money. My point was that a good IP doesn't make a bad game immune from crashing and burning.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

Now get off your high horse and say what you really mean: You don't like XI and you are butthurt that others don't share your opinion.

Imagine if the FFXIV 2.0 purists acted this way about the rest of the content from other FF games?

"STOP DON'T TURN THIS GAME INTO FF1 WE DONT NEED MATOYA HERE! AND STOP REFERENCING THE WARRIORS OF LIGHT"
"UGH GOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING SE?!? ADDING A MOTORCYCLE??? AND THE LIMIT BREAK IS CLOUD'S BUSTER SWORD!? THIS IS NOT FFVII!"
"THE ROYAL CITY OF RABANSTRE??? AND VIERA?!?! GET THIS FFXII CONTENT OUT OF MY FACE! THIS IS NOT FFXII!"
"HOW DARE SE GIVE US LEVEL-SYNC FROM FFXI!? STOP CHANGING THIS GAME INTO SOMETHING IT'S NOT!"

Like that's not even 2% of how much this game takes away from other FF games, and the ironic thing is... this game takes the MOST from FFXI. But suddenly it's bad to add FFXI styled content. What a joke.