I just logged in yesterday for the first time since February 22 2013. Almost cried because that magic feeling I was once had is no longer there. Without the friends I played with the game is just a former shell of itself. We all grew up.
Yeah, I log in intermittently during free login weekends, or resub for a month. It scratches a nostalgia itch lightly, but it's not the same. It's still good, but you can't really recapture the "magic."
When the time comes and they decide to shut the servers down, I’ll be headed to the dunes to log out at the little boat on the beach near Selbina. Always takes me back to when I started playing in the PS2 when it launched on console and spent so much time in that one area lvling.
When I quit FFXI back in the Fall of 2015 I logged out for the last time in Southern Sandoria (S). It was one of my favorite zones despite its wartime environment. The music and feeling that something big is happening around you always stayed with me. I waved goodbye to my linkshell leader and sat down near the Northern Sandoria gate and ended an era.
@@nguyenatpokerr look at the detective over here. Me: No one cares about your nerd experience. You: well! Obviously you care about his nerd experience despite your clear and direct statement that suggests precisely the opposite. Phenomenal sense of logic you have. You are a perfect candidate for someone who spends their life building a pixelated avatar instead of your own actual mind and body.
Nothing like a near heart attack from a horror title, to spice up the day.... Damn you H4G... You still cool thu. But speaking of the final day and what to do. I would either go to Heaven's tower, sit under the stars, or dress up in my starter gear and sit at the fountain in Bastok, where it all began, 19 years ago.
The end.. Not exactly. I stopped ff11 at the end of abyssea and Just come back for rhapsodie. 12k hours of adventure, joy, friend, hnm and lvl down. Even after 10 years, vanadiel is still a part of me like a great expérience, litenning the song every week. Private server can be fun but when you play on them, you always got this strange feeling that you can get at any time a /tell from a friend for do an unexpected adventure. The pleasure to get a flash back about lost People / moment / joy.. When you travel a zone. I have great hope for the 20th anniversary évent, i hope for an offline version (like they do for dragon quest 10). It s will be never the same that the online one but at else, i will still have somewhere to go when nostalgia is coming back. That s my feeling and sorry for my poor english skill, i am french. (elfaria / odin server)
It scared me so bad when I saw this video title. I've been putting off experiencing FFXI for years and years. I thought maybe it had been announced it would close D:
They could definitely improve the lifespan of FFXI if they came up with a single player or official peer to peer hosting version of the game. (As long as they don't give it the Dragon Quest X: Offline treatment.)
The first time I quit retail was the longest stretch, 13 years starting from PS2 launch. When it came time I took the Kazham ship from Jeuno. When I first started I remember being so excited about taking a ship leaving safe Jeuno and not knowing what this place was gonna be like. The ship was packed with lvl 24/25 peeps like myself and I was a Thief. Now 13 years later I logged out on an empty ship. Holding a Mandau and wearing a Maat's cap, I tossed the relic off the side of the ship and logged while the ship was still in route.
I'm pretty sure my last log out was just my mog house, nothing special, but I also wasn't planning on not logging back in, just real life happened, primarily a lot of depressing things but ultimately it caused me to be unable to log in for a while, and when I was finally able to I decided that I should take a break from XI, try and play some other games in my library, since XI kept taking up time from other games. I still keep my account subscribed partially because I want to keep supporting the game but also so that if I on a whim want to log on, I don't have to go through the annoyance of reactivating.
Tbh I wish I never started FFXI. It was an addiction for me I quit the the game in 2015 but I was playing from day 1 US release on carbuncle. I just started playing again on a private server but it's hard to get fully invested again.
I can remember where I logged out in FFXI the last time I played on October 10th 2010. Quicksand caves after helping some random unlock their map for the area. A random area, but one I didn't forget.
The palace inside of Al'Taieu is a place where I have fond memories with a friend of mine. I spent a lot of time there with her, and it's probably my favorite design for all the different zones.
I'd log out on my Galka Paladin in AF armor in Lufaise Meadows to watch the CS for "Distant Worlds." Completing COP so many years ago reminds me of all my friends on Ifrit Server that I miss to this day. And yes, I still tear up watching it. 😥😥
2:20 For me I picked mhaura .. my first boat trip I died to sea horror, and zoned into mhauras dock dead. It was my first experience with {raise} , and I distinctly remember the drastic change from death music > to mhauras unbelievable music 🎶
At the end of the FFXI beta they had a "Sky event." Going to a NPC in the starter cities would teleport you to the Kirin room, where Kirin was waiting. In retrospect, it was a horribly laggy experience, but we mobbed to it. You would teleport into the room, and there were so many people there that it took forever for anything to load in. And then suddenly Genbu would come through and stomp out a entire corner of the room. People who hadn't even loaded in yet would tip over and die. It became a game for a lot of the lower level people where we would try to de-level as far as we could. I think I only managed to get to Lv.34 in the beta, and I managed to de-level to Lv.29 before the servers went down.
stories like this are awesome and my favorite to come across. I started in spring 2004 and there's plenty of oldschoolers like us and our stories around, but not many about the beta and stuff. especially seeing that FFXI 20 year Japanese site, the additions and updates and screenshots to the game from when it was Japanese beta even, kept me occupied for hours. I'd honestly buy a book of collected and edited FFXI oral histories, player stories, adventures, misadventures. with illustrations and screenshots, nice and glossy.
