Make FFXIV more like FFXI and less like WoW!

[Skivvy]

What I don't understand is that...FFXI is still there. It hasn't gone anywhere. Why try to change FFXIV when you can easily just play FFXI instead? Or perhaps play both games?

I've learned from many years in my line of work, people don't really know what they want, even though they like to think they do.

I do actually play both games currently. If you're on Asura, come hunt me down

XIV I keep active more for social reasons. My time is spent in Limsa sitting around doing nothing because I'm at the point where I find most everything else pointless. Gil has no real value. Why bother trying to gear all jobs to the teeth when a patch is looming and will reset everything I've done back to square one. I don't want to spend all my time running the same 2-3 dungeons and raids for gear that makes just about no differnce in the big picture. One might say I've become jaded with the game.

Why do I keep playing? Because I really WANT to like it. I think they could make the game far better than it is, but they've gone the easy, safe route, and that makes me sad.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't EverQuest the inspiration towards FFXI? So asking for FFXIV to be like FFXI... why not ask for it to go back to the inspiration behind XI?

In any event, as someone who spent 8 years in FFXI and from Phase 3 of the FFXIV ARR Beta til now, I can see how some may want some more... FFXI-ness... in FFXIV. I admit, I would love a return to the XP party system of XI, I really enjoyed that. Maybe some of the NM's/HNM's... Imagine Absolute Virtue or Pandemonium Warden turning up in Eorzea...

But, while as much as I did love FFXI... it's time to move on. Nothing wrong with referencing the past, but do we really want a FFXI 2.0? Could we really trust that? Yoshi P and his current team have done so much to turn FFXIV around from Version 1.0, so credit is due in that regard. I would like them to work on more newer things, instead of reliving the past (except for XP parties... I want them back dammit!).

In regards to Everquest - It seems a bit less far fetched to ask SE to borrow some things from their one and only other MMO instead of taking from an even older, unrelated MMO. While I would have loved an updated XI, I'm really not pushing for that. Just hoping they can somehow flesh out XIV as it is in some major need of depth.

I'm just always amazed at the people who have the knee-jerk reactions whenever XI is mentioned. Not to be a broken record, but the game really had a lot of great gameplay. There are far worse games that they could draw inspiration from.

[Lexia]

What I don't understand is that...FFXI is still there. It hasn't gone anywhere. Why try to change FFXIV when you can easily just play FFXI instead? Or perhaps play both games?

I've learned from many years in my line of work, people don't really know what they want, even though they like to think they do.

XI today only a shell of what it use to be.

[Blackcanary]

What I don't understand is that...FFXI is still there. It hasn't gone anywhere. Why try to change FFXIV when you can easily just play FFXI instead? Or perhaps play both games?

I've learned from many years in my line of work, people don't really know what they want, even though they like to think they do.

FF XI is in the process of shutting down. They are in the process of doing a remake of FFXI as a mobile phone game. Which is something I don't want. I play FFXIV as it is on my PS4. I always wanted FFXI on the PS4 but seems like there not gonna do a complete remake of the game which pisses me of. They do it for FF X, FF 12 why not for FFXI? why rest time on making a remake of FFXI for Mobile phones.

[Velhart]

FF XI is in the process of shutting down. They are in the process of doing a remake of FFXI as a mobile phone game. Which is something I don't want. I play FFXIV as it is on my PS4. I always wanted FFXI on the PS4 but seems like there not gonna do a complete remake of the game which pisses me of. They do it for FF X, FF 12 why not for FFXI? why rest time on making a remake of FFXI for Mobile phones.

They have said several times as long as FFXI still holds a profit, it will not shut down. Currently it is still a profitable game. The only thing they have said is they dropped the PS2/360 version and there will be no longer any more major expansions. The game will still be up and adjustments will be made when needed. They are even currently in the process of releasing the next big patch. Even offering a welcome home campaign right now. Don't expect the game to go anywhere any time soon.

If anything, you should ask for some major improvements to things like the UI, framerate, resolution, etc. Since the game is PC only, these things are more than possible now.

[Alaltus]

They have said several times as long as FFXI still holds a profit, it will not shut down. Currently it is still a profitable game.

In the last FFXI AMA on reddit:

Q: "Will you consider doing new expansions and content as long as you have a player base that is paying monthly subscription fees?"

A: "Yes, we will consider this."

[Velhart]

In the last FFXI AMA on reddit:

Q: "Will you consider doing new expansions and content as long as you have a player base that is paying monthly subscription fees?"

A: "Yes, we will consider this."

Very interesting, guess they changed their minds about the expansion thing. Or do they mean mini-expansions like they did in the past?

[Arielyanna]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't EverQuest the inspiration towards FFXI? So asking for FFXIV to be like FFXI... why not ask for it to go back to the inspiration behind XI?

In any event, as someone who spent 8 years in FFXI and from Phase 3 of the FFXIV ARR Beta til now, I can see how some may want some more... FFXI-ness... in FFXIV. I admit, I would love a return to the XP party system of XI, I really enjoyed that. Maybe some of the NM's/HNM's... Imagine Absolute Virtue or Pandemonium Warden turning up in Eorzea...

But, while as much as I did love FFXI... it's time to move on. Nothing wrong with referencing the past, but do we really want a FFXI 2.0? Could we really trust that? Yoshi P and his current team have done so much to turn FFXIV around from Version 1.0, so credit is due in that regard. I would like them to work on more newer things, instead of reliving the past (except for XP parties... I want them back dammit!).

[JimmyDean]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't EverQuest the inspiration towards FFXI? So asking for FFXIV to be like FFXI... why not ask for it to go back to the inspiration behind XI?
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I don't want ffxi-2. but i sure as hell didnt/dont want WoW-2.

[KitingGenbu]

Yeah....I don't see this thread getting deleted...

At least the thread I started a few days ago will still be around if anyone wants to drop some content ideas and such: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Addition-Ideas

[Atoli]

Make FFXIV more like FFXI and less like WoW!

No, thank you.
Just make it like neither.