Quote Originally Posted by ArnoMorley View Post
It was one of the most successful mmos in history, If I remember correctly it was 4 all time. Heck even go to wiki it's won all kinds of rewards, it wasn't another WoW (nothing is) but it was a grand slam for SE.


It's a matter of personal preference and it will be debated as long as either game exists. All the things some people don't want are things I enjoyed personally. Long spawn times windows kept items a rarity without making us spam the fight like we do now, and if I didn't want a bunch of competition there were 20+ other HNMs my shell could camp. 1 minute windows every 30 minutes were great times to get to know your shell, 3 hour windows kept you on your toes. Some hate, but many loved it.

Bots may have raised the odds for groups but it didn't guarantee them because it wasn't based on who hit the button first. I made many claims without ever botting. Also SE got pretty good at shutting down sites, FFXIapp is an example of many programs SE took down, in the case of an XI-2 they would be better at keeping bots away.

I think what they should have done more was given HNMs wide spawn areas, on those kinds of nms botting was even less effective.

SE really needs to consider just making an XI-2 in addition to 14 because there seems to be a huge demand for it. On all of these threads it seems about 50-50 to me on who wants a new game and who wants XI-2. I would imagine the hardcore gamers have already quit so if there are that many on here now that want it, SE needs to think about it.
not necessarily directed at you (I know it seems that way since I did "Reply with quote" you) but its true that we don't need to debate FFXI's success or profitability... FFXI had some stuff that was really good and fun that could be applied to this game... At the devs discretion, of course...
Because SE really does want the 500k people that played FFXI, but then the also want the people who didn't play FFXI... which means it is no longer us vs them... we are all one community....
Sounds like a Black Eyed Peas commercial but its true

If it is 50/50 then SE will never win until we all come together