Would you be upset if the game went offline?

[OMEGA_HACK]

Nope, actually I would like it if they would either do one of the following:

Make an official announcement to everyone stating the game is in its beta stages (to make it official and possibly change some people's mindset on a lot of the game and it's feature or lack thereof)

or

close all but a select number of server(s) and make them public beta servers (you can move your character there as a option so you don't lose data)

[Rowyne]

Nope, actually I would like it if they would either do one of the following:

Make an official announcement to everyone stating the game is in its beta stages (to make it official and possibly change some people's mindset on a lot of the game and it's feature or lack thereof)

or

close all but a select number of server(s) and make them public beta servers (you can move your character there as a option so you don't lose data)

Actually, I think they should have done both. And it should have happened when they announced that they would be charging no subscription fees until further notice. They should have realized right then and there the game needed to go back into a development state. Would have been a lot less painful, ripping the bandaid off all at once, so to speak.

[DoubleEcho]

Actually, I think they should have done both. And it should have happened when they announced that they would be charging no subscription fees until further notice. They should have realized right then and there the game needed to go back into a development state. Would have been a lot less painful, ripping the bandaid off all at once, so to speak.

Again, why is it that the servers can't be online while you develop at the same time?

[Kallera]

Again, why is it that the servers can't be online while you develop at the same time?

I agree, a MMO game is always being worked on while its online, there nothing preventing FFXIV from operatinng. "Haters gon' hate", as it were. If the game was offline, people would only complain further.

[Zenaku]

Then they have to do beta testing like we doing now? what the point of it going offline if they fixing it and see what we think they need us if they shut down now the game have no hope.

[Cendres]

An MMO with a solid base CAN and DOES get ongoing updates and development yes, but not a game with fundamental flaws. Seriously see the Saga of Ryzom for an example of a game released as a shell, company went bankrupt before it could put out most of what they had planned for it, no other company who bought it was able to put out that stuff out either always struggling along. And while there has been some updates done to it, it's still pretty much what it always was.

At one point SE will have to decide whether this game is too big of a liability, but that probably won't really hit the fan until this winter at least. There's still room to breathe so hopefully life gets renewed here before then.

[Elexia]

I support it going offline. The cynical-yet-I-continue-to-post-even-though-I-feel-and-adamantly-believe-the-game-will-never-amount-to-anything people could finally move on as the game would be offline and they "won." Maybe the forums will get back to lively discussions without degrading into a pissing contest. You know, like before alpha/beta how everyone weren't after each other's throats because they liked or hated the game?

[Averix]

Just wait it out a bit and you will be able to see what they are going to do themselves. At the end of their fiscal year is when the suits will decide whether it's even worth trying to salvage or that the game is simply hemorrhaging too much money and to shut it down. SE has fairly deep pockets, but even they will drop it before it gets that bad. Face it, they are still making money on box sales. Like it or not, this is a business, our feelings as fans of the franchise are not taken into account, if they were, the team(s) put into place would be much further ahead with changes. I find it comical when someone said putting a skeleton team in place as if that isn't what is currently going on.

[Cendres]

Just wait it out a bit and you will be able to see what they are going to do themselves. At the end of their fiscal year is when the suits will decide whether it's even worth trying to salvage or that the game is simply hemorrhaging too much money and to shut it down. SE has fairly deep pockets, but even they will drop it before it gets that bad. Face it, they are still making money on box sales. Like it or not, this is a business, our feelings as fans of the franchise are not taken into account, if they were, the team(s) put into place would be much further ahead with changes. I find it comical when someone said putting a skeleton team in place as if that isn't what is currently going on.

FINALLY! Yes this is exactly where my fears are based. IF the game had known more solid updating since it was taken over I wouldn't even be considering this, but this is not the reality. Reality is the game is still very much in limbo and an MMO cannot afford to stay like this forever.

And a skeleton team is FAR worse of a fate for any game then having it taken offline and reworked... :S It's called being put on life support and that's just not fun and we'll be able to count our dwindling community on two hands.

[TheVedis]

The main arguement to take the servers down while the game develops is simple

1) people who want the game to fail, cuz this is what it will cause to happen, they hide behind other reasons usualy or make up wild stories about how itl actualy save the game

2) people who want to play the game, but not right now, and dont want other people to get ahead of them while they wait for the game to be acceptable to them