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Random Thoughts.....What are you thinking?
By Pantafernando 2025-05-22 14:21:57
Generally its only two or three users that generate the most hate here.
Overall, I dont feel like FFXI nerds are any more toxic than anything outside.
Carbuncle.Nynja
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By Carbuncle.Nynja 2025-05-22 14:23:47
The three are:
1-Panta
2-Fer
3-Nando
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By Afania 2025-05-22 14:34:56
It's 2025 in a 23 y/o game on maintennace mode. The devs decide to give everyone a free ultimate weapon as a nice gesture to enjoy whatever is left of their stay.
What do people do? They get busy aruging over which weapon is worth picking & trashing others' choices. Because what's FFXI without arguing over every little detail in the endless quest of absolute theoritical efficiency!
Same old discussions since VW days lol
But this is people talking video games on the internet, what else to expect?
Welp I haven't logged into FFXI for like....3 years? Didn't log in during past free campaign either.
This time I did logged in, got my boots +1 and the weapon. I honestly wanted boot +1 more than the weapon because free 3k TP for parse competition. But I picked up the weapon since it's free anyways. Then I immediately logged off.
It is kinda nostalgia to travel to different locations for boots KI for the +1, but nostalgia is not strong enough to make me resub unfortunately.
I made my choice on the weapon immediately, I thought it's an easy choice without needing an internet argument. Not because the weapon is game changing in one particular endgame content or something, but because COR only has 2 options and one of the is noticably worse(function wise) than another lol.
Maybe one day I'll finally resub and do melee only self light with melee buffs since it has been my FFXI dream for years.
By Pantafernando 2025-05-22 14:57:30
Ow noo
Ragnarok.Zeig
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By Ragnarok.Zeig 2025-05-22 15:11:23
Welp I haven't logged into FFXI for like....3 years? Didn't log in during past free campaign either.
This time I did logged in, got my boots +1 and the weapon. I honestly wanted boot +1 more than the weapon because free 3k TP for parse competition. But I picked up the weapon since it's free anyways. Then I immediately logged off.
It is kinda nostalgia to travel to different locations for boots KI for the +1, but nostalgia is not strong enough to make me resub unfortunately.
I made my choice on the weapon immediately, I thought it's an easy choice without even need an internet argument. Not because the weapon is game changing in the hardest endgame or something, but because COR only has 2 options and one of the is noticably worse(function wise) than another lol.
Maybe one day I'll finally resub and do melee only self light with melee buffs since it has been my FFXI dream for years. Well, congrats on the mysterious OP +1 boots.
It's been over 11 years for me. Only subbed for a month or two in 2016 to finish RoV, and moved to Bahamut in 2019 (not sure if I had to pay for an active sub). Other than that, I logged in during a few fre periods to do random nostalgic stuff, and work slowly on my DRK weapons & AFs.
Had a few friends actively playing last year but I couldn't be bothered to join them tbh (surprisingly it was private servers that drove them to retail after a longer hiatus than mine, go figure)
Ragnarok.Zeig
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By Ragnarok.Zeig 2025-05-22 15:33:04
Most mmorpgs are around 20 years old, this is not abnormal.
FFXI is not on maintenance mode anymore, Fujito specially said this. People really don't know what the world maintenance means I guess.
They are not ultimate weapons, they are very fun toys.
Making people happy on an anniversary is a good thing, and this years was massively successful cause it peaked interest.
People on XIAH are mostly serious endgame players, and it makes them happy to argue about stuff like this.
It's not negative, people are having fun. Even if having fun is arguing about the tier of the toys.
This is like wow adding a new raid, and going to a serious endgame discord and asking why people are arguing about a strategy instead of just having fun. Other MMOs are irrelevant here. FFXI is old and lost most of its players, and hasn't been getting frequent worthwhile updates. That's the point.
Not on maintenance mode anymore.. meaning it was? For how long? And has Fujito's statement been reflected on actual additions to the game?
And to say on one hand that these weapons are "just fun toys" (downplaying them) while at the same time justifying all the endless arguing (& name-calling) over them with being "serious endgame players" isn't making sense. There is fun in having discussions and then there is that.
And that's why the WoW example isn't relevant.
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By Dodik 2025-05-22 15:46:26
To be fair, the minority here on the forums, myself included, do not represent the entire XI fan base, small or large as it is.
More passionate, for one. Way way higher on the spectrum compared to the average player.
