How do you feel about the FFXI News?

[Roll]

Here's the link:
http://m.ign.com/articles/2015/03/19...lose-next-year

To summarize, PS2 and XBox versions will get shut down but PC version will continue along with a smart phone version and a final expansion, Rhapsodies of Vana’diel.

Also announced is a FFXI spinoff phone game, Final Fantasy Grandmasters:
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/03/19...-grandmasters/

[Laughlyn]

i feel kinda sad, i always imagine i'd go back one day & enjoy it again.

But i doubt i have the time, if it was re-released with singleplayer mode / maybe even coop via PSN or something (PS4 in mind)
or even on PC as standalone game i would buy it again & play when i had time.

[Rinuko]

It will live on pc for years probably. Sad thing is they stopping content after november so dunno what that really means for the game

[Kyarra]

I was in FFXI alpha and beta. It seems so long ago that I played the game, and I don't think I would go back to play the game since I don't think I would have the patience or time anymore. Plus FF14 is too much fun!

[AkashiXI]

A smart phone version? How will that work? I'm at work so I can't click the link and read it

[Zaft]

A smart phone version? How will that work? I'm at work so I can't click the link and read it

I imagine something like PSO2es. Not the exact same game, but with a similar feeling too it, and with rewards that are shared between games.

Anyway, FFXI has been around for nearly 15 years now. It's had a good, long run. It going into maintenance mode is hardly the worst thing that could happen too it at this point, especially when most of the servers are practically empty even during primetime.

This is the truth :P

As someone who played FFXI since release, I've never understood this. FFXI was not a difficult game outside of logistics, and that generally fell on only the upper level linkshell leaders across the server to either play nice or constantly be causing drama. The game itself was quite easy (with two exceptions, AV and PW).

[Andevom]

As someone who played FFXI since release, I've never understood this. FFXI was not a difficult game outside of logistics, and that generally fell on only the upper level linkshell leaders across the server to either play nice or constantly be causing drama. The game itself was quite easy (with two exceptions, AV and PW).

Progression in XI was almost entirely party-based, and that's what made it more challenging. Leveling required finding a party, getting a good camp spot, defeating enemies at a speed that made the party worthwhile, and managing abilities so that they're used at the best possible times (for damage, hate management, survival etc.). Now sure, if you have a consistent group of people you can do this with, it's easy. Most players didn't have that luxury, and just getting an invite could take hours.

[Naliee]

Old school FFXI was the best. The abyssea came and... well, it's not the same.

This is the truth :P

[DragonFlyy]

Old school FFXI was the best. The abyssea came and... well, it's not the same.

This is the truth :P

I still feel that Everquest was more difficult than FFXI (this is at the time FFXI was released. EQ has been nerfed hard since then.)

[Sarynth]

I'm saddened as well. Both because ive been playing since 07 and because I doubt that ffxiv will be getting the team that wrote the cop/zilart/toau story lines (I teared up a bit at certain points in all three) or jobs like blue mage/ corsair.