Fighting Desperately...

[Enfarious]

I see what you are getting at, and you are partially right.

Final Fantasy XI - Release Date (NA) November, 2002.
Rize of the Zilart (NA) Oct. 28, 2003.
Chains of Promathia (NA) 2004

In 2 years we had 2 full expansion packs. The Zilart/CoP Storyline. Advanced Jobs. Sky/Sea. Ground Kings. So much content. This timeline is all in 2 years. Compare that to XIV.

We are getting to the 2 year mark in XIV, and we have seen nothing even close to the scale of something comparable to RoZ/CoP.

Your leaving out the part well before NA release, from JP release on.

[TheVedis]

Your leaving out the part well before NA release, from JP release on.

in that case his release dates are odd
since zilart shipped with the NA release....

[Enfarious]

in that case his release dates are odd
since zilart shipped with the NA release....

With NA yes, but JP had FFXI in it's base state for a year and a half or so before it was released in NA, which is how it was released here w/ Zilart.

[TheVedis]

With NA yes, but JP had FFXI in it's base state for a year and a half or so before it was released in NA, which is how it was released here w/ Zilart.

know i played it since jp release, but my point was the dates mr "11 is awesome and 14 sucks" up there posted had the na classic and zilart releases a year apart also

[Enfarious]

know i played it since jp release, but my point was the dates mr "11 is awesome and 14 sucks" up there posted had the na classic and zilart releases a year apart also

Oh, ok glad we're on the same page.^^

[ThePatriarch]

Your leaving out the part well before NA release, from JP release on.

I made a typo, JP release date was November 2002.

My point still stands. Within 2 years, there were 2 full expansion packs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XI

[Sephrick]

I made a typo, JP release date was November 2002.

My point still stands. Within 2 years, there were 2 full expansion packs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XI

True, but in those two years they weren't making a whole new game while maintaining a game they were planning on throwing away.

The sad reality is 1.x isn't "Final Fantasy XIV" anymore, it's "Thank For Not Filing A Class Action Law Suit Fantasy XIV."

This is why I hope E3 features more than a trailer. We need to see just how different 2.0 can be.

[TheVedis]

True, but in those two years they weren't making a whole new game while maintaining a game they were planning on throwing away.

The sad reality is 1.x isn't "Final Fantasy XIV" anymore, it's "Thank For Not Filing A Class Action Law Suit Fantasy XIV."

This is why I hope E3 features more than a trailer. We need to see just how different 2.0 can be.

lol a class action erveryone would easily lose


you cant sue people over you not liking a game you buy

[Sephrick]

lol a class action erveryone would easily lose


you cant sue people over you not liking a game you buy

I was joking. But still. 1.x is just a "thanks for sticking around."

It's just a chance to get some exclusive stuff. Yoshida already has said the pace of the game will slow down in 2.0.

The ease of 1.x is the trade off for paying to play a broken mess till 2.0 is released. Yet people try to act like its a finished product. Even SE said it wasn't when it was released, hence the events of the past year and a half.

People need to remember 1.x is being made to be thrown away.

[Enfarious]

I was joking. But still. 1.x is just a "thanks for sticking around."

It's just a chance to get some exclusive stuff. Yoshida already has said the pace of the game will slow down in 2.0.

The ease of 1.x is the trade off for paying to play a broken mess till 2.0 is released. Yet people try to act like its a finished product. Even SE said it wasn't when it was released, hence the events of the past year and a half.

People need to remember 1.x is being made to be thrown away.

That's true, but it doesn't mean it's not a great sandbox for ideas that can later be scrapped w/o being missed.