I mean if we lose vanideil, it have to be the world that destroy by the darkness in FF14, due to iroha FF11 event, and how she tells you how she got there and what she can recall, which now she lives in eorza
If I would to watch the end... I forgot what it's called but it's the map for CoP, before going into the city, before you do to the dungeons for lvl 50 gear drops. To watch the dragon fly across the sky and dive into the water... At least, I think that's what the dragon did, I remember it flying..
The 1st time I quit i logged out in sky. I waited for a full moon to come with my taru facing it that was in 2007. I came back a year later and continued the journey into 2012. The friends that were made in that game were timeless. We always talk about the good days of ffxi. Traveling to the dunes for the 1st time and dying on the way. Just something magical about that game. It will always live on through us
Idk if they already have something like this but it would be cool if Square Enid let you download your character data if they ever choose to turn off the server
i dont let my sub drop and i only log in every few months over the past few years but, when the game comes to an end, I'll be there to join in whatever comes for sure. The last place I would log would be the sanctuary of zi'tah. whether it was waiting for sky farm, war burn pt's, the 2 years of daily fafnir spawns..that place/song has a special place in my mind and heart. I very often play the piano version, just to unwind.
One thing that brought me back to FFXI was the trust addition. Love the idea I can make my own party and not having to hunt for one. I started playing back when the software came out around 2002. When the friends I made while playing started to quit and move on I knew the time was near for me to finally log off and quit playing. We as old school players knew how the leveling up grind could completely wear a player out. Also when it came to making gil and the grind of doing that from making items to grinding on mobs to get stuff to sale either by bazaar or auction house or getting the items you need to make items that the server needed. FFXI was extremely hard back in the day and took dedication as a player to stay and continue playing this game.
I know what you mean. Vana'diel has always been like a vacation spot for me. Whenever I want to get away, I can just plug myself in and immerse myself. The thought of that one day no longer being a place for me to escape to is pretty heartbreaking.
My most memorable time in FFXI was Angel Skin farming (fishing) as 75 Nin/37 Thf with a off hand kraken club I co owned with a friend. I must of spent nearly 2 years in Kuftal tunnel fighting against the bots and meeting some real nice people who we would spend hours a night chatting away whilst competing against each other was the reality it was the sheer joy of a real player getting the kraken and not one of the many bots that lived there
I've 'quit' a few times but I always knew I could come back, and I always have. It's kind of upsetting to know it'll be gone someday, and I can't return. But like you said, that's the nature of all things. Just gotta enjoy it today!
You don't have to feel this way though, there are private servers, me and my friend run one, even when 11 dies, it never really dies, no game ever truly dies as long as someone has the source code, or has reverse engineered it, and if you don't like the way those private servers run, then learn to.code and make the changes you want, we did...
I think I would logout in the coast boat in the dunes. We used to wittle away so much time talking about nothing in the dunes. A fashion catalogue sounds kind of a fun project in meantime.
20 years holy fuck. I used to do dynamis when I was 10 years old for my older brother when he couldn't. I quit the game and came back more times then I could count.... im turning 30 this year I hope they remake the game and keep the difficulty
My greatest regret in the internet was not talking screenshots of my journey in FFXI. I was young and thought I was above those sentiments of photos and all that stuff. Closest thing I have is someone's Limbus and Sea blog post and googling my character and seeing the very few forum posts I have and the topics around those time. Even those were nice memory holes. I have been taking a lot of screenshots on some of my returns and looking back at them is great but it pales in comparison to the sheer mysticism of what I experienced as a newbie.
Logged out on my DRK in AF+2 in Konschtat Highlands. Started playing back in Chains, the NA release day one. Running through the Highlands with my friends at level 18 on our way to the Dunes for the subjob quest items. I was approaching what I thought was just a large mound. The Tremor Ram then turned around and proceeded to smoke my a** into the dirt! Was hilarious and terrifying that that would be in what was pretty much a starter area still. Fitting place to say goodbye. Though I may resub for the last month or two if they ever announce a shutdown date.
I've just came back... stopped in 2007... things are exactly the same, yet VASTLY different... I was Nagara on pandemonium back like 2004-2007... I'm currently Brackish on Siren... I love it. I've found two linkshells that are amazing. Shoutout to Mikazaru and Dj ... yall are awesome. Your vid.. it speaks to me... I'm gonna start taking more pics... had two help me get my Joyuse... I literally fkn cried over that... this game will forever hold a place in my heart..
I am still surprised FF11 is still alive especially with the massive success of Final Fantasy 14 it just gives me hope that FF 14 is going to stay alive for a long time because it is my favorite game of all time
and FFXI was mine. When you get treated the exact same when FF17 OR 18 comes out as an MMO and they sideline XIV just like they did XI, I hope you get treated with respect.
Oh man your video title terrified me for a moment there. I am still waiting for them to say Vana'diel is one of the worlds in 14. Make sure you get a screen shot if the iconic subligar!
I played back when it was released for me and I remember leveling in the dunes a few days before it was supposed to launch for ps2 and we were all complaining about how bad it would be when that happened. Anyway I stopped playing just after Bibiki Bay etc was released and I never went back. But I always thought about it, it's always super nostalgic. I would think about the game, the zones, how hard it was constantly. But I could never go back, and I tried a private server recently but it just isn't the same. I've watched almost all of your ffxi videos and I can't stop, even if it's something about retail that I never did. I can just listen to you all day long man.
