Is Final Fantasy XI Still A Thing?

[Ruisu]

It's pretty terrible now, plagued by Tanaka's ideas and drop rates as bad as Darklight and Militia Trousers. Maybe since Matsui picked the game back up, it'll be less shit, but I'd wait for the new expansion before bothering with anything.

I wouldn't say it's too late to get into, since someone can PL you 90 in a few days or so, and then you can solo the missions. Endgame is very lacking, since they decided to increase the level cap from 75-99 in roughly one year with little content to support that jump. But you can explore a lot of the locations in XI, since that's what made the game so great.

Obligatory THIS IS THE FFXIV FORUMS NOT FFXI FORUMS post.

[NefGP]

It's pretty terrible now, plagued by Tanaka's ideas and drop rates as bad as Darklight and Militia Trousers. Maybe since Matsui picked the game back up, it'll be less shit, but I'd wait for the new expansion before bothering with anything.

I wouldn't say it's too late to get into, since someone can PL you 90 in a few days or so, and then you can solo the missions. Endgame is very lacking, since they decided to increase the level cap from 75-99 in roughly one year with little content to support that jump. But you can explore a lot of the locations in XI, since that's what made the game so great.

Obligatory THIS IS THE FFXIV FORUMS NOT FFXI FORUMS post.

That's been my hope as well, since Matsui was the lead designer behind Abyssea, which for all the griping people do about it, has been the most fun I'd had with the game in years. Too bad he's back in charge of XI now and if he hasn't already will likely be replaced on the XIV team - I can't see him working 2 MMOs at once.

Did they ever say who our new battle director would be?

[Duelle]

It's pretty terrible now, plagued by Tanaka's ideas and drop rates as bad as Darklight and Militia Trousers.

Voidwatch is pretty terrible.

But you can explore a lot of the locations in XI, since that's what made the game so great.

Except they've since added those mobs that are lv105 that con Tough and Incredibly Tough to lv99 characters. Because SE couldn't leave well enough alone.

You can solo CoP.

Up to "One to be feared", maybe. I had to three-man Tenzen because I couldn't kill him quickly enough.