Quote Originally Posted by Zaaku View Post
FFXI is like 9 years old man. Of course it is dying. In its hay day it was one of the best contenders around. Had it not been for WoW and its out of control success I doubt we'd even been talking about this because FFXIV would have adopted the same difficulty it started out with in FFXI. It is only because every single old white guy who invests in gaming stocks sees the $$$ signs that they whip lash devs into being more like WoW. There are plenty of games out there. Most of them are following the same trend of casualization. Is it so much to ask that ONE doesn't?! Especially if that one is the sequel to a game that is used to torture political prisoners?
I know FFXI was dying for a long time, in general anyway I agree with what you are saying but my point is I guess:

and to answer in a similar way you did:

Most of them are following the same trend of casualization. Is it so much to ask that a FF MMORPG game also do! Especially if that one is the sequel to a game that is used to torture political prisoners?

/cheers lol