Quote Originally Posted by Exni View Post
I bet if SE announed a next-gen FFXI-2 to be released at the same time XIV 2.0 is being released.. XIV would be a ghost town in comparison.. If I had a choice of FFXI-2 over 2.0.. I'd be gone in a heartbeat. XI was lightyears beyond this game's current state (although that's hardly a fair comparison given the amount of time XI has been live) and although I have my fun at times in XIV, I'm not the biggest fan of the direction it's headed in. The mainstream eas"ier"-mode type of MMO that XIV is shapping up to be definetly appeals to a wider audience, so I think it'll do OK in the long run, but I've been keeping my eyes on the horizon for something (not likely to be apart of the Final Fantasy series!) that can give me the depth and challenge of XI, while using the next-gen applications of our time. But in the meantime, I guess XIV will just have to do.
YET.... Yet if XIV never had that shit released...

If 2.0 was the initial release of this game and you released it alongside XI-2... I think we all know the outcome

The best idea is the person who was talking about compromise
we can all play together
A new game with aspects of XI and some new innovations
New MMoers... old XI heads.. former WoW players
Why can't we all just get along?