I wouldn't give the heated discussions much clout, that's just.. Thursday.
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Carbuncle.Nynja
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By Carbuncle.Nynja 2025-05-22 16:08:55
I got through two sentences and already found some glaring ***.
Quote: This was discussed before FFXI's 20th anniversary, but 2024 was the year when FFXI updates would end and there was a good chance that we would move into a so-called "maintenance mode" where we would only maintain the system.
FFXI went into Maintenance Mode March 2023
Anyways, no where in there does it suggest that shutting down FFXI was the the likely decision. It was an option on the table among multiple options.
By Dodik 2025-05-22 16:21:06
Directors are always going to claim responsibility for positive things. I am sure there are a few unsung engineers keeping the lights on behind the scenes.
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Ragnarok.Zeig
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By Ragnarok.Zeig 2025-05-22 16:22:45
They are perfectly relevant They're not.
(and those that are not, will get to be) Uh, okay?
age of the game means nothing Exactly! Well, not exactly "nothing", because age is expected to affect an MMO's status (number of players and frequency of updates).
When a 60 y/o has a health issue and we attribute that to his age, you can't just go "no no, age has nothing to do with it! there are other healthy 60 y/o, and the healthy 30 y/o will one day be 60 y/o!". Old age is a precipitating factor for plenty of health issues.
The rest just sounds like massive copium.
It's alright, you can enjoy playing FFXI (I am atm). But you don't need to get riled up when someone calls it "a 23 y/o game on maintenance mode" and try so hard to disprove that as if it's receiving regular, significant updates like, say, FFXIV.
Ragnarok.Zeig
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By Ragnarok.Zeig 2025-05-22 16:32:44
But you don't need to get riled up when someone calls it "a 23 y/o game on maintenance mode" and try so hard to disprove that as if it's receiving regular, significant updates like, say, FFXIV.
You're like an old woman telling kids to play nice, quit bitching. You engage my post to *** about me calling FFXI a 23 y/o game, then reply with this? Classic.
By Pantafernando 2025-05-22 16:36:04
Yeah, he is definitively part of the evil FFIAH triunvirate:
1. Rady
2. Alfania
3; Nynja
The RAN
Ragnarok.Zeig
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Posts: 1907
By Ragnarok.Zeig 2025-05-22 16:44:17
He just misses getting tempbanned from RT so hard that he is being a tryhard troll.
Probably will make his day if he can get others banned along with him.
Explains his take on the "fun toy" topic
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Garuda.Chanti
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By Garuda.Chanti 2025-05-22 17:43:02
The game was literally about to be shut down entirely, I don't think enough people appreciate that Fujito really did do something to convince them otherwise. Whatever he did seems to have stuck for the time being. No it wasn't. It was. There was an article about that in the last week or so.
Final Fantasy 11 Nearly Shut Down But Was Saved By Fans
Gamerant
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By Viciouss 2025-05-22 17:54:04
He just misses getting tempbanned from RT so hard that he is being a tryhard troll.
Probably will make his day if he can get others banned along with him.
Explains his take on the "fun toy" topic
Welcome to dealing with RA.
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Garuda.Chanti
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Posts: 12439
By Garuda.Chanti 2025-05-22 18:04:49
You're like an old woman telling kids to play nice, quit bitching. Speaking as an old woman I tell the kids "If you don't vote you can't ***." Then I get them to register to vote and ENCOURAGE them to ***. I don't care who they vote for or *** about, as long as they vote.
Old woman, go do some knitting. I don't knit either.
Its SLANDER!! oh ... wait ... its printed ... ITS LIBEL!!!!
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By Pantafernando 2025-05-22 18:08:29
Typical zoomers mentality thinking internet discussions as something you can "win" or "lose".
In a world where perception triumphs over reality, there isnt any measure to define what is a "win" or a "lose".
This just turn pointless carrying this mentality when interacting with someone.
And IMO, you only win when you avoid conflict.
Peace triumphso over pyrric win.
At least for civilizated humans and dogs.
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This is a thread that I found on another website I post at. It can be really really interesting. I thought it deserved a place here.
Post your random thoughts for the day here, or anything else that intrigues you.
For starters, is it possible to give constructive critism to someone who doesn't have a neck? I totally just walked by a girl who didn't. Someone isn't getting a necklace for Valentines day!
And who decided black and white can't be colors? I want to say a racist. I really do.
Inb4thisthreadgetsreallywtf
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