Quote Originally Posted by Wirritosama View Post
The people who quit xiv will return it never fails. I believe 2.0 will have a huge influx of new players making the community better than it already is and add some fun/new blood. With the addition of name changes and gender changes at 2.0 everything will feel new/fresh. We also have to remember that xi had a year plus to develope when it was Japan only. As far as Tanaka I can't put all the blame on him, in Japan you cannot do anything in a company without permission. So I'm sure some higher ups in the company who know nothing about the game are also to blame. ( hence why he was t fired ) at the same time they should have put someone who has played mmo and has experience as a gamer as well from day one. ( Naoki Yoshida )
I'm sure 2.0 will see new players but there is one thing that concerns me. All the updates we're getting are supposed to be huge but I don't see anybody returning, in fact it seems to me like the numbers are still going down.

They also aren't future proofing content, if other things had been patched to be kept relevant we'd have a lot of end game. However the way they're doing it now every patch nerfs all the new stuff from the last patch so we only have 2 things to do. I found that it wasn't that 1.0 wasn't a fun game, it was the bad UI and lack of content.


And I agree, you can't blame Tanaka. Tanaka is a brilliant game designer but when you're given strict rules you have to follow how can you put your full creativeness into a project? SE also makes a big mistake when they get the "Next-Gen" concept in mind. Next-Gen graphics, sure but when you change gameplay too much your fan base isn't going to like it.

I can't believe the same company that makes dragon quest games doesn't realize that, Dragon quest 8/9's battle systems are nearly identical to all their old games and people loved it. In fact 9 set a sales record in Japan.