Can we end this?

[Onidemon]

I think im gonna throw up if i see another "PLZ CLONE FFXI" thread. You would think that after being ignored for so many months pple would get it but they don't.

So let me put it this way. FFXI is made by SE, it is owned by SE and since the game is currently online and SE has no intention of shutting it down, well it is also generation income for SE.

So with FFXIV being aimed at being the next WOW(targets the masses, casuals and hardcore alike) why would anyone in their right state of mind want to turn FFXIV into a FFXI clone? Not only would it kill FFXI but it would go against FFXIV's goals and turn it into a niche and SE can only hope to get 250k players if they're lucky.

FFXI is available to play so stop asking the devs to turn this into FFXI-2 just because ur too cheap to pay a monthly fee.

[Ryndael]

I think im gonna throw up if i see another "PLZ CLONE FFXI" thread.

That's pretty funny since you just made a thread about cloning FFXI. /facepalm

[Keith_Dragoon]

I think im gonna throw up if i see another "PLZ CLONE FFXI" thread. You would think that after being ignored for so many months pple would get it but they don't.

So let me put it this way. FFXI is made by SE, it is owned by SE and since the game is currently online and SE has no intention of shutting it down, well it is also generation income for SE.

So with FFXIV being aimed at being the next WOW(targets the masses, casuals and hardcore alike) why would anyone in their right state of mind want to turn FFXIV into a FFXI clone? Not only would it kill FFXI but it would go against FFXIV's goals and turn it into a niche and SE can only hope to get 250k players if they're lucky.

FFXI is available to play so stop asking the devs to turn this into FFXI-2 just because ur too cheap to pay a monthly fee.

Nobody is asking for FFXI-2, they are asking that SE take the good, working ideas that were in XI and many titles beforehand aswell(for most). XIV will never become XI even if SE copied 90% of the features and stuff from that game. Do you know why? because its a different world, different story, differed races in a way, Different lore(guess this counts as story). If the devs continue down this road and implement some good feaures that the original team threw out cause of people like you crying about "(game) clones" every 2 minutes, this game would be able to pull in the masses.

XI was only this way due to the inability to solo effeciently and being forced to rely on people to aid you. Not because it had "X Feature" or "Y Feature" which is what most of these threads have been about.

[Grendel]

I think its pretty obvious that this game isn't going in the same direction as FFXI

[Ryndael]

Nah, you got me doing that already. What with your lovely personality and all your experience with the game.

[BeePee]

End this thread?

{Yes, Please}

[Starlord]

"Let's Go Fly a Kite.. UP to the highest heights"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g89NxTTycxc

[Mimmo]

You're ranting about rants

[Gramul]

It seems like they're trying to take the good things about XI and streamline a few of the more aggravating parts and pull in some influence from the better parts of other games.
Like an actual videogame sequel.

I appreciate that they where trying to make something completely original, but what's the point of just throwing away the things people appreciated about the original? Take those ideas and expand on them while introducing new concepts and features.

Take the Banjo Kazooie series for example. The first sequel was so great because they took the best parts of the original and built on them while introducing new gameplay mechanics and environments. Nuts and Bolts was rejected by fans of the series because it threw away most of what made the series enjoyable in the first place.

Now this is more of a spiritual successor than a sequel, but even then the concept of expanding gameplay still applies, especially in a series with set elements such as Final Fantasy.

[Ryndael]

End this thread?

{Yes, Please}

This~~~~~~!