I stopped playing ffxi back in 2004 and recovered my character and restarted on sylph. Im progging through RoV and am just wondering if there is a new Meta for Nin sub job or anywhere I can find what subs work best now with Mastery.
All depends on the level! If you mean subs for NIN main, WAR is still very popular as is DNC. Other than that DRG is rising in the ranks as a sub that offers a lot of damage for WS damage + ws! Bg wiki has some awesome guides that are fairy up to date, everyone’s still figuring out master levels haha so it’s a learn as we go kinda thing
When I quit the first time I took off to a zone I'd never been to yet at this time. The Hall of the Gods, only knowing the name from the region map. So after I gave away some of my items to a friend who was still paying I rode out to see this unknown zone, and then log out there. Some time later months/years I don't remember I got the inch again and came back. Warped back to town, but finding myself without my stuff I requested for anything I could get back from my friend.
I've never played FFXI with other people since that concept scares me, but I remember when Toontown officially shut down, we all logged in and talked in Toontown Central until we eventually all got kicked out
When I joined the USN back in 2011 I logged off for what I thought would be the final time in Norg. Norg had always been special to me. That's probably where I'll park my FFXI character if I'm still actively subbed when the servers go down. For now, my goal is to continue cataloguing FFXI in my LP of it. It's currently a side project to my XIV LP, but so far I've recorded and uploaded through the early portions of COP and all of RoZ. :) As far as my original screenshots go... due to PoL's faulty mail system and playing on PS2... my OG screenshots from XI pretty much died with my PS2 before the PS2 support was cancelled.
We set up a fishing contest boat rides with linkshell members. We donated our gil for the reward pots. The rules of the contest are simple. Reel up an NM during the ride, then every person riding that boat win the reward pot. None win or all win kinda contest. We all win at the end.:)
honestly on asura with like 9000 people and such that's a lot of subscriptions for a game nearing 20 years of age I can't see it ending any time soon. I mean most of the coding was done YEARS AND YEARS ago so all that's left is maintenance which I guess does include a few updates, but they're not often very massive. and I plan to start 4 new characters I guess so I can have a full party for whatever and be a 6 boxer eventually as my business on the side grows.
I played for a decade, made several friends, memories were made. Moved to 14 with several Ls mates, and never looked back. The nostalgia is great, but will I go back, no. Would destroy the nostalgia of it. Often we remember things better than it was. Sky and sea gave me some great BLU/NIN memories I'll always have, but as with most things in life, we keep moving forward. Great vid for the feels.
I came back last week and decided to start a new character to enjoy reliving old memories with (albeit slightly different ones as things are easier now) but when the final day comes I'll log on to my original character and go chill out in Bastok until they switch the servers off.
When the servers finally shut down I will be in Promyvion Holla sitting on the rim staring into the void and visualizing my journey I've had with this game. It will be bittersweet for sure but man so much of my life was spent on this game, was my second true MMO experience. I owe so much to Knights of Bahamut on Gilgamesh, my first LS and Server, they got me started when I was just a wee kitten running around in West Ronfaure back in 2007.
A German show has taught me a valuable lesson a beginning always have a ending as a ending is of a new beginning. And it put me to a weird state that maybe the 20th maybe just a new beginning for ff11.
I feel like if they did 2 things, they could potentially revive the game. A new launcher replacing play online since console support is gone. A graphic overhaul.
contrary to some of the comments I've read, I saw this title and thought, "but FFXI isn't ending any time soon." I actually replaced the batteries in all my old Pokémon games when I tried to play one and the save file was lost. Out of 6 (all of gens 1 and 2), two of the batteries were dead, so I just replaced them all to make sure it wouldn't happen again any time soon.
@@Huntin4GamesChannel I don't believe so. Once the battery dies or is removed, the save file is lost. Maybe some tech wizard would know a way to keep the save file in tact, but I don't know. Newer games (like GBA and DS) have an SSD so you don't have to worry about the battery dying.
The last time I logged out was at the Telecrystal at Holla. All my friends came and I handed out all my stuff that I could. Was at the very end of TOAU.
Sadly screenshots don't even do it justice. So much of XI's beauty is its life and how the world changes through days, weathers and seasons. The end of XI will make me cry. It's been a part of my life since I was 14, and I'm 33 now. It has shaped so much of my creativity, knowledge, and desire to learn Japanese. I've learned patience and hard work. It will be missed. I don't like current XI so I play on private servers. But the end of retail would still ripple grief through the community.
The weeks before and after the final days a private server will exist that fully replaces the retail to keep that nostalgia alive, I have no doubt of this.
I already have a bit of this with my original character from 2004-2005. I never went and recovered that character, I just made a new one and started from scratch last year. I can take a guess as to where I logged him out (I want to say the dunes while leveling black mage since I wanted to use whm/blm to do teleports for cash. no idea why I remember that.), but I can't really know for sure. Also I have 4 messages in my playonline mailbox from back then that I will never know what they say. Probably, SE telling me they are shutting down the mail service. But my account still registers 4 emails that could be 15 years old.
I would like to request you do a updated Bard Gear Guide and Corsair Guide with Gear Links considering the new Odyseey Gear and upcoming new content add ons, thanks a million!
