I miss dynamis type fights.

[peaches]

Is there something wrong with talking about things you like? When did people become so hateful about absolutely everything? SE has no problems practically importing enemy models and other elements of XI, why not some of the best aspects of it as well? I've never played XI and it's way too outdated to even try, but it seems SE wants to copy a lot of their XI assets anyways, why not some other stuff as well?

Without having played XI and only having seen a few gameplay videos and talking to people who have played it, it almost seems like XIV is a fan made game. Someone who copied all of the assets of one game and just gave it a new story, mechanics and world, not unlike something like Skywind or or Morroblivion (importing Morrowind into the Skyrim and Oblivion engine).

[AmyNeudaiz]

I had to google this to find out. Thought this was just a myth? O_o

Unless some of my friends (and some other random people) are flat out lying about them trying out or actively playing on them, they do exist.

Lol it's pretty sad that ppl can't say they miss something about ffxi with out ppl saying go back and play. Idc who you are if you played ffxi you're gonna miss something about it.

It's mostly people tired of the same type of comments about how they miss XI and want XIV to be more like it and saying how great XI was or how they want XYZ completely out of place feature added into XIV or even just the flat out XI fanboys who loathe XIV doing their usual bashing. XI players dug themselves into a stigma.

[SavageWolf]

I miss a lot of things about FFXI. But I don't come here to post about how amazing things in that game were. I'm here to support the game we have.

FFXIV is its own game, and a fantastic one at that.

[Souljacker]

Dynamis was fun for what it was, but 40 people working together so 1 dude could pocket the currency and fund his personal relic? {Thanks for the offer but I'll have to pass}. What was worse is that those seemed to be the ONLY shells that were actually successful. I ran a dynamis shell once that did profit sharing and clears, and people didn't want that. They wanted to be in other shells where 1 guy took it all and they *maybe* had a chance to wait in line for a piece of relic. I didn't understand it, but XI players are a special breed.

It was a decent game and a fun time-waster, but it's nowhere near the level of "I actually feel like MY character is progressing and getting stuff" that this game has, even without 40 people in 1 lagtacular zone.

[EvilHippie]

I could go play 11 if i wanted, But as opposed to "just rolling around in nostalgia" I have moved on. My op was just a thought that i figured i would share to see if others felt the same way, but sadly the want and opportunity to troll and say go somewhere else is too strong for some people to ignore. How about next time you think for a second about something you liked and share that instead of just saying leave.

Edit: I wasn't saying anything bad about this game btw. I do enjoy it a lot.

[Garlyle]

I miss a lot of things about FFXI. But I don't come here to post about how amazing things in that game were. I'm here to support the game we have.

FFXIV is its own game, and a fantastic one at that.

XI had its own strengths. For the era of MMORPG it was created for, it was amazing, and if the type of game you really want in an MMORPG is that pre-WoW style, then XI is still probably one of the best.

But that era of MMORPG is also well over a decade past now. A game where the difficulty is determined by absolutely tiny drop rates on items you need 50 of to turn in for a quest for your new skill no longer cuts it. There's still some really nifty things XI did (I still want a Nyzul Isle-like 'semirandom contents/modifiers/encounters go as far as you can' dungeon in XIV), but many things fondly remembered were really actually terrible ideas, or largely accepted because there simply wasn't anything better.

And I can't say what OP seeks in this case is something I'd necessarily have classified as one of the valuable experiences to take away from it.

[Chihaya]

Is there something wrong with talking about things you like? When did people become so hateful about absolutely everything?

The forums community has always been rotten, on almost all the MMOs I played.

As for topic, I also enjoyed Dynamis, but not because of the large number of players needed but rather it is not linear and you choose what you want to do in the dungeon.

I was once in a large Dynamis group, then they decided they wanted to do COP Dynamis with a smaller player cap. Few of my friends decided to form a small group of 6~8 people since we cant fit everyone in COP Dynamis and I never went back, small group was the way to go.

But always keep in mind that FFXI took a long time to develop into what it became, we not even 1 year into ARR yet.

[FritoBandito]

It's sad, too. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.

[Welsper59]

I miss a lot of things about FFXI. But I don't come here to post about how amazing things in that game were. I'm here to support the game we have.

FFXIV is its own game, and a fantastic one at that.

I think it's really just perspective on the matter. Had it been worded differently, instead of just "I miss Dynamis", it was "I hope there will be difficult/dangerous large scale PvE with tons of mobs and lots of players" or something, I doubt you folks would have looked at the thread so negatively. They're essentially the same concept. In responding the way you folks do, you're saying that you dislike the idea of large scale PvE and are telling people that do like it to go play FFXI if they want it so bad (which really doesn't happen anymore... even on private servers (I played on some)).

[Luxx]

FFXI is still up and running. Maybe you should re-subscribe?

I knew as soon as I read this topic someone was going to say this, knew it.
Can we please stop using this argument? Again, I never played XI but from reading
that game is pretty much dying or dead. Every time someone has a trip to Nostalgia Lane
people come Horse running and push them down. Stop it.