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I would love it if this game was ported to modern consoles and if they unified the subscription with FF14's (like how you only need one sub to play classic WoW and retail).

very nice vids. It's a bit overdue, but as fellow Bahamut: welcome to the world of Vana'diel. Personally agreed with majority of points explained. Personally has been abusing these lovely return home campaigns which starts around mid of Adoulin expansion progressed, and so far enough for me to enjoy & finished all story content this game has to offer all the way to current story expansion: Voracious Resurgence. Actually watched your other vid for beginner tips, & personally just want to add this few: cap your weekly RoE sparks & unity accolades. If read from wiki guides, these 2 things are one of easiest access to easy gil making, & if planning to gear up, gil will become very important compared to FF14, where one can easily burn millions of gils just for grinding a piece of gears/weapons. They will reset weekly on sunday's JP midnight, & 4 hours before that is the gain xp RoE bonus which many usually tries to cap them, mainly due to gain xp being the best time to quickly cap them. Escha Zitah usually packed with ppl for this, though there's other alternative places for it. There's ofc other limited time one can check on RoE wiki page to try adjust as closely with own schedules. Domain Invasions/DI also one of dailies one should also try to do as well, quite easy especially if tried to join right after daily JP midnight resets. If your unity NPC chats doesn't get packed often, they usually announce the ongoing DIs, or can peruse website whereisdi.com . DI points became quite important since it opens access for easy early end-game gearings. It has daily 100 points capped, hence usually just 1x joining daily DI usually more than enough, though do watch out amount of daily point u get after (viewable on ingame Status - Currency 2 menu). Ambuscade would be the next thing to focus when gotten level 99. VE usually soloable, even though being in parties doing this even more bonuses, since gallantry currencies only awarded from party entries. At least solo with trusts still can earn hallmark currencies. Like DI, they also offer early end-game gearings, with one very notable a-must pick is Naegling sword which would be great for many jobs that has access to sword skills. Other than that, enjoy! ;)

as someone who played the game since the beginning and for 15 years. i wonder if i'll have access to my old character. after doing end game content 3 mythics 2 relics 1 aeonic, i don't know how i'll feel about having to start from zero. i invested so much into my main bard. this game will forever have a special place in my heart. even as i quit i was still had friends and was having fun. i wonder if the community is now chill as you claim. part of the reason i left was because of the toxic people and rmts. i would definitely give it another try just to see what ffxi is like after an 7 year absence.

As much as I'm heavily interested with the world, the treacherous fields and the cool classes, I just don't want to get close to FFXI due to 1 thing: the absolute importance of gear swapping to minmax certain skills. Having things like that instantly crosses the game out from my list.

I still prefer 75 cap on private servers, they are not as jank as they used to be and much more fun playing in a group instead of having a bunch of trusts play the game for you.

Reason one to not: the official Launcher.

No thanks, I already have a job and they pay me

Great video!!!! The Hawks of the Azure Sky are watching! Skreee!

Everyone should return to XI. Im having a blast coming back to this game.

For me the best way to play FFXI now is the Horizon private server.

great vid!

You have a great voice for UA-cam and this vid was very well made!

I do wish this could be combined with ff14 or get a discount so it was easier to justify two subs

No, it’s not. This game has extremely mid plot which has been advertised by some as “maybe the best story of FF series” and it’s terribly delivered. This game has been released two years before WoW (iirc) and technical aspects feel like it’s a PS1 era junk. Not to mention the launcher which is a joke. You also have to pay separately for each character made and all extra Wardrobe slots after Wardrobe 2. Menu navigation feels like it’s 2000s again and you finally have 5 lines screen instead of 3. It’s exhausting at best. I’m about to finish this “adventure” and will never look back. Remember that these videos come from survivor bias situation and only people that talk about it in 2024 are those who like it despite the utter mess this game is.

Re: community. 'Community' is very subjective, because a community is made up of different, varied people. Some are more giving with their time and tips, others will not spare you a second glance and some are in-between these two extremes. As it is, I can only speak from my own, limited perspective. My experience is that of kindness, patience and welcoming towards new players in the past 6 months. In regard to finding these lovely mentors, I suggest 1. Looking for a new-player friendly linkshell on your server (check for pearls at the linkshell congierge, ask around in the FFXI subreddit or on Bsky) 2. Asking questions on social media 3. Being a nice, normal person (impossible challenge, I know) "Why do I have to go outside of the game to find people to help me?" It's kind of how all online games work these days, I'm afraid. My point is those people exist; cast your net wide, be respectful and look for them. Many more people than just me love this game and want to see it not just continue to exist, but to thrive. For that, the game needs new players that'll stick around and have fun, and they're happy to help get you to a point where you feel like you know what you're doing. Put yourself out there. Reach out. Vana'diel awaits.

I played this game couple years back and was instantly in love with it. Untill I got to the level 99 content. I would wait in jeuno for people's shouts for group but they all wanted "experienced" member for whatever they were about to do. I of course wanted to do it for the first time so I had no experience in anything therefore no one invited me in their group. I was so frustrated thinking how do they expect a new player to be experienced in something if no one would invite him into the group. I unfortunately had to call it quits in sadness. I felt like I was stuck in this weird limbo.

Very nice video I hope people that play FF14 see this and decide to give the game a try.

speaking on the community, the issue you mentioned regarding it's size feels like it has the opposite effect on me. rarely ever do i find anyone who even bothers to chat, even in their discords. Often I am stuck to also figure things out myself or spend hours on google searching for the answer and unfortunately the hours on google happens to be more efficient.

I appreciate the effort that went into the video. I will not do that

If it had a larger player base that wasn't split between retail and two private servers I'd say yes it's an amazing game. However it's nothing compared to what it used to be now.

Just wish the game was an offline single-player game, by this point. If the game is now designed to use Trusts all the way through, then they might as well make it to where you can access it offline and play without their servers.

The Jeuno raids in FFXIV got a coworker of mine invested in XI. He asked me to play it with him since I had played it for about 10 years prior. Going through on a new character, I think it is so much more interesting how random quest tie into each other. We did warrior artifact gear where my coworker first learned of the Talekeepers and Raogrimm. Then we did Dark Knight Artifact where we got more details about Raogrimm and some of the events. Then we tackled the Magicite quest line, where he started to really see who Raogrimm was. It's great how no matter what you do in the game, it all ties together.

Oof the music brings back memories. I was addicted to FFXI for a few years. A lot of good times but also dark times for me personally. Thx for the video.

The best advice I can give for new players is to look up a tutorial on how to set up a controller. The game handles so much better on controller than mouse and keyboard

I helped someone with the final mission of the voracious resurgence and then immediately proceeded to fuck off, giving me all their gil once they finished the last cutscenes. Honestly, respect the decision as they experienced the full story and was content with not wasting time with the optional, excessive grind available.

I started in 2018. Seems like every 2 years I re sub to play about 20 hours or so. I see interesting things and meet lots of helpful veteran players who save my butt and give me all sorts of guidance when they realize I'm a noob. I think some time in January or February I will come back for some more.

I've played both FF14 and FF11 and I always come back to FF11 like legit every time, I get burned out after a couple weeks in FF14 definitely don't want to speak ill of it because I have grinded in it something crazy but it's not really respectful to your grind in current expansions, because they consistently have you grind weapons just to not use them in the next expansion and I'm kind of done with that

I made it through all the story content and loved it. I stopped playing a few months ago because I struggled to find a group to do things with and I couldn't find any straightforward info on how to do things like getting the mythic weapon, other than "its hard, don't do it" but I think about the game a lot still and I kinda want to resubscribe before I completely forget how to play.

Got back in it this past February after 14 years, and omg it was like a warm hug coming home 😊 it's well worth it! I did get overwhelmed recently, still getting to 99 on my first job, but my friend said to relax and enjoy it. 20 years of content await in this adventure ❤

I started about a year ago as a completely new player and I’m blown away at how much fun the game still is

Very relaxing to be reminded of the new adventure through Vana'diel. Altana be with you, Sys!

Thank you for this! FFXI is such a daunting game to make content for because there is so much to learn/talk about, so I comend you for your work. And, as usual, you've done a great job!

Good job with the video here Sys. ^^ Very Simple and to the point.

I have quite a few really high level people in my linkshell, who get online pretty much every day, who will get online and ask if anyone needs help with anything? It's great to get not only the advice from people who have been there, but they will help you actually get some hard to get things.

Great video, thanks!

Great video Sys! Very informative and well structured

Wonderful video! Full of heart and great understanding of the magic of this game.

great video ^_^

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Dark Lord mission when!

Articuno on Bahamut. Cheers ^.^

I also like to explode worlds at my own pace also... ^^ Jokes aside, It is nice to see a new player getting involved with the survey. It keeps perspectives fresh among the sea of veterans. Hope you enjoy your stay in Vana'diel. :)

It's nice to see your survey answers. I hope it encourages more people into doing this survey. Surveys can feel daunting after all.

Best game ever. Still playing 20 yrs later

Love that the devs are reaching out to the western playerbase for feedback. When I completed this survey I mentioned I would like to see them offer a joint-subscription that covers FFXI and FFXIV as I know many players active on FFXIV who would like to join FFXI if that subscription option exists. As an endgame player, I also requested new battle content that will push us to limits we've not seen yet. I would like to see a return of Limbus with new difficulty options I think. Thanks for the video, Sys!

I think the cherishing the journey section is very important because starting a new character in this game from scratch entails spending a lot of time in this game's world.

I completely agree with your closing thoughts. I'm also a XIV player who recently went back to see what they missed out on in XI. I had given it a try back in the mid 00's but quicly fell off not only because of the high bar of entry, but because MMO's weren't my thing back then. Well they are now, and it's been great experiencing the world of Vana'diel from this new perspective. It's almost like going on a tour of a society that still exists, but not in the same way it was in the time it's most remembered for. Kind of like touring England and seeing all the castles that modern society has built around. It's been really nice hearing your thoughts about XI. I'm looking forward to hearing more in the future!

Unfortunately the game will never be the same as back in the 75 days. But as a recent returnee, I am happy about being able to play solo. I would prefer to get into a good LS, so I can start doing some late game content. But I'm still enjoying it.

Great video! I’ve played 11 and 14 off and on forever. 11 is my favorite game of all time and it always makes me so happy to see new videos and new people getting into the game.

Hey yall, try HorizonXI if you want to try XI w/o paying another sub.