Echoes of Vana'diel FFXI Alliance Raid

[Mayamisa]

Seriously hoping to see Luzaf make an appearance. How much do I have to bribe the devs to make this happen! LOL

[Sotaris]

Maybe it's due to my faith in SE being at an all time low, but I have a feeling everyone is reading way too much into things and they will just use a bunch of characters that xi vets will know and things that look cool for those who have never played xi and call it a day. This entire game is built around fan service and they never stick too close to what they are referencing. And I just don't think therre are enough XI vets or devs left in the company or frankly any writers compentent enough to do the amazing stories from Vana'diel any justice whatsoever.

From my understanding, when Matsui stepped down, some of the staff moved over to 14 and the 14 team assists the 11 team time to time.
Yoshida is overseeing both teams as well. But I think you're right, there is a lot of senior developers left from the 11 team that knows that backend, playonline or the ps2 devkits which I believe they are still reliant on.

I'm so happy they chose Prishe, she's such an amazing character and one of my favourites from XI. I imagine this will be a version that comes from Eorzea and not a universal traveller like Shantotto was in the crossover. If they make her someone from a shard that'll be interesting too I suppose. Exciting either way, this is as close to FFXI HD as I'll get in my lifetime. lol

Surprised they didn't pick Iroha, but I guess lorewise would be difficult seeing how RoV storyline concluded in 11.

[Gaddes]

Surprised they didn't pick Iroha, but I guess lorewise would be difficult seeing how RoV storyline concluded in 11.

Iroha technically exists in FFXIV already, and not some FFXIV version of her but the actual FFXI version since she was transported there in a FFXI crossover event a few years back. But I'm assuming they want someone "fresh" to bring to the alliance raid that hasn't popped up yet, and Prishe is definitely one of the all time popular characters. Would be cool if Iroha popped up to start off the raid questline though, maybe tell us what she's been doing in Eorzea all this time.

[Luluna]

Seriously hoping to see Luzaf make an appearance. How much do I have to bribe the devs to make this happen! LOL

I adore him imagine him with updated graphics lol! He is such a great character with an amazing ship. I called my chocobo Luzaf lol <3

[DeltaCyan]

I'm just hoping they don't use chaotic as an excuse to make the alliance raids even easier

[Sotaris]

Iroha technically exists in FFXIV already, and not some FFXIV version of her but the actual FFXI version since she was transported there in a FFXI crossover event a few years back. But I'm assuming they want someone "fresh" to bring to the alliance raid that hasn't popped up yet, and Prishe is definitely one of the all time popular characters. Would be cool if Iroha popped up to start off the raid questline though, maybe tell us what she's been doing in Eorzea all this time.

Yes and she returned to 11, parts of the RoV missions covers that she was "away" for some time to improve her combat skills. But things happened at the end of RoV making it difficult to re-introduce her in 14 I think. That's what I was talking about.

I'm being vague for spoiler reasons, if we have some people reading this that are playing 11 in preparation for the 14 raid - we've seen a increase of 14 players in 11 last 6 months.

My guess for Prishe is twofold, it's going to include some storybits from CoP expansion, where she's very prominent and second, from the FF Dissidia game/s.

[RingoNoyamano]

Been playing XI on and off since launch. Same with XIV. Judging by how Dawntrail was made, I expect to be completely let down for this raid series. It'll be another hallway simulator in semi cool XI inspired zones you can't really explore or appreciate any of the work put into it.

[AnimaAnimus]

From my understanding, when Matsui stepped down, some of the staff moved over to 14 and the 14 team assists the 11 team time to time.
Yoshida is overseeing both teams as well. But I think you're right, there is a lot of senior developers left from the 11 team that knows that backend, playonline or the ps2 devkits which I believe they are still reliant on.

I meant lore-wise. How many devs are left that worked on the game outside of the technical aspects doesn't really matter as much. What does is how many have played the game and know it well enough that they know the lore beyond the cliffs notes version. This isn't just a single player ff game, this is a massive mmo that has enough lore that it dwarfs FFXIV's by comparison. It is also a very very different mode of story telling. And between the lack of intimate knowledge of the lore that many of us actual players have of the world, and the fact that the writing has been very very hit or miss, it doesn't give me much hope that we will get anything outside of "hey everyone do you remember this npc? And hey look at how cool this is! Now let's all have tacos, hold hands and sing Kumbaya!". Which is not going to do SE any favors right now.

[Sotaris]

Don't need to tell me, I've played 11 since 2004 lol

[DiscoDuck]

I was thinking Lion (Since she is in a coma like "dream state" ) or Lillisette (Brought into our world thru a Carnivorous Maw) but Prishe is nice. I just hope it wont be ruined by Wuk Lamat coming in and making it all "uwu tacos! peace love and rainbows!"