FFXIV is too simplistic and bland

[RicaRuin]

The argument by OP that baffles me the most - saying that FF XI had more zones and bosses and is thus better.
Yeah, but it has been around way longer? You can only compare the numbers from FF XI at the point where it had the same lifespan FF XIV has now...

[Penthea]

The argument by OP that baffles me the most - saying that FF XI had more zones and bosses and is thus better.
Yeah, but it has been around way longer? You can only compare the numbers from FF XI at the point where it had the same lifespan FF XIV has now...

Honestly I think OP is upset that XIV isn't XI.

XI was a product of its time. The mmorpg audience isn't the same as before. Every game genre evolves. It's completely normal. Not saying it isn't okay to dislike how genres change, just saying that it's a thing that has happened in every genre, and will continue to happen.

And personally a lot of what I heard about XI turned me off. I had some friends who wanted me to play it and when they tried to convince me how much fun it was they only ended up convincing me that I wouldn't like it. I had a busy job at the time so the idea of everything taking so long to do, and needing to find people pretty often to do a lot of those things, just made me feel I wouldn't have had the time to even try to enjoy it.