I would. I would almost certainly still play this game at least occasionally if/when they "FFXI'ed" FFXIV.
Something I've noticed in the heavy story-lean in this game is that the story is so well written, foreshadowed for years, established to lead to actual, satisfying endings, that it (the story) almost absolutely has to "end" some time much sooner than the typical MMO player might accept of a AAA MMORPG of this caliber.
Coming from WoW, the mere mention of ending that game creates some of the ugliest conversations from "um no, I'm invested, it's not allowed to end as long as it's making money" to "game is ded lol" at the slightest downturn of activity. Generally speaking, in that headspace, "ending development" is seen as a failure if not a betrayal of investment of both time and money. It's highly unreasonable if you really think about it, but WoW is basically "not allowed" to end.
I don't see anyone talking about FFXI that way. The last time I was a multi-MMO guy following multi-MMO new-sites, the FFXI post-game, SE's version of "maintenance mode" was touted as a surprising relative success of continued support if not continued development.
So if the curtain were to fall and the final credits to roll on Eorzea, as it seems to be much easier to accept here... would you stay? Would you pay for it? Or is any situation of "ending the game" a dealbreaker for you? Would you be mad? Would you feel betrayed?
How would you feel and would you still play? I'm curious how deep the understanding of this inevitability goes in this neck of the MMOniverse in this day and age.
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Something I've noticed in the heavy story-lean in this game is that the story is so well written, foreshadowed for years, established to lead to actual, satisfying endings, that it (the story) almost absolutely has to "end" some time much sooner than the typical MMO player might accept of a AAA MMORPG of this caliber.
Coming from WoW, the mere mention of ending that game creates some of the ugliest conversations from "um no, I'm invested, it's not allowed to end as long as it's making money" to "game is ded lol" at the slightest downturn of activity. Generally speaking, in that headspace, "ending development" is seen as a failure if not a betrayal of investment of both time and money. It's highly unreasonable if you really think about it, but WoW is basically "not allowed" to end.
I don't see anyone talking about FFXI that way. The last time I was a multi-MMO guy following multi-MMO new-sites, the FFXI post-game, SE's version of "maintenance mode" was touted as a surprising relative success of continued support if not continued development.
So if the curtain were to fall and the final credits to roll on Eorzea, as it seems to be much easier to accept here... would you stay? Would you pay for it? Or is any situation of "ending the game" a dealbreaker for you? Would you be mad? Would you feel betrayed?
How would you feel and would you still play? I'm curious how deep the understanding of this inevitability goes in this neck of the MMOniverse in this day and age.
Continue reading...