I’ve been in and out over the years. I’m currently away from the game, and don’t have any immediate plans of hopping back in. But I envision that last logout to be something that needs to be sentimental and nostalgic. I like the romanticism of going back to where it all started for me: Windhurst. I always loved that zone music, and gives me the most nostalgia. No clue WHERE in Windhurst I’d feel most appropriate…maybe back in Port where it truly began. So many things evolved with the focus of the game that it tended to take us far from “home” in the game. So I think it would be sentimental to go back “home” one last time for the final logout, and say goodbye to the place that made me love the game.
i recently started playing a year or two back, off and on till i get frustrated, but this gem offers something no other game has. im enjoying it. and thanks to your videos im not completely oblivious to the challenge this brings
When FFXI dies, the party will be in the dunes. When I quit, I went to the spot in the backside of some jungle area that had these high level crabs. I loved when I first found that spot.
"The End Of FFXI" Oh man I felt tears in my eyes when I saw that title, even though I knew it wasn't true. "The Future End of FFXI" Still crying man. I hope I'm still playing when I'm 80, even if it's private. When I quit retail I wanted to log out in the place I started but I ended up logging out in the stables in the mines. I just couldn't bring myself to leave my buddy I raised for years alone. lol Loved my little black chocobo.
I would love to see a single player game that works like the single player ARPG. your friend can load in with there characters and join you in your journey.
I occasionally boot up FFXI on my PS2, just to relive that feeling it gave me. Unfortunately, I don't get very far before I'm reminded of the end of service :( How do you get that depth of field effect in your game play video?
I think FF11 perfectly encapsulates what a great MMO is. It's truly a world to live in. One to grow with, one to live with, one to learn with. I think a lot of new MMOs feel so vapid compared to older ones. They feel like they're designed to be consumed, not lived in. There's a reason why places like Vana'diel and Norrath still have communities as small as they are. Games like FF11 and Everquest truly are timeless
Has there been a proper UA-cam channels or websites that covers the story of the game in depth? Haven’t been able to find anything that recaps the main story of the game? Interested to know if I’ve completely missed it but feel like it needs to be done before the servers (let’s hope it doesn’t ever happen though) go down
I quit FFXI around the time Burning Crusade for WoW was in its peak and like right after WoTG released. To me it’s insane the game is still going strong, I would have come back but the nail in the coffin was my account being hacked when there was that big data leak issues a long time ago. - but I knew when I left it could possibly be the last time. I went to the hall of the gods to log out. All I have left is some videos of killling Kirin and some Wyrms (back when it was special) lol. No screenshots left. 75 era FFXI was still the greatest mmo to me.
I think about this every time I see FFXI now. My hope is that they make an offline version that we could play by ourselves or with friends. I think my biggest fear is losing the thousands of hours I've put into the game. It will be a sad day when we can no longer log into FFXI.
On the last day of XI an evil deity will slowly destroy the entire realm of Vanadiel only for Altana resurrect everything, our characters transfer over to final fantasy XXII online. By that time it'll just be a final fantasy 11 VR, for some reason players can't log out and..wait this sounds familiar..🤔
I'll be honest, when i saw this title i actually shed a tear and i was afraid to watch this video. That right there shows how powerful the impact this game has on me. I should start playing again. That said I also lost all my windower scripts ; ; . I dont even know whats good any more haha. Where is a good place to start? Also what shader you running as the game looks really nice
Damn sorry! Didn’t mean to suggest it was ending haha, and ya have some reshade stuff goin on! The depth of field you can’t play with unfortunately, but some AO and raytracing as well
@@Huntin4GamesChannel you have a vid guide? I'm heavily into 14 but some 11 on the side is what my heart yearns for now hahaha. What official server you on and any resources I can look at for returning players?
@@ChaosLoungeGaming biggest advice I can give is look up Rhapsody of Vanadiel and Revisions of Eminence. Exp boosts, cheap gear, trusts. I last played 2003-2005. Just started again. Amazing experience.
I don't think the game will go down without any plan to immortalize the title, since it's a numbered FF game. What shape that will take remains to be seen. Realistically, the only thing that would result in the current game dieing off would be the legacy components in windows needed to run FFXI being discontinued, which will happen eventually. Not for a long time, but eventually. Yoshi-P is on record saying they were exploring cloud based options to keep the game up for a long time, even after the stop providing updates for the game. So fear not, the game will be around for a long time to come.
XI died a long time ago. Fortunately it's been revived and continues to live via private servers. Retail is a zombified husk of FFXI. It may look like XI on the outside, buts long since dead on the inside.
