XI should be free with an active XIV sub

[grinkdaboy]

change my mind

[Aurida]

They would have to pay me to play it

[RethDaron]

I'd love a reduced bundle price for them.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Disney+ should be free with a netflix sub.

Change my mind.

[Kolaina]

Disney+ should be free with a netflix sub.

Change my mind.

This is the most apples and oranges reply I’ve seen

[Sotaris]

This is the most apples and oranges reply I’ve seen

It's a good example though. XI and XIV is two different games.
I play both and would love a discount or something like that but it's not like WoW Retail and Classic situation we're talking about here.

I wanted to try XI. Then I downloaded the launcher in parts as if I was downloading a private server in the 2008 era. Afterward, I launched it and got lost. Opened a Youtube guide and still got lost. In the end, I gave up on trying XI before I even play the game...
SE should introduce a modern launcher to XI to make it easier for new players to play it. Then we might discuss how to increase its active playerbase.

Playing on a private server is much more work to setup tbh. If you had played through the real launcher it's not more difficult than getting everything setup on Mogstation for XIV.
As much i'd love a modernized XI it won't happen to a soon 20 year old MMORPG.

Should be some kind of Square Enix Pass but with a better name that gives you access to XI, XIV and other premium bonuses. XI badly needs a remake with a modern user interface, but they cancelled the remake they had going on :/

And thank god for that. It was a mobile port of the game.. Mobile..

Playinline is a hot mess. It's the first boss encounter of XI, or so the joke goes.

Not sure when you tried the download, but I believe it should be one big file now to at least install everything. You will still need to contend with POL though to get into the game :x

POL is basically nowadays:

- Login
- Hit Play

Back in the day we had to do account management in that mess, that was the true pain.

[Kolaina]

It's a good example though. XI and XIV is two different games.
I play both and would love a discount or something like that but it's not like WoW Retail and Classic situation we're talking about here.

Except its not a good example. Both are final fantasy in the suggestion. Also both being online mmos owned by square Enix. In the example I responded to, while both are streaming services, they are of separate companies. So it was a stretch. Apples and oranges. While both fruit, vastly different.

[Sotaris]

Except its not a good example. Both are final fantasy in the suggestion. Also both being online mmos owned by square Enix. In the example I responded to, while both are streaming services, they are of separate companies. So it was a stretch. Apples and oranges. While both fruit, vastly different.

Sure you can think that.

It still not going to happen after being seperate subs for a decade. Again to compare it to WoW, classic is a smaller limit game compared to XI that has a handfull of expansions included and years of content.
As much I love a discount or joint sub it will not happen.

[Kranel_San]

Playinline is a hot mess. It's the first boss encounter of XI, or so the joke goes.

Not sure when you tried the download, but I believe it should be one big file now to at least install everything. You will still need to contend with POL though to get into the game :x

I remember my attempt at downloading and playing the game was one year ago during XIV patch 5.3
The files weren't a real issue, to begin with, as I didn't have a problem just dumbing all the five into one big file. The issue was in launching the game as things were vague and had to watch more than one youtube guide, which after seeing how complicated it is i just gave up on trying the game. I Might try it again but not in the foreseeable future.
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[Skivvy]

POL is basically nowadays:

- Login
- Hit Play

Back in the day we had to do account management in that mess, that was the true pain.

I should have clarified - it's the initial POL / account setup can be really confusing. There are still frequent posts in the subreddit with people struggling just to get into the game. Once that's all done though, POL and the login process is easy peasy like ya said.