FFXI Players

[Sanctify]

^edit (on mobile) I think it might have been abyssea that raised the level cap past 75. Either way, ruined it.

[AnimaAnimus]

I played on Asura 2003-4ish til around 2012. I likely would have stayed there but Abyssea not only killed the game, it also killed my nearly decade old linkshell and I was the only one who wanted to even give xiv a shot.

Tried to go back but between trusts and the deconstruction of most endgame its lost any good flavor it had. The emphasis on the community, the risk vs reward, the strategic play, etc. all of that is gone and that's what made ffxi so good. I know it has never existed in xiv, which is why its more tolerable here, although I would love to see XIV take more of the good cards from the XI deck instead of vice versa

[Ruf]

I played on Asura 2003-4ish til around 2012. I likely would have stayed there but Abyssea not only killed the game, it also killed my nearly decade old linkshell and I was the only one who wanted to even give xiv a shot.

Tried to go back but between trusts and the deconstruction of most endgame its lost any good flavor it had. The emphasis on the community, the risk vs reward, the strategic play, etc. all of that is gone and that's what made ffxi so good. I know it has never existed in xiv, which is why its more tolerable here, although I would love to see XIV take more of the good cards from the XI deck instead of vice versa

Again, disagreeing, Abyssea is cleareable rather fast even in the case that it would be done solo, community is still there *maybe not your friends* but se did refriender not long ago, I for one like Abyssea, I for two will say that if anything, my opinion is: no no no no NO to xiv deck.Xiv deck is horrible , im not even going to start speaking about triple triad… But I will absolutely say that I desire that 14 keep its game elements to 14. I would be completely fine if they reversed the changes that 11 got from 14. I do not like the fact xiv is a theme park, no thx to fourteen taking 11 game elements also.

[Ruf]

https://refriender.finalfantasyxi.com/?lang=en

[Sanctify]

Again, disagreeing, Abyssea is cleareable rather fast even in the case that it would be done solo, community is still there

All I can say is 1. How is that a good thing? And 2. No it's not. Yeah all of us that played during its prime, our friends don't play it anymore most likely. But that reverberates. And its exponential. To the point that I can say with 100% certainty that w.e community you're engaging with on there now is in no way of the love and quality it was in its prime. And that's simply due to the passage of time. Different time, different crowd. I highly doubt there many on xi that have stuck with it from the start. Not saying there aren't though.

Clear a whole expac story "rather fast"? Son, do you know how long it took me to level up, do my genkais, and find my AF coffers? Maybe I'm having time dilation because I was 13yrs old during this time but it was a monumental feat that made one swell with pride. Let alone the time it took to get sky/sea access! You'll never know the joy of running into those late night JP exp parties and being lucky enough to get an invite and when you do FORGO everything else because those parties were so insanely good! The feeling of tagging an NM before everyone else camping, hell even it was just Spook. But I digress, I'm going on a nostalgia induced rant now xD

[Ruf]

All I can say is

Keep telling yourself that.

ps: Son? what? Not even sure why you call me like this, far as knowing, been there, as far as the old experience, others might have more than you think just so you know… Community is still quite alive, and the game mechanics too.

[NefarioCall]

I played FFXI from 2004 - Present.
From 2010 I was also pretty invested in 1.x (which I loved)
Been on FFXI less in recent years but I still love to come back to it once in a while.

[Ghishlain]

Ghishlain from Ragnarok here/ Played from near the beginning of WotG to the release of FFXIV AAR. Was on Carbuncle, Gilgamesh, and Asura for a little bit too.

I do miss it at times but I know the game is aged and I don't really have the patience for it anymore either.

With that being said - #GalkaWHM4Life #MeleeWHM - some of the best moments of my XI career came from clubbing through everything in sight.

[Sanctify]

Keep telling yourself that.

ps: Son? what? Not even sure why you call me like this, far as knowing, been there, as far as the old experience, others might have more than you think just so you know… Community is still quite alive, and the game mechanics too.

Because the way you post implies to me that you never experienced or appreciated the game at its peak. Which tells me you're either of a younger generation (which is fine), or you fall into that odd category of people. Similar to the people who think current WoW (unrelated game) is better than vanilla-tbc. Which, honestly speaking, is just a really weird flex to me. I never said the community is dead, I said it's not the same and it never will be.

But, different strokes for different folks I guess (:

[Ruf]

Because

Keep telling yourself that, You dont know my age, therefore you dont know my generation therefore you dont know my opinion on the game peaks . Cleared Divine Might battlefield on ranger at Lv70 after 7 pickup groups failures with kiting strategies(7 pentaspheres) by making my own alliance consisting of 16 black mages (including japanese players) time nuking half blizzaga/half thundaga to prevent resists,|BIG BOOM|battlefield cleartime record back when sky was the top end game. Not going to explain to you more of my gameplays but you speak like if I was not there while I was.

Ps: If you want old experience then make friends, reinvite old friends, level sync, do not use trusts, so on so on. Game is still there, and the way it works its mechanics also.