Played FFXI for all but (4) of it's years since the 2002 NA release. Haven't logged on for about a year now. Everyone I liked to play with is gone and (at least on my server) all that was left was shield bots and a couple of "elite" linkshells, which were just a handful of egotists who seemed to get their nerd-power jollies from only inviting people IF they played jobs that nobody wanted to play, no matter how good they were at the other ones (often even better than the shell "leaders'). I know, I know, sounds like some butt hurt rant of someone who got excluded for sucking, but that's not it at all. I was always included. I loved this game. Part of me still does. I was in the top shell of any server I played on (3 in total) and was always a major contributor, so being excluded wasn't it. I just grew up and the way many of the "top players" acted towards others just began to wear on me. How they scoffed at anyone who had not played for 10 yrs.+, all jobs maxed out, all gear already attained, etc. My last shell, they wouldn't even invite new people or server transfers unless they had a main and at least (1) multi account of a maxed-out Bard or Scholar. Only invited them for new content if that person could fill a temporary role for them, not for the spirit of helping someone out or just enjoying the company of others. I realize this isn't exclusive MMO behavior to FFXI, but it was the best of the MMOs. The community and group play, relationships, helping others is what made it that way. Just seems that FFXI is long gone. Now it's a handful of hang-arounds who just won't quit because they know if they played something else, they wouldn't be Top Dog. Still to this day blows my mind some would spend $200+ a month so they could (4) or (5) box accounts, JUST so they didn't have to invite others to their groups. Just so they could hoard any and all loot. To what end? To stand in Rabao or Khazam in their l337 gear, AFK for 18 hrs. a day. Made no sense.
I agree... my memories of ff14 1.0 was bad but I still miss it.. the detail they paid to character movement, the weight and feel of the characters is much missed. I still miss FF11, I wish they would just merge the subscription with FF14
The panic I experienced at this title was REAL lol
Right?! Lol
Same, and I just started the game
Same here
Haha sorry about that’s
The fact I wasn’t the only one to experience this is comforting!
I just logged in yesterday for the first time since February 22 2013. Almost cried because that magic feeling I was once had is no longer there. Without the friends I played with the game is just a former shell of itself. We all grew up.
Speak for yourself, still fun
Yeah, I log in intermittently during free login weekends, or resub for a month. It scratches a nostalgia itch lightly, but it's not the same. It's still good, but you can't really recapture the "magic."
When the time comes and they decide to shut the servers down, I’ll be headed to the dunes to log out at the little boat on the beach near Selbina. Always takes me back to when I started playing in the PS2 when it launched on console and spent so much time in that one area lvling.
When I quit FFXI back in the Fall of 2015 I logged out for the last time in Southern Sandoria (S). It was one of my favorite zones despite its wartime environment. The music and feeling that something big is happening around you always stayed with me. I waved goodbye to my linkshell leader and sat down near the Northern Sandoria gate and ended an era.
lol, no one cares?
Amazing spot to finish out! Beautiful zone and music
@@Huntin4GamesChannel don’t lie please
@@Rykojames obviously you do clown
@@nguyenatpokerr look at the detective over here.
Me: No one cares about your nerd experience.
You: well! Obviously you care about his nerd experience despite your clear and direct statement that suggests precisely the opposite.
Phenomenal sense of logic you have. You are a perfect candidate for someone who spends their life building a pixelated avatar instead of your own actual mind and body.
Nothing like a near heart attack from a horror title, to spice up the day.... Damn you H4G... You still cool thu.
But speaking of the final day and what to do. I would either go to Heaven's tower, sit under the stars, or dress up in my starter gear and sit at the fountain in Bastok, where it all began, 19 years ago.
Hahah sorry! Didn’t realize what I was doing with this one
The end.. Not exactly. I stopped ff11 at the end of abyssea and Just come back for rhapsodie. 12k hours of adventure, joy, friend, hnm and lvl down. Even after 10 years, vanadiel is still a part of me like a great expérience, litenning the song every week. Private server can be fun but when you play on them, you always got this strange feeling that you can get at any time a /tell from a friend for do an unexpected adventure. The pleasure to get a flash back about lost People / moment / joy.. When you travel a zone. I have great hope for the 20th anniversary évent, i hope for an offline version (like they do for dragon quest 10). It s will be never the same that the online one but at else, i will still have somewhere to go when nostalgia is coming back. That s my feeling and sorry for my poor english skill, i am french. (elfaria / odin server)
I'm on Odin! "Exeter" :)
Eden private server is a fix. Its a classic server tho.
my death bed, thats the end of FFXI.
I will miss going to the Lighthouse outside of Bastok. Sitting inside of it, just listening to the ocean 💜
I love spotting the lighthouse on the boat
A reboot would be nice. Better graphics, new battle system, new zones, new jobs, new story while keeping the old one, etc.
The mobile games looked so good, so sad they fell through.
I love this game and idk if there will ever be a game like this one
It scared me so bad when I saw this video title. I've been putting off experiencing FFXI for years and years. I thought maybe it had been announced it would close D:
Same
Not yet’ still goin strong!
They could definitely improve the lifespan of FFXI if they came up with a single player or official peer to peer hosting version of the game. (As long as they don't give it the Dragon Quest X: Offline treatment.)
An offline port of FF11 with some form of hosting (where friends could join your game) would be amazing.
Would love to see an offline version!
@@djn6962 I would love that, what a fantastic idea. I hope someone submitted it to the devs to think about at least. It makes so much logical sense!
The first time I quit retail was the longest stretch, 13 years starting from PS2 launch. When it came time I took the Kazham ship from Jeuno. When I first started I remember being so excited about taking a ship leaving safe Jeuno and not knowing what this place was gonna be like. The ship was packed with lvl 24/25 peeps like myself and I was a Thief. Now 13 years later I logged out on an empty ship. Holding a Mandau and wearing a Maat's cap, I tossed the relic off the side of the ship and logged while the ship was still in route.
