Would you still play FFXIV in a post-development "maintenance mode?"

[Byron-Blackfyre]

there will be a league of legends (runeterra) mmorpg, soulframe which is the mmo successor of warframe will be out, ZoS is working on another mmorpg, so we'll have a lot of options.

[Zsavooz]

Nah! I just unsubbed yesterday.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Nah! I just unsubbed yesterday.

forever F-O-R-E-V-E-R

[SilverObi]

I still pop in and visit Vana'diel still even with them being in maintenance mode, which still includes small but regular story updates. So I imagine that I would also continue to play or visit Eorzea in the future when it's not getting big updates anymore, but then again I've never been the kind of person to just drop a game unless it shuts down completely.

[Absimiliard]

I stuck with FFXI for a long time after its development cycle officially ended. Still visit it on occasion to this day. They still toss out little tidbits here or there even tho--oh, it looks like a prior poster already explained this part. No need to.

I'm afraid I have no such attachment to FFXIV. There was a time when I did, but Endwalker absolutely murdered any affinity I had for the game. It would take a significant change indeed between now and the end for me to consider it worth revisiting after its development cycle ends.

[Ath192]

No. In fact as soon as the next FF MMO gets released I would move to it. I did the same with XI.

[AnnRam]

Imagine paying 15 usd for no new content, eventually this game will turn in to f2p with massive premium cash shop. That's all they care since years

[Amenara]

There is no horizontal progression like the entirety of endgame is in FFXI, so no, I would not play this game if it were put into "maintenance mode". Also, FFXI is in a weird spot where it may feel like maintenance mode and then the devs add a whole new system with new gear into it like with the addition of Sortie and the +2 and +3 of the empyrean gear last fall and the start of a new relic weapon...

[Ishe-P]

I don't understand this question. In my opinion, 14 is already in maintenance mode, if you are running the MSQ. All of the triggers, all of the beats, they're all settled. It might be weird post Shadowbringers, but man it is all taken care of.

The only difficulty that would come about of Maintenance mode is people trying to do their extremes not getting swept up in Trial roulette, or anything similar. But by the time 14 goes into what you might consider 'maintenance mode,' all that stuff will be taken care of too.

By the way, at some point, this game will be almost meaningless. All of your achievements, all your progs, all your blood sweat and tears will be ultimately crushed by the gears of time. You should know better; you should live in the moment, and if you can't you need to try and move on before it's too late. It's for your own good.

[Nyxs]

I would move on. If the game isn’t offering content but has a sub then there is no point in staying. By that time someone will make a mmorpg that might be worth playing or if not there is millions of other games to play.

If there is no sub. Which I doubt will happen, I would login occasionally for nostalgia.