FFXI-2

If FFXI is so good. Why haven't they made an FFXI-2 yet?

It's a slow monday...

FFXI-2 is also called Rise of Zilart...

They did. They called it FFXIV. It sucked.

Mayakov dethervth hith own thpinoff

I do not want to have to redo all that ***.

Let’s be honest for a second and I say this as someone who deeply loves Final Fantasy XI.

We all carry a lot of nostalgia for this game, but that doesn’t mean we should confuse it with perfection. FFXI has never truly been a great game by objective standards. That is not an insult, it is simply the truth.

The story? It does not hold a candle to Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII, IX, or X. It lacks the emotional depth, pacing, and cinematic execution that made those titles unforgettable.

The gameplay? While unique and addictive to us long-time fans, it never truly competed with other giants of its time. Lineage, World of Warcraft, Aion, TERA Online, Phantasy Star Online, Phantasy Star Universe, even Guild Wars they all offered smoother systems or more accessible combat. FFXI was always an acquired taste.

As a lifelong RPG fan turn-based, action, you name it. I can tell you that most people I tried introducing to FFXI never made it past the tutorial. It simply did not click with them.

That said, I genuinely like what the team is doing with the Limbus revamp. Hopefully Einherjar, Nyzul, Salvage, Dynamis-Outerlands (Xarcabard and Beaucedine), Dreamlands, Voidwatch, Legion all of it gets the same treatment. Keep the endgame alive. If the game enters maintenance mode someday, at least give us 7 to 10 solid endgame events for our Linkshells to enjoy.

Now, about a potential FFXI-2, remake, or remaster… a remaster sounds the most realistic. Maybe re-release one expansion per year. But to be honest, private servers have burned people out. Too many players are exhausted from the classic experience.

If it were up to me, I would focus on a reinvented FFXI Classic level 75 cap, all jobs available, full endgame content from every expansion, and gear that feels modern but scaled to level 75: 25% Haste, Double Attack, Triple Attack something fast, fun, and rewarding ala-retail.

We’ve already played Nasomi, Eden, Wings, Horizon. How many times can we restart the same story? At some point, classic becomes repetitive, not nostalgic.

But FFXI has much more scantily dressed jailbait girls, one in every storyline.

All cheap skanks compared to the offline waifus.

I started this game a little over 2 years ago, and have only played bare-bones casually. It's become one of my favorite game of all time. It's far from perfect, very far from perfect. But it also has some of the highest highs in the series.

CoP, ToAU, WotG, and SoA rub shoulders with the PS1 titles IMO. After CoP, the stories became far more cinematic and I have to strongly disagree regarding how emotionally captivating FFXI can be. Luzaf's character arc was one of the best in FF, and Robel-Arkbel is easily among the best FF characters written.

If you view FFXI's story as one continuous story, it's overall quality is much more inconsistent than that of the other Mainline titles. But, none of the other titles offer any narrative experience like RoV does (having multiple characters from different stories come together, having so many world-building and lore questions over the last 200 hours of story resolve in one massive finale).

Yeah, I agree that it's an acquired taste. One thing that makes it difficult to compare FFXI's gameplay to other games is the fact that, the whole purpose of the gameplay loop is to incentivize people to play together. This definitely has it's drawbacks, particularly in the exploration of some of the maps. But it also has it's advantages. The fact that the jobs in FFXI are more interdependent compared to more modern games gives this combat system a level of depth I haven't really experienced anywhere else. It's easy to point out all the flaws in FFXI's combat, but I have grown to really disliked the feeling of "soloing" content in FFXIV, despite being in a party/alliance of other players. Furthermore, the combat system is satisfying enough while playing solo.

Frankly, this game is old and clunky. So the majority of new players who try it likely won't stick to it. Some of this is less a result of the flaws in the game though, and more a result of trying to get people into an incredible game that aged poorly.

FF14!

Let's do a battlefield!

Move to the right! Shaka-laka
Move to the left! Shaka-laka
To the platform! Shaka-laka

....someone standing in the wrong place during the magical BS yellow glowy...shaka-laka

Everybody dies...

....shaka-laka...

FFXIV R1 sucked hard. After they dropped a meteor on the servers and had Bahamut unleash Armageddon, R2 was pretty fun. FFXIV is very different from FFXI, the challenge is in memorizing battlefield mechanics while being able to also maintain ability rotations. FFXI the challenge is in gearsets / lua programming and being able to communication and coordinate with others.