I'm pretty sure my last log out was just my mog house, nothing special, but I also wasn't planning on not logging back in, just real life happened, primarily a lot of depressing things but ultimately it caused me to be unable to log in for a while, and when I was finally able to I decided that I should take a break from XI, try and play some other games in my library, since XI kept taking up time from other games.
I still keep my account subscribed partially because I want to keep supporting the game but also so that if I on a whim want to log on, I don't have to go through the annoyance of reactivating.
Ya sometimes the last login doesn’t seem that way at the time. Totally get it
Tbh I wish I never started FFXI. It was an addiction for me I quit the the game in 2015 but I was playing from day 1 US release on carbuncle. I just started playing again on a private server but it's hard to get fully invested again.
I can remember where I logged out in FFXI the last time I played on October 10th 2010. Quicksand caves after helping some random unlock their map for the area. A random area, but one I didn't forget.
Think I'd sit on the bridge up at Castle Zvahl heading toward Throne Room at end of server. Sky, Sea or even Dynamis would be alternative options
Awesome options
The palace inside of Al'Taieu is a place where I have fond memories with a friend of mine. I spent a lot of time there with her, and it's probably my favorite design for all the different zones.
I'd log out on my Galka Paladin in AF armor in Lufaise Meadows to watch the CS for "Distant Worlds."
Completing COP so many years ago reminds me of all my friends on Ifrit Server that I miss to this day. And yes, I still tear up watching it. 😥😥
2:20 For me I picked mhaura .. my first boat trip I died to sea horror, and zoned into mhauras dock dead. It was my first experience with {raise} , and I distinctly remember the drastic change from death music > to mhauras unbelievable music 🎶
At the end of the FFXI beta they had a "Sky event." Going to a NPC in the starter cities would teleport you to the Kirin room, where Kirin was waiting. In retrospect, it was a horribly laggy experience, but we mobbed to it. You would teleport into the room, and there were so many people there that it took forever for anything to load in. And then suddenly Genbu would come through and stomp out a entire corner of the room. People who hadn't even loaded in yet would tip over and die. It became a game for a lot of the lower level people where we would try to de-level as far as we could. I think I only managed to get to Lv.34 in the beta, and I managed to de-level to Lv.29 before the servers went down.
stories like this are awesome and my favorite to come across. I started in spring 2004 and there's plenty of oldschoolers like us and our stories around, but not many about the beta and stuff. especially seeing that FFXI 20 year Japanese site, the additions and updates and screenshots to the game from when it was Japanese beta even, kept me occupied for hours.
I'd honestly buy a book of collected and edited FFXI oral histories, player stories, adventures, misadventures. with illustrations and screenshots, nice and glossy.
This game will explode again in the future. Cross format online gaming is on the Horizon 👍
I mean if we lose vanideil, it have to be the world that destroy by the darkness in FF14, due to iroha FF11 event, and how she tells you how she got there and what she can recall, which now she lives in eorza
If I would to watch the end... I forgot what it's called but it's the map for CoP, before going into the city, before you do to the dungeons for lvl 50 gear drops. To watch the dragon fly across the sky and dive into the water... At least, I think that's what the dragon did, I remember it flying..
Lufaise Meadows or Misareaux Coast
The 1st time I quit i logged out in sky. I waited for a full moon to come with my taru facing it that was in 2007. I came back a year later and continued the journey into 2012. The friends that were made in that game were timeless. We always talk about the good days of ffxi. Traveling to the dunes for the 1st time and dying on the way. Just something magical about that game. It will always live on through us
What if they merged all the MMORPG from 2,000s and truly a world of warcraft.
That would be fascinating, would you hop zones or worlds through travel? It would be kind of neat
@@Huntin4GamesChannel campaign v2 defend the ports of other world's.
Idk if they already have something like this but it would be cool if Square Enid let you download your character data if they ever choose to turn off the server
i dont let my sub drop and i only log in every few months over the past few years but, when the game comes to an end, I'll be there to join in whatever comes for sure. The last place I would log would be the sanctuary of zi'tah. whether it was waiting for sky farm, war burn pt's, the 2 years of daily fafnir spawns..that place/song has a special place in my mind and heart. I very often play the piano version, just to unwind.
My character died in Zi'tah when Garuda server was shutdown.
One thing that brought me back to FFXI was the trust addition. Love the idea I can make my own party and not having to hunt for one. I started playing back when the software came out around 2002. When the friends I made while playing started to quit and move on I knew the time was near for me to finally log off and quit playing. We as old school players knew how the leveling up grind could completely wear a player out. Also when it came to making gil and the grind of doing that from making items to grinding on mobs to get stuff to sale either by bazaar or auction house or getting the items you need to make items that the server needed. FFXI was extremely hard back in the day and took dedication as a player to stay and continue playing this game.
Ya it’s changed at a pretty core level now
I know what you mean. Vana'diel has always been like a vacation spot for me. Whenever I want to get away, I can just plug myself in and immerse myself. The thought of that one day no longer being a place for me to escape to is pretty heartbreaking.
My most memorable time in FFXI was Angel Skin farming (fishing) as 75 Nin/37 Thf with a off hand kraken club I co owned with a friend. I must of spent nearly 2 years in Kuftal tunnel fighting against the bots and meeting some real nice people who we would spend hours a night chatting away whilst competing against each other was the reality it was the sheer joy of a real player getting the kraken and not one of the many bots that lived there
I've 'quit' a few times but I always knew I could come back, and I always have. It's kind of upsetting to know it'll be gone someday, and I can't return. But like you said, that's the nature of all things. Just gotta enjoy it today!
