FFXIV does not need to be like FFXI

[Luvbunny]

I found it extremely hard to understand what they added since I left in 2013 dec. I believe they should make a guide book like they did back then, it would possibly get people to play it again. I always said if they charged 4 dollars and 99 cents I would play both games but 15 for 2 is too much plus ffxi is old and on its last leg but I like ffxi so much its just I feel lost. I know what to do in the game but it would take time for me to figure it out but free log in wouldn't be enough time to do anything at all.

They added so much in the game, new content every month basically. Here are the list of things you can do.

Solo play:
- Farming dynamis, salvage, limbus, and colonization + lair reive, doing delivery mission for coalition.
- Using trust npc and do sparks quests (think of them as levee, some are repeatable, and you can tackle several at a time - up to 15)
- Crafting: they updated this with crafting kit so you no longer have to hunt materials, up to level 50 I think.
- Pushing yourself to the limit by trying to solo some Skirmish (which needs Key Item to be made). Yes Skirmish 1 and 2 can be soloed. And you can summon trust NPC. I soloed Yorcia Skirmish as Geomancer with Trust NPC, it's fun to see how far you can take certain jobs.
- Walk of Echoes farm: they revised this - so now you can farm the new improved WoE which can drop i-level gears.

Group play:
- You can create capacity points party, this is by definition your "old school merit points" party. You won't find that many people who are interested, but filling a group of 6 is easy, plus you can summon Trust NPC if one of your member left.
- Abyssea party, for when you need to level another job.
- Skirmish, they added brand new one last month, so there are four type of skirmish to do.
- New BCNM: remix of past favorite bcnms, you will need merit points to enter these.
- SKCNM: these drops chapters you need to "updated" your artifact and relic gears.
- Delve: these are now can done with only 6 person.

On top of all that, you can still do the "classic FFXI" if you want to - but with a much improved gameplay - aka easier travel, faster to get xp, and Trust NPC helps a great deal for when people left your group in a sudden. None of the classic element has changed much. The problem, as you have said, not many people are interested. And they did not bother to advertise the game.