11:12 AM on 05.12.2007
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Niero
After five years you'd think everyone would have stopped playing Final Fantasy XI online by now, but this is not the case! Not only does the community continue to somehow thrive, but it will now see an expansion pack this winter ... further prolonging the problem. Square's site has very little to say about the upcoming add-on but there is a cinematic movie trailer worth checking out. Here's all they note:
The development of "Wings of the Goddess", a new FINAL FANTASY XI expansion disc, was announced today at the SQUARE ENIX PARTY 2007. In conjunction with this announcement, a new site has been created to provide the latest development details as they become available, as well as give fans the opportunity to view exclusive images from the expansion.
While I think the game is gorgeous and did play it non-stop for six months, I've always been a critic of its extremely passive battle system (Wait for the meter ... press button. Repeat! No personal combo chains?!! Zzzzz...), long monthly level grinding in random parties after level 20, extremely low enemy variety per zone, and worst of all -- a barely existent storyline. Thus, I have to look at the expansion's promise of "a lost tale retold" with some skepticism. The game is essentially plotless to begin with!
I'd really like this game to evolve so hopefully they're delivering more than just more rare drops, bigger maps and shiny new trivial crap to auction off. I'm also bothered by how absurdly stoic everyone is in battle in comparison to other games in the FF library. Can we get a drama teacher expansion and get these people to loosen up a bit?
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sorry, that sure was lame of SE, they should have focused on mentioning the secret MMO their working on, instead of pulling this (final) marketing gimic. lol, "marketing gimmic,"::: squeeze the juice till the last drop i say!, until they will release the new MMO in 2008.
Fact is No one is planning to come back, people are getting banned from left and right (More people are getting banned than people dying in Iraq, nice way of SE cutting their own legs), over 2k people (per server) and counting!, and those who actually found the light back to RL are slowly taking the right steps (aherm, raises hands after 4 years)
those who still play can flame me but this are the facts.
FFXI is doing pretty well and is still one of the more popular MMOs. The people getting banned are cheaters and RMT, this is a good thing for the game, not bad. Even if this expansion doesn't bring anyone back it's still worth while for the existing customer base.
Just because they have a new product in development doesn't mean they should abandon their current customers.
That's probably why City of Heroes and WoW grabbed me. I can team if I want to but I'm not dependant on others to accomplish things.
..FFXI was pretty though.
However, the game does have a story, you just have to be really, REALLY dedicated to get through it. The missions are so freaking hard that even capped out Japanese players in all purples (!) havent finished most of them. But there is a story there, and FFXI is actually one of the few MMORPGs to offer something like that on the scale that they do.
I also find it hard to believe that Square banning CHEATERS and creating new expansion packs on top of the tri-yearly major updates can only be considered a positive thing for those who actually play.
That being said, I am no longer one of those people. As Niero mentioned, fighting the same EXACT monster at level 40 as I did at level 5 is just utter bullshit. Even FFXII had different skins for the same monster types, and that games was about 1/100,000,000th of the length of FFXI. That, and all the good stuff like Chocobo raising and balancing fixes didn't come until I had finally given up.
Still, I miss my RNG/NIN far more than my Night Elf Hunter.
This trip down memory lane has been brought to you by having no life for an entire year.
As for it's no WoW and that's why it has only 500,000 suscribers, yes, that is why it still has suscribers after so many years. Most MMO's try to copy WoW and that's why they die. Like it or not, FFXI is a completely different style of play and that is why people still play it.
I get that a lot of people don't like FFXI, I'm pretty much done with it myself, but your posts reveal your ignorance of what the game has become. And posting such ignorance up in a news story is unworthy of this site.
I'm a patient guy, but the grinding really does get to you, however, for most of the people with such comments as "this game is terrible, why is still around?", and to Neiro's dismissal of the game, I must say nay!
As previously mentioned, this is a very involving and entertaining game, and far too many people give it far too little credit.
"this game is terrible, why is still around?"
Wow, you think it's terrible? Well I guess since your opinion is the only one that matters rather than people that have actually played the game I should listen to you.
So since I hate WoW (and have even played it a good bit) does that make it a terrible game?
Nazo was on the money when the expansion is all about the added content.
as for Nerpin: Sorry but if your sitting for 3 hours for a party there is something wrong. Ever heard of friends? Take one of your friends and Duo of course its not as quick for exp but while makin exp and cash you can search for other memebers to make a party. sometimes you just have to START the party yourself verses waiting for people to pick you up. I built every party my THF was in from level 50 all the way to 75. it was not always easy making a party, it never is, but it was all smooth sailing. take some dam Initiative.
MrDunbar: To really experience the game you need to get level 75. thats where all the fun is. to stop at 60 is like reading a quarter of a good book and stopping.
Nazo was on the money when the expansion is all about the added content.
as for Nerpin: Sorry but if your sitting for 3 hours for a party there is something wrong. Ever heard of friends? Take one of your friends and Duo of course its not as quick for exp but while makin exp and cash you can search for other memebers to make a party. sometimes you just have to START the party yourself verses waiting for people to pick you up. I built every party my THF was in from level 50 all the way to 75. it was not always easy making a party, it never is, but it was all smooth sailing. take some dam Initiative.
MrDunbar: To really experience the game you need to get level 75. thats where all the fun is. to stop at 60 is like reading a quarter of a good book and stopping.
The one thing i love most about this game which made me turn from WoW was the adult environment, no little kids spamming as many cuss words as they can come up with here.
Like half the comments on the thread have stated also, there's alot of fun after reaching 75.