Originally Posted by Deader2818 If XIV actually does very well, they will likely pull the plug on XI soon and offer something to them those players to move over to XIV

They'll never pull the plug on FFXI as long as it makes money. I just quit FFXI again this past month and it's as healthy as it will be. Yes the population is declining but people come and go and the diehards will always stay there continuing to do VW and Legion. Hell I was one of those naysayers who thought the game was dying when I quit back in 06/07 and thought it would've been dead by now. The game will always be dying but there will always be people who will play it just like the EQ diehards that are still keeping that game going. And with FFXI and the expansion coming out they'll be going back to camping 24 hr and 1 week pop HNMs and probably a new super weapon for each job which will takes years to make again.

I do hope FFXIV is better and has a sustained population since when I played mid last year it was a dead game with nobody around and nobody talking. I know a bunch of my old FFXI friends were looking forward to FFXIV only to be disappointed and now we're all hopeful this will be better but have our doubts.

+1 for the shocking lack of "shout" chat in general for FFXIV ver. 1... whatever it was last year.

<- Legacy member btw. Was a bit of a shock to go from FFXI to FFIV. Almost non of the experiance translated over. Really hoping FFXIV 2.0 can pull it off. In terms of paying for subs, if it has the same "magic" that FFXI has/had, i for one would have no problem signing (back) up.

FFXI did so many things right, it's a shame to see what happened to its "successor". FF was not for everyone. The community that loved it is filled with a lot of die-hards and that speaks volumes for the game. People want FFXIV to succeed so much that it has been given more leeway than most products can afford. So please continue to show your support for FFXIV and encourage the dev team to polish ^^

yeah, i locked in this price on AMZN months ago. Spiffy deal.

Originally Posted by TheFirst109 You do realize you don't lose your character if you stop paying your sub right? People go back to ffxi after years of not playing and the characters are still there. It's the same with WoW too.

According to PlayOnline your account vanishes after a few months of nonactivity.

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Originally Posted by MetalSlugger According to PlayOnline your account vanishes after a few months of nonactivity.

While that is what they said on the website, my friends and I were all able to get our character back after more than 1 yr of inactivity. We did have to call them to "revive" our characters tho.

Originally Posted by MetalSlugger According to PlayOnline your account vanishes after a few months of nonactivity.

Originally Posted by flamerhino While that is what they said on the website, my friends and I were all able to get our character back after more than 1 yr of inactivity. We did have to call them to "revive" our characters tho.

To shed a little bit more light, though I'm still probably uninformed. But Square-Enix basically scrapped PlayOnline since it failed, and they made everyone transfer their accounts over to Square-Enix members website, which handles both MMOs and some other stuff? Didn't do the transfer? Lost it all probably.

So I'm guessing the people that lost tried to come back after PlayOnline was done with, and people that kept came back while PlayOnline was still going.

As for FF14 coming to PS3, I'm still in shock at how FF14 was dealt with. SE won't let anything FF die for honor reasons. They are sinking even more millions into a relaunch of a product that lost them millions and millions. And, imo, will fail due to word of mouth of it's predecessor. Has any MMO ever relaunched as type 2.0 with such drastic changes?