Another "they quit" thread

[Honey_Tailtwitcher]

I have noticed that people leave pretty quick, it's a different mentality than in FFXI. I remember having friends for years over there, not here. I'm not sure why that is, but the difference can also be felt in how people treat each other vs. a game like FFXI. Anyone else feel that difference? I can't put my finger on it.

[Ortamus]

I understand that. I played 11 over 4 years and felt as though I could have put more time into it. I've only played 14 for about nine months or so. I was part of a big Free Company and the people were decent enough, friendly to new players and such, but the amount of people that just suddenly stopped playing was huge. The one difference I see in 14 is that players are so much more selfish than they were in 11. I remember getting my lvl 55 cap and the amount of help I got was amazing. Eight People gave their time to get me through it as a group because they enjoyed being able to do something on the open world map.

[Cian]

I have noticed that people leave pretty quick, it's a different mentality than in FFXI. I remember having friends for years over there, not here. I'm not sure why that is, but the difference can also be felt in how people treat each other vs. a game like FFXI. Anyone else feel that difference? I can't put my finger on it.

I think The LS/ FC setup and party setup in 14 is largely to blame. Then you add in playe r lack of patience and selfish mentalities. I think the ability view one ls at a time setup encouraged ppl to band together. Ls's had to be managed so that loot wasn not just a free for all. You put in time until it was your turn to get the gear you had been waiting for. Personally i loved the point system and was lucky enough to find eg ls's that solid honest players.

[Meleena]

I have to wait for a queue to login on my server.

[Elazu]

This just in: Every MMO drops a lot of subs before an expansion. They are back once it's out.

[SecretCrowds]

Was wondering where all the dust was coming from. Turns out it was from this year old thread...

"Atchoo!" *spit splatters all over my screen*

[Clavaat]

This happens before every patch. Once a patch releases, people come back. Now that an expansion is nearly here, I've actually seen a rise in new players and I'm sure once it is released, we'll have a boom again. Anyway, this thread started over a year ago, and the player base has stayed about the same, if not grown since then.

[Miitan]

First, congratulations on that necrobump, it was pretty epic.

The reason why everyone was friendly and worked together in FFXI was because the game required parties for everything. If you were known to be a dick, no one would invite you and you couldn't complete any content. In FFXIV we have the opposite i.e. everything can be done solo and if you need a party, you can just group with some randoms, still be a dick, and no one will care because you'll never see them again.

I've heard that in the Japanese forums they've raised the idea of server only DF, so clearly it's something that some are still interested in.

[Lycinder]

The reason why everyone was friendly and worked together in FFXI was because the game required parties for everything. If you were known to be a dick, no one would invite you and you couldn't complete any content. In FFXIV we have the opposite i.e. everything can be done solo and if you need a party, you can just group with some randoms, still be a dick, and no one will care because you'll never see them again.

Actually this game forces you to group up for a lot of content, a lot of friends from other mmos were a bit freaked out when they saw that the main storyline was gated behind group content for leveling up.
Anyway if you pf a lot and act like a nob you aren't going to be pf'ing long in ff14 because everyone will block you from farms and clears.

[FizT]

Don't ya just love it when some fool who doesn't even play the game anymore necro's a thread. Sheesh.