Final Fantasy XI --> XIV

[Lacard]

What made you quit XI or switch over to XIV? Do you still play both or have you gone back to XI after playing XIV? What's new?

Me personally, I quit XI after I got XIV. I like XIV a lot and I think it has great potential and Yoshi-P seems like he's doing a great job.
XI was fun and the 6 years I played on it are memorable, but the game wasn't what it used to be. I feel people are too comfortable doing things a set way. If a PLD didn't have a RDM, he wouldn't join. If there was no BRD, people wouldn't bother. If you're tank was a NIN they would say "no, thanks". I enjoyed doing crazy shit. Going into a party and I (THF) was duo tanking with another THF. I had gotten so much EXP from that and we never stopped pulling until nothing was there to pull. The waiting for party invites that never came, no matter what job you were. Even as a PLD, alls I got were: Party? Level sync 37? No. I want to use the full extent of my character at level 66. Level sync should not be used to gain easy levels, just to even out exp.

Though I have some friends who still play say a lot of new stuff has come out and it sounds cool. I may try it again on a new server.

Although it is fun to actually be part of a new MMO and watching it "grow".

So those are my reasons, what are yours?

[Niyariko]

I quit XI when I started XIV Alpha test in early April 2010 (or May, i forgot), I fell in love with it, the graphics are great, the flexibility of using many actions from other jobs without the limitation from XI's mainjob/subjob combination. Even with a lot of problems with the alpha and beta, I always told my self, the final released version will iron out all those bugs and broken systems, lag UI, repetitive leves. XIV came out with big disappointment, I used to log in XIV everyday since April, but then I decided to return back to XI early November 2010 for the Abyssea expansion.

Basically all the negative points the OP listed in XI (cookie cutter pt, pld need rdm, no brd, no pt, no thf no drop, etc.) are all fixed with a single expansion. There are just too much stuff to do in XI it completely put XIV to shame.

Now i only login XIV for the craftleve, thats once every 3 days for 1-2 hrs, and my rest of gaming time are back on XI. XI is just too big of a success, SE really did a great job on it. It makes me wonder, why 2 games made by the same company, could be this big of a difference.

[MonsieurVerde]

I quit XI when I started XIV Alpha test in early April 2010 (or May, i forgot), I fell in love with it, the graphics are great, the flexibility of using many actions from other jobs without the limitation from XI's mainjob/subjob combination. Even with a lot of problems with the alpha and beta, I always told my self, the final released version will iron out all those bugs and broken systems, lag UI, repetitive leves. XIV came out with big disappointment, I used to log in XIV everyday since April, but then I decided to return back to XI early November 2010 for the Abyssea expansion.

Basically all the negative points the OP listed in XI (cookie cutter pt, pld need rdm, no brd, no pt, no thf no drop, etc.) are all fixed with a single expansion. There are just too much stuff to do in XI it completely put XIV to shame.

Now i only login XIV for the craftleve, thats once every 3 days for 1-2 hrs, and my rest of gaming time are back on XI. XI is just too big of a success, SE really did a great job on it. It makes me wonder, why 2 games made by the same company, could be this big of a difference.

Leves reset every day and a half...and XI is a, what, eight year old game?

[Niyariko]

Leves reset every day and a half...and XI is a, what, eight year old game?

3 days, i can do 16 craftleves back to back, holding on to 8 while waiting for the coming reset.

Whats your point? are saying don't compare contents between an 8 year old MMO with a brand new MMO?
If both games are available to me, they are from the same company, SE have 9 years of running and developing experience on MMO, why can't I compare them!? Is not like this is SE's first game in their history, they had all the data they needed to make an MMO, they "should" know what players wants when making a game. I'm just sharing how I moved from XI -> XIV and back to XI (for now).

[Malakhim]

I'm pretty sure this is what most people were saying about Final Fantasy XI the year and a half before it was released stateside.

[Keno]

I quit ffxi for ffxiv because there is lot more solo content and the don't waste my little time to play like ffxi

[Rynricy]

I quit ffxi last summer in anticipation of ffxiv, i quit ffxi for a year and then came back in late 2009, but at that point it seemed that I was so far behind there was no way to catch up due to lack of low level exp parties. I was praying that fxiv would be a great oppurtunity to get a fresh start along with all my other xi friends, but it was a large dissapointment. The connection to XI is so weak that if felt as though it were not a Final Fantasy at all, I am all for new ideas but this game lacks the XI feel that we all loved.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

I quitted from xi pretty much the same way, my linkshell now is gone and after 7 years of continued play i feel bored of that place. I still love it, but can't help with the sensation of done everything i could do

[Skyrant_Kangaroomouse]

I was not up for another 2+ year grind to get the new AF armor set and Relic II weapons. I did it with Dynamis and i did it with Salvage. Now Dyna and Salvage armor is pretty much useless although the salvage one still holds a unique status in how difficult it is to get.

I miss FFXI. It carries so many memories and i doubt any MMO can ever beat that, they are just too shallow. FFXIV certainly is not going into that direction. FFXI might be the one and only jewel and i will find myself going back to it sooner or later.

[viion]

I've gone back to XI because it is ultra-easy and my kinda game (for now until XIV becomes decent). You dont need to waste years getting things, you can do dynamis with like 5 people lol you can do it every day now and its 1 off fee, all cop is uncapped, most missons uncapped, you can spam FoV you can level insanely quick to 75 then abyssea it all up from there.

I have gone back to XI because XIV is just terrible, i login, do leves, logout. Maybe break clusters for ls members