We need ffxiv to help save ffxi

[Ghishlain]

I know, and I do, honestly, feel their pain. I have lost a game before due to a very early shut down, and there isn't anything quite like it, although FFXIV is probably the closest fit. I was just thinking that it would be a nice gesture to the players who have shown continued loyalty to SE with FFXI. Granted not everyone will want to transition, but it would still be a good way for SE to show that they are different from most other game companies, and return the loyalty their customers have shown them.

While I can appreciate said gesture, I know some of the more elite crowd of XI will look at it as a spit in the face. "What, you want us to play that TRASH?" would be one of the responses (I can think of one very particular individual who would be like that).

I personally wouldn't said appreciation campaign as I played XI from Wings of the Goddess to when XIV was released and enjoyed it greatly. It's a great game that's unfortunately very unfriendly to new players and thus not really marketable in the current MMO meta.

I say this as an old ffxi hardcore player, so it hurts, but there's a time when you have to let a MMO die, now if the petition were to turn it into a single player, or client based multiplayer, i would gladly sign it.

Supposedly the two cellphone apps they're working on for XI's continuation are just that - a single player client as well as a multiplayer based lobby to adventure into Vana'diel with. I'm curious to see more about these.