No Blitzball :(

[Tetsujin13]

I'm really disappointed and sad that Yoshi-P announced that they will never implement Blitzball, because they don't want to spend time developing something maby noone wants to play.

Even though they already have a lot of experience creating stuff in the golden saucer that nearly noone touches.
And considering that the amount of voluntary side content is advertised as one of FFXIV'S strengths.

If they chose to implement Blitzball, it wouldn't need to be a fancy revamped version. The old version was good enough.
So for me, I would just be super happy if they just implemented a football manager styled minigame where you managed your teams stats, formation, levels and skills that you could send out against other teams while you do other stuff. And with a possibility to spectate the game.

Blitzball would fit with Dawntrail's inspiration to aztec society as they had a ballgame, and since Dawntrail also has allusions to FFX.

And considering they hinted to something Blitzball in the Hildibrand quests and that they had considered for a long time how they could implement Blitzball, I'm really surprised by Yoshi-P's announcement.
And I'm surprised that Blitzball has gotten so much hate from both the FFXIV community and Yoshi-P.

And I may never get my answer, but atleast I loved Blitzball from FFX and I think it would be a really nice addition to FFXIV as a manager styled minigame.

So I choose to still wait, even if it takes 10+ years, I'll be here ❤️

I hope that others feel the same and that our wishes reach the developers.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

So for me, I would just be super happy if they just implemented a football manager styled minigame where you managed your teams stats, formation, levels and skills that you could send out against other teams while you do other stuff. And with a possibility to spectate the game.

That's FFX-2's Blitzball in a nutshell and was a pale knock-off from the more engaged system from FFX. FFX-2 Blitzball has been criticized at inception from what I recall. I'm sorry but I really do not want resources be put into that.

If ever, it should actually be an engaging activity, but therein lies the problem - without the right structure + replayability (i.e. reason to keep people playing) it will be dead on arrival if not a few weeks after - which is exactly why Yoshida does not want to develop it. The risk for this is way too significant, especially if you want a more fleshed out version of Blitzball.

[Cynric]

That's FFX-2's Blitzball in a nutshell and was a pale knock-off from the more engaged system from FFX. FFX-2 Blitzball has been criticized at inception from what I recall. I'm sorry but I really do not want resources be put into that.

If ever, it should actually be an engaging activity, but therein lies the problem - without the right structure + replayability (i.e. reason to keep people playing) it will be dead on arrival if not a few weeks after - which is exactly why Yoshida does not want to develop it. The risk for this is way too significant, especially if you want a more fleshed out version of Blitzball.

I'm kind of the same. It's really disappointing that there will be no blitzball, but honestly if it was the version from x-2 and not the version from x where you actively played, I would probably not even touch it. I don't think there's much point in a simulation minigame that you can only watch playout.

Sadly, if they created a active minigame it just might wind up never getting enough players to work out. Really sad outcome.

[LilimoLimomo]

Sadly, if they created a active minigame it just might wind up never getting enough players to work out. Really sad outcome.

I'm guessing they learned their lesson from Lord of Verminion, which is probably the closest thing to Blitzball they've put in the game.

[arstoka]

I feel like there is already some bare-bones form of this in the game, aka squadrons. While I know you want something more akin to fantasy football, hear me out.

The squadron system does ""technically"" have stats mechanics and the ability to choose which style of tactics they use in battle (from offensive to healing, etc). There are also training regimens for it to increase and decrease general stats before sending them out on missions. There is also the option of using them for levelling your character by running dungeons with them. (You can also choose who you want minus Viera and Hroth...which is a result of neglected content. But you can also customize their appearances in later tier unlocks.)

Squadrons have been sorrowfully ignored and a revamp to include setting them up against other player's squadrons could be an interesting concept to elaborate on and, maybe, give the ignored content a new breath of life. (It'd feel in a similar vein to the battle in the HW patch between the GCs or PVP. Either way, it feels like there is something there that could be pulled for creating a version of "fantasy football" / Blitzball lol.)

[Valence]

Remember Hutt Ball from SWTOR?

Perhaps this is something worth exploring into alternative pvp modes.

[CidHeiral]

When people ask for Blitzball they're typically thinking of the awesome intro cutscene to FFX and not the actual boring clunky slog of the minigame itself. If Blitzball were added to FFXIV everyone would zone in, go "oh wait this sucks," and it would be dead within a week. The devs are exactly right for choosing not to waste time and resources on it.

And I may never get my answer

You got your answer. It was a resounding "NO."

[Sjol]

I'm guessing they learned their lesson from Lord of Verminion, which is probably the closest thing to Blitzball they've put in the game.

I think a big part of that was that Verminion stinks. It's not a good game and they haven't really put a lot of resources into it. You can certainly do more with your minions than FFXIV does. WoW basically has Pokemon-lite and I think that's been a resounding success.

[TheMightyMollusk]

"Blitzball in FFXIV" is the new "Geno in Smash Bros".

[Its_Kazzy_D]

FFX is my favourite in the series by a large margin, but even I know that Blitzball is a janky mess when it's fun, let alone when it's just downright frustrating. I did enough Blitzball to try get the celestial weapon once and, frankly, I'm happy if I never have to see it again.