You don't have to feel this way though, there are private servers, me and my friend run one, even when 11 dies, it never really dies, no game ever truly dies as long as someone has the source code, or has reverse engineered it, and if you don't like the way those private servers run, then learn to.code and make the changes you want, we did...
I love your passion for FFXI bro, I got back into it so I can ride off into the sunset with the 20th anni update
I think I would logout in the coast boat in the dunes. We used to wittle away so much time talking about nothing in the dunes. A fashion catalogue sounds kind of a fun project in meantime.
Awesome spot!
20 years holy fuck. I used to do dynamis when I was 10 years old for my older brother when he couldn't. I quit the game and came back more times then I could count.... im turning 30 this year I hope they remake the game and keep the difficulty
My greatest regret in the internet was not talking screenshots of my journey in FFXI. I was young and thought I was above those sentiments of photos and all that stuff. Closest thing I have is someone's Limbus and Sea blog post and googling my character and seeing the very few forum posts I have and the topics around those time. Even those were nice memory holes.
I have been taking a lot of screenshots on some of my returns and looking back at them is great but it pales in comparison to the sheer mysticism of what I experienced as a newbie.
yep one of my fav, photo of me and link mate in our first qifm party. he has passed away years ago but still have that photo and memories.
the ps2 days with the dial up connection how slow it was but still the best experience I still played it and installing each single expansion pack.
I always enjoy listening to you chat about ffxi
I'm still sad the remake has seemingly been abandoned
Logged out on my DRK in AF+2 in Konschtat Highlands. Started playing back in Chains, the NA release day one. Running through the Highlands with my friends at level 18 on our way to the Dunes for the subjob quest items. I was approaching what I thought was just a large mound. The Tremor Ram then turned around and proceeded to smoke my a** into the dirt! Was hilarious and terrifying that that would be in what was pretty much a starter area still. Fitting place to say goodbye. Though I may resub for the last month or two if they ever announce a shutdown date.
I've just came back... stopped in 2007... things are exactly the same, yet VASTLY different... I was Nagara on pandemonium back like 2004-2007... I'm currently Brackish on Siren... I love it. I've found two linkshells that are amazing. Shoutout to Mikazaru and Dj ... yall are awesome. Your vid.. it speaks to me... I'm gonna start taking more pics... had two help me get my Joyuse... I literally fkn cried over that... this game will forever hold a place in my heart..
I am still surprised FF11 is still alive especially with the massive success of Final Fantasy 14 it just gives me hope that FF 14 is going to stay alive for a long time because it is my favorite game of all time
and FFXI was mine. When you get treated the exact same when FF17 OR 18 comes out as an MMO and they sideline XIV just like they did XI, I hope you get treated with respect.
Oh man your video title terrified me for a moment there. I am still waiting for them to say Vana'diel is one of the worlds in 14. Make sure you get a screen shot if the iconic subligar!
Do you play any 14? Just curious, I migrated over a while ago and I still miss 11 but 14 is a really good game nowadays actually...
I played back when it was released for me and I remember leveling in the dunes a few days before it was supposed to launch for ps2 and we were all complaining about how bad it would be when that happened.
Anyway I stopped playing just after Bibiki Bay etc was released and I never went back. But I always thought about it, it's always super nostalgic. I would think about the game, the zones, how hard it was constantly.
But I could never go back, and I tried a private server recently but it just isn't the same.
I've watched almost all of your ffxi videos and I can't stop, even if it's something about retail that I never did. I can just listen to you all day long man.
I stopped playing ffxi back in 2004 and recovered my character and restarted on sylph. Im progging through RoV and am just wondering if there is a new Meta for Nin sub job or anywhere I can find what subs work best now with Mastery.
All depends on the level! If you mean subs for NIN main, WAR is still very popular as is DNC. Other than that DRG is rising in the ranks as a sub that offers a lot of damage for WS damage + ws! Bg wiki has some awesome guides that are fairy up to date, everyone’s still figuring out master levels haha so it’s a learn as we go kinda thing
When I quit the first time I took off to a zone I'd never been to yet at this time. The Hall of the Gods, only knowing the name from the region map. So after I gave away some of my items to a friend who was still paying I rode out to see this unknown zone, and then log out there. Some time later months/years I don't remember I got the inch again and came back. Warped back to town, but finding myself without my stuff I requested for anything I could get back from my friend.
Ugh ya it’s always tough coming back without the stuff yin had before
Hall of gods is amazing!
I've never played FFXI with other people since that concept scares me, but I remember when Toontown officially shut down, we all logged in and talked in Toontown Central until we eventually all got kicked out
When I joined the USN back in 2011 I logged off for what I thought would be the final time in Norg. Norg had always been special to me. That's probably where I'll park my FFXI character if I'm still actively subbed when the servers go down.
For now, my goal is to continue cataloguing FFXI in my LP of it. It's currently a side project to my XIV LP, but so far I've recorded and uploaded through the early portions of COP and all of RoZ. :)
As far as my original screenshots go... due to PoL's faulty mail system and playing on PS2... my OG screenshots from XI pretty much died with my PS2 before the PS2 support was cancelled.
