Anyone from 11?

[JemC]

Who of you come from or once played FFXI?

For me I miss the seasons and how much they affected everything, my house moogle, breeding chocobos, the mobs ability to "smell" or "hear" you, how much elements mattered, playing in all Japanese parties, that big tree in Windurst, Galka tails, and the glitched parts only us on PS3 could get in.

Anything you miss?


What I am glad for in FFXIV-ARR are manthras. Bout time!

[Prototype909]

I miss non-instanced content that felt rewarding and zones in the open world that you would still die in at 75.

Oh, and adventuring fellows.

[Gilraen]

I miss non-instanced content that felt rewarding and zones in the open world that you would still die in at 75.

Oh, and adventuring fellows.

I miss that and more... but would rather prefer the game progressed as it already does. Nostalgia doesn't a better game make, after all, and can often hurt more than help.

[Diadumenos]

miss the community spirit FFXI had =/

[Lexia]

I miss that and more... but would rather prefer the game progressed as it already does. Nostalgia doesn't a better game make, after all, and can often hurt more than help.

I think the word Nostalgia is over used it a type of gameplay style that may not be enjoyed by everyone

[Hayward]

miss the community spirit FFXI had =/

Yeah, community spirit that lead to "JP Only", "lol[insert non-bandwagon job]", "Delve Weapons only to fight Delve monsters", "TP Burn only", etc.

If you're going to look back at a game, give people the whole facts.

[Obysuca]

I miss how XI actually felt like a real world and what a mmo should have been. Not a single player lobby game like how most are going now :/

[Phe]

i miss the amount of leisure time i had in those years.

[Issac]

I miss how XI actually felt like a real world and what a mmo should have been. Not a single player lobby game like how most are going now :/

Agreed. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy XIV, but something that frustrates me to no end is that the entire endgame is literally instances. Instances. Instances.

By next patch I hope to see some legitimate open-world endgame. It would make me feel so much better about this game. (If I'm stepping on anyone's toes by asking for this, you can friggin shove off, your selfishness sickens me.)

[Bluevann]

I still play XI at the time, started back in 2006. What I like of XIV over XI are, like you, male Miqo'tes (and female Roegadyn, though making Roe without the Galkan tail killed my will to roll as one), and most of all how exploration-friendly the areas are (you can very easily avoid aggro by following the roads, and if a mob spots you, it can be easily outran); it was my major peeve with XI, to have to wait to be higher level to see the cool zones. I'm kinda glad to see many aspects of XIV implemented in XI, such as the Records of Eminence (Previously vaguely similar to Hunting Log, but now exactly like the Challenge Log) and the look-locking, which is what closer to Glamour we'll ever get.


There isn't much I miss from XI that I'd like to see in XIV. Playing both games, I prefer that they keep their differences; This game shouldn't be XI-2... It was already bad enough that the races were identical (It's why I rolled male Miqo'te. I wanted something I couldn't play on XI). Though I admit there are things that could be taken from there that would make XIV's experience wider. Mainly the variety of jobs and areas, but those are things that I definitely look forward to come out with expansions.

I guess, as an XI player, all in all I'm pretty content with how the games are^^ Now I just hope SE doesn't ruin XIV by bringing forth Abyssea there too (the introduction of Atmas in XIV gave me an heart attack). Aby is still at this day my most hated aspect of XI, I blame it for XI's fall in popularity and I wish it'd just go away >_<!! I want my old exp parties back.