Quote Originally Posted by Doo View Post
Good article on why FFXIV should of been more like FFXI instead.

http://www.gameskinny.com/z5hq7/brea...e-enix-a-brain
People quoting these articles as a "FFXIV should be FFXI" are getting irritating. The whole point of the article is about what will sell. You cannot compare the popularity of single-player turn-based RPG's to an MMO. The article doesn't even mention FFXIV or FFXI because of how irrelevant they are to the main series. There is nothing about FFXIV or its engine or server structure that would support FFXI. Firstly, there are way more players. Secondly, it runs a lot of its code server-side to be accessible to more players. Thirdly, the engine was completely revamped and is probably not conducive to coding like that any more. The game has already started adding more "open content", and I'm sure it will continue to do so as server stability improves.