We set up a fishing contest boat rides with linkshell members. We donated our gil for the reward pots. The rules of the contest are simple. Reel up an NM during the ride, then every person riding that boat win the reward pot. None win or all win kinda contest. We all win at the end.:)
honestly on asura with like 9000 people and such that's a lot of subscriptions for a game nearing 20 years of age I can't see it ending any time soon. I mean most of the coding was done YEARS AND YEARS ago so all that's left is maintenance which I guess does include a few updates, but they're not often very massive. and I plan to start 4 new characters I guess so I can have a full party for whatever and be a 6 boxer eventually as my business on the side grows.
Oh hell ya game is still goin strong!
I played for a decade, made several friends, memories were made. Moved to 14 with several Ls mates, and never looked back. The nostalgia is great, but will I go back, no. Would destroy the nostalgia of it. Often we remember things better than it was. Sky and sea gave me some great BLU/NIN memories I'll always have, but as with most things in life, we keep moving forward. Great vid for the feels.
I believe he mentioned it during a ff14 endwalker conference
...thanks for the sudden heart attack. >_>
I came back last week and decided to start a new character to enjoy reliving old memories with (albeit slightly different ones as things are easier now) but when the final day comes I'll log on to my original character and go chill out in Bastok until they switch the servers off.
"The Final Days were upon us. The fabric of the star had begun to fray; its lands rent by tooth and claw..."
This was definitely on my mind haha
When the servers finally shut down I will be in Promyvion Holla sitting on the rim staring into the void and visualizing my journey I've had with this game. It will be bittersweet for sure but man so much of my life was spent on this game, was my second true MMO experience. I owe so much to Knights of Bahamut on Gilgamesh, my first LS and Server, they got me started when I was just a wee kitten running around in West Ronfaure back in 2007.
A German show has taught me a valuable lesson a beginning always have a ending as a ending is of a new beginning. And it put me to a weird state that maybe the 20th maybe just a new beginning for ff11.
Hope so!
Talk's like this depress me.
I know it'll happen someday and I'll be very sad about it.
I feel like if they did 2 things, they could potentially revive the game.
A new launcher replacing play online since console support is gone.
A graphic overhaul.
contrary to some of the comments I've read, I saw this title and thought, "but FFXI isn't ending any time soon." I actually replaced the batteries in all my old Pokémon games when I tried to play one and the save file was lost. Out of 6 (all of gens 1 and 2), two of the batteries were dead, so I just replaced them all to make sure it wouldn't happen again any time soon.
I’m glad! Didn’t realize what I’d start with this title lol, can you replace the files without losing the saves?
@@Huntin4GamesChannel I don't believe so. Once the battery dies or is removed, the save file is lost. Maybe some tech wizard would know a way to keep the save file in tact, but I don't know. Newer games (like GBA and DS) have an SSD so you don't have to worry about the battery dying.
What song is in the background? :o
The last time I logged out was at the Telecrystal at Holla. All my friends came and I handed out all my stuff that I could. Was at the very end of TOAU.
That’s a great spot for sure
Sadly screenshots don't even do it justice. So much of XI's beauty is its life and how the world changes through days, weathers and seasons.
The end of XI will make me cry. It's been a part of my life since I was 14, and I'm 33 now. It has shaped so much of my creativity, knowledge, and desire to learn Japanese. I've learned patience and hard work. It will be missed.
I don't like current XI so I play on private servers. But the end of retail would still ripple grief through the community.
Retail is fun, why dont you like it
The weeks before and after the final days a private server will exist that fully replaces the retail to keep that nostalgia alive, I have no doubt of this.
I already have a bit of this with my original character from 2004-2005. I never went and recovered that character, I just made a new one and started from scratch last year. I can take a guess as to where I logged him out (I want to say the dunes while leveling black mage since I wanted to use whm/blm to do teleports for cash. no idea why I remember that.), but I can't really know for sure.
Also I have 4 messages in my playonline mailbox from back then that I will never know what they say. Probably, SE telling me they are shutting down the mail service. But my account still registers 4 emails that could be 15 years old.
I would like to request you do a updated Bard Gear Guide and Corsair Guide with Gear Links considering the new Odyseey Gear and upcoming new content add ons, thanks a million!
I loved 11. Who were you on which server?
I’ve been in and out over the years. I’m currently away from the game, and don’t have any immediate plans of hopping back in. But I envision that last logout to be something that needs to be sentimental and nostalgic. I like the romanticism of going back to where it all started for me: Windhurst. I always loved that zone music, and gives me the most nostalgia. No clue WHERE in Windhurst I’d feel most appropriate…maybe back in Port where it truly began.
So many things evolved with the focus of the game that it tended to take us far from “home” in the game. So I think it would be sentimental to go back “home” one last time for the final logout, and say goodbye to the place that made me love the game.
i recently started playing a year or two back, off and on till i get frustrated, but this gem offers something no other game has. im enjoying it. and thanks to your videos im not completely oblivious to the challenge this brings
I hope it doesnt end too soon I just started playing last weekend
Enjoy! You’ve got plenty of time from what we can see!
When FFXI dies, the party will be in the dunes. When I quit, I went to the spot in the backside of some jungle area that had these high level crabs. I loved when I first found that spot.
"The End Of FFXI"
Oh man I felt tears in my eyes when I saw that title, even though I knew it wasn't true.
"The Future End of FFXI