Will they be any incentives for FFXI players to try out ARR?

[Wyyote]

I think all players who are currently playing ff11 should try ff14 beta phase 4, this way they can try it for few weeks at no charge and see if they like it =)

This would make sense, and benefit all. Good call Adorra!

[Zumi]

i went back and its not worth going back, for people who never played they wouldnt know how horrible it is now. way faster to play but no more substance left.

Everything that was there is still there its just that its obsolete.

[Zenaku]

What's funny is FFXI still has like 200k active subs and their servers have around 2000 or so people on them at all times much more people then FFXIV 1.0.

200k wow that a lot of people lol when it come to FFXIV you only need 8 players to do endgame most people did just fine getting a ls to do endgame with. FFXI is super casual so having 2k people on does not really matter if people want to keep playing ffxi then so be it. I try FFXI few months back and i can say i can't believe i enjoy that battle system and how bad the chars looks are.

I'm very happy what FFXI did for me as a gamer i enjoy the hell out of cop storyline and hope FFXI keep going. But it's time to move on also about the other post saying people don't like ffxiv because it's not FFXI. I mean duh it's FFXIV lol you still have the same 5 race and they pretty much play the same way just little different. There just a new job system and battle system if that what they dislike then oh will one day they try out ffxiv and maybe play it if not who cares they still helping out SE and that what matters.

[reefo]

They won't give any discounts because it's going to be a new game. They gave a discount before cause the game was abysmal and they wanted to get whatever money they could from it. I think the incentive is to try a new game in the same franchise. If ffxi players don't want to play without added incentive, it doesn't matter because their money is still going to SE.

[Wyyote]

They won't give any discounts because it's going to be a new game. They gave a discount before cause the game was abysmal and they wanted to get whatever money they could from it. I think the incentive is to try a new game in the same franchise. If ffxi players don't want to play without added incentive, it doesn't matter because their money is still going to SE.

Kind of in agreememt. I don't see much of a discounted price being offered aside from the previous legacy agreements. They've got a good thing going here, and people will flock to the game, even to just try it out. With any luck they'll be hooked. Plus the PS3 community has been waiting for a decent MMO forever.

[Alkimi]

200k >.> because that is a lot...

That's still $30m a year of income for a game which is being run by a skeleton crew. 200k is still decent for a subscription MMO that isn't WoW.

[KaplanHomahru]

They won't give any discounts because it's going to be a new game. They gave a discount before cause the game was abysmal and they wanted to get whatever money they could from it. I think the incentive is to try a new game in the same franchise. If ffxi players don't want to play without added incentive, it doesn't matter because their money is still going to SE.

That's not how I remember it...they gave a discount because you're playing 2 similar MMOs made by the same company...it had nothing to do with how big XIV flopped; that resulted in the abolishment of subs/the XI discount. So with XIV coming back up with subs again, I imagine the discount will return.

[VitoScaletta]

I have a RL friend with 4 dynamis relics on XI, I don't think I will convince him. He's too strung up on the almost decade of work now he has on XI. i for one never really did like the whole bit where your week was entirely planned out around events and the game started to feel more like a 2nd job then it did a game. I look forward to the game hopefully being more casual friendly.

[Zumi]

I have a RL friend with 4 dynamis relics on XI, I don't think I will convince him. He's too strung up on the almost decade of work now he has on XI. i for one never really did like the whole bit where your week was entirely planned out around events and the game started to feel more like a 2nd job then it did a game. I look forward to the game hopefully being more casual friendly.

Dynamis is soloable now and you can do it once a day however each dynamis lasts 2 hours. It's a 2-3 month grind to get a relic of doing dynamis ever day to get a relic. I got a relic back when it was hard but I was like yea I could get another one on FFXI then I thought to myself whats the point it is very boring and not that fun doing dynamis everyday.

I want to play a game where the content is fun to do not a boring grind.

[Wolfandre]

If FFXI players want an incentive to play FFXIV: ARR, all SE has to do is continue on with that game full steam ahead. They don't need to change a thing.

Ridiculous updates, not listening to the player base, and running with a handful of developers for the company's highest earning game in history is a great way to get people to play other games.