FFXIV's content vs FFXI's ?

[Kallera]

I bet it hurts SEs feeling when people quit playing their free to play game and resub their pay to play game.

Don't explain the joke, Tony! XD

[Galamantyl]

I am strongly against the level cap increase in FFXI.

I quit pretty much the day they announced it. It was an awful idea. I mean, if they said "We're raising it to level 80 and stopping there for now", that would've been fine. But now, virtually everything in the game has been simultaneously obsoleted. They've even changed the reset timer on Dynamis I heard. Awful game. Not going back.

Now, that being said...

I am strongly against the current content in FFXIV.

To be honest, my first days in FFXIV felt nothing like my first days in FFXI. There were always limitations and restrictions in FFXI that I had to deal with to advance. Gear was always expensive, gil was always tight, most of the quests and missions required assistance to do, and there were areas I couldn't go to without first getting other stuff done (like Kazham for example). There was always 'something' to do in FFXI, which is what I loved about it.

I don't think I'm in favor of anything related to this thread's subject, so feel free to critique my "lack of constructiveness" because that's all yer gettin.

[Victor]

Was thinking of going back to FFXI too. XIV is really really upsetting me lately, it's depressing. We didn't even get a Lodestone post today (not that I imagine it would have been good anyway...)

[TheVedis]

I am strongly against the level cap increase in FFXI.

I quit pretty much the day they announced it. It was an awful idea. I mean, if they said "We're raising it to level 80 and stopping there for now", that would've been fine. But now, virtually everything in the game has been simultaneously obsoleted. They've even changed the reset timer on Dynamis I heard. Awful game. Not going back.

Now, that being said...

I am strongly against the current content in FFXIV.

To be honest, my first days in FFXIV felt nothing like my first days in FFXI. There were always limitations and restrictions in FFXI that I had to deal with to advance. Gear was always expensive, gil was always tight, most of the quests and missions required assistance to do, and there were areas I couldn't go to without first getting other stuff done (like Kazham for example). There was always 'something' to do in FFXI, which is what I loved about it.

I don't think I'm in favor of anything related to this thread's subject, so feel free to critique my "lack of constructiveness" because that's all yer gettin.

sounds like you joined in 11 no where near launch, but then again so did 99.9999% of the people here

i remember 11s launch(which is more fair to compare to 14s)

not much gear to find
leveling was a pain
there wasnt any content(not like you needed it when you were trying to level still)
the content we did have was the shadowlord(that was endgame til zilart, not counting a few NMs)
gil was scarce(so was gear)

get the point?

[Corrderio]

quit pretty much the day they announced it. It was an awful idea. I mean, if they said "We're raising it to level 80 and stopping there for now", that would've been fine. But now, virtually everything in the game has been simultaneously obsoleted. They've even changed the reset timer on Dynamis I heard. Awful game. Not going back.

Well with a level cap they didn't have much of a choice or there wouldn't be a reason to play Abyssea. Be lucky the new gear doesn't take an arm, leg, and then some to get like other stuff.

Also, thank god for the Dynamis changes, that quickly became the most boring 2.5-3 hours of my life after the wow factor wore off.

[Cairdeas]

At this time in Post Release in FFXI's lifetime. Valkurm Dunes, Qufim, Kazham, and many other areas IIRC did not exist. Guess where people leveled before that?

[AlexiaKidd]

Well if anyone is thinking of heading back to FFXI until FFXIV picks up you are more than welcome to join us on Leviathon as we just started on there a few days ago. Can't believe how much it has changed levelling is so fast, with Empress band on in the Dunes I got 731Exp at level 13 lol

Also met some very nice and helpful people who have been helping us with Sub Job items and Kazham keys. One of our members even got boots from Leaping Lizzy the first time we saw it.

All in all it's been a blast since we returned and at £10 on Steam you can't grumble. I say if you are unhappy with FFXIV and thinking about going to FFXI for until things pick up stop thinking and just do it. Wish I had done it sooner ^^

[Randis]

they can't add anything till the battle system is changed.

Not everything is connected to the battle system.

they could for example, fix the terrains, add landmarks instead of the bopring camps and even more boring nodes.
they can unlock chocobos, airships, add new crafting quests, add new gear, beautify the cities, merge all shopping wards, optimize UI for keyboard/mouse user and so on

[Randis]

Remember, Remember the 19th of April....

They might withheld info just to get rid of you.

[Warp]

FFXI had a ton of things added in the first 6 months. It puts this game to shame... Check here for an update history: http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=157