Remember the arguments during beta?

[Nenin]

First you are NOT legacy.
Second you left because you probably tried this game because you were burned from WOW found out it wasn't as EASY as WOW and left.
Third you liked this version of the game because you feel most at home (WOW CLONE) and is as EASY as a 80's handheld game.

Shall i continue?

[LengluiLiang]

Who cares if they left ?

SE does a free weekend to show 2.1 off to people who didn't subscribe again, WoW does this all the time, it's called marketing strategy.

This .

[ROOTFayth]

First you are NOT legacy.
Second you left because you probably tried this game because you were burned from WOW found out it wasn't as EASY as WOW and left.
Third you liked this version of the game because you feel most at home (WOW CLONE) and is as EASY as a 80's handheld game.

Shall i continue?

come on lol, the UI in 1.0 was absolute utter garbage

PS: MMORPGs aren't hard

[EvokerKeii]

I think it's more the other way around, die hard FF11/FF fans left/are leaving since this game is basically WoW theme-park garbage and the ppl left are the WoW fans (I mean, look at the forum, people using WoW terminology and shiet all over the place).

Damn Reds, they don't understand us Blues, am I right?
Look at them, over there...all red and stuff. It makes me sick.

[Quiz]

I can not confirm or deny i spent my weekend Beta testing tESO . I can not say that the beta was really really REALLY good or not . I can not make the graphic and game play comparison to that of Skyrim . Because as i said i can not confirm or deny i had any involvement in the Closed Beta test of TESO .

But i think its more about WoW having a revamp of there Chr models and a new Expansion coming

Someone didn't read their NDA properly. Especially the piece that says you'll never mention, infer, etc the existance of the beta itself.

I read mine, I just don't care. Whatever you were going for just wasn't funny/cool/edgy. Sorry

[Vanidin]

Who cares if they left ?
They left because they don't like the game point.

SE does a free weekend to show 2.1 off to people who didn't subscribe again, WoW does this all the time, it's called marketing strategy.

People don't like a game they stop playing it, it's totally normal.

And Alipo, your whining and whatnot won't move SE an inch.
You don't like to get Achievements?, don't like to level all jobs?, don't like to level all crafts?, don't want to wait for the story to continue?, don't have fun playing the game?

Then yeah, try another game, there is no use paying for a game where you're getting bored imo.
Same goes for everyone, pay only if you like the game.

What I can't stand is people making 26748718 posts & threads about others leaving because of X reason and how they'll also leave blah blah blah.

Don't wanna play? Go, don't come to the forums to nag about it.

This post needs more likes.

[Jilse]

By "diehard FF fan", I assume you mean FFXI? Because no true FF fan would ever willingly have your belittling attitude.

I think they mean XI, but if so, they have not played the game in years.

People acting like free weekends are new to SE, and they are copying WoW or something else by doing so must have missed all the Welcome Back campaigns FFXI throws. These basically cater to those who choose to blow through content and then cancel subscriptions until something new comes along. I have been playing XI since the NA open beta, and would be still if it hadn't gotten so far from the game I started playing all those years ago.

[Imapooonu]

After reading the entirety of this thread, I have concluded that the title no longer makes sense.

It started too, but then it stopped.

[gintoki88]

I just read on another thread that lots of players have left and there is going to be a free weekend to try to get people back? This cracks me up!

The game was modified so much to cater to those type of people that already left. Those people would have left anyway no matter what was done to this game because that's what they do.

So now that they left (lol), how about catering more to the long time loyal players? Us so-called fanboys?

I reckon i want some hardcore content that you have to be a long term/hardcore non casual player to do, (no offense to casual players, but there are some of yous out there that are giving you a bad name)