New Director Of FFXI

Sure, Vana'diel has plenty of land to cover, but does it have enough underaged jailbait protagonists and faceless corrupt gods to spare for new missions?

Then I remember this game is Japanese, so yes, yes it would.

IF the south is the mithran empire, and Tenzen is far far east...


WTH is the far West??? Galkans??? or something we don't know about?

Galka are from Altepa.

i think there is something big for ffxi comming

I don't think so, Tim.

(but I hope so)

It's kinda funny, because we STILL have no idea where Humes come from.

We're supposed to assume they come from the Far/Near East (Bastok itself being formed from Near Easterners), and by extension, the Western Continent since the planet, uh... loops there I guess.

The only thing I remember from the top of my head that even references the western continent is the freelance Elvaan Dragoon chick. Practically everything that's relevant to Vana'diel's history is found in the Middle Lands for some reason. Poor planning or just coincidence?

It could just be history pertinent to that area. For example perhaps there's history just as deep on other continents... What if Eorzea was another continent which just named the races differently and had mild changes (like no tail galka)

dun dun dunnnnn

Glad to see Home Improvement saw at least some international fame!

And, I think there are two key things that should be done for ffxi to continue for a long time.

1. Content needs to be original, backed by at strong story, and interconnected. Largely killing crafting, hobbies, and entire zones with a new super powered copies of existing zones isn't going to stimulate people for very long. I think things need to be tied together, and old content and storylines ought to be continued and expanded.

2. I think they should consider re-creating ffxi. I know about *** zero about video game creation, but I understand that effort, thought, and creativity can accomplish tons. If the population is going to ever increase, the game has to be prettier. If you can make it function as it does now - or at least pretty damned close to it - but make it look like ffxiv, new people will play.

I guess 3. Turn down easy mode, just a little. Accomplishments are good, only when there is some challenge. Otherwise you're checking off a list, not playing a game. (Though there has been some thought into accounting for varying skill/gear levels lately, and that's appreciated.)

If SE announces one of the following I'll begin playing again:

1. New expansion with new continent/mass of areas and new jobs. Basically an expansion akin to RotZ, CoP, ToaU or WotG.

2. Recreating the world, akin to WoW.

reskins aren't doing it for you?

Nope. Red Sky Fantasy XI: Return of the Reskin

doesn't do it for me at all.

BUT ABYSSEA-ALTEPA IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND REVAMPED.

they covered up the entrances to quicksand caves with sand

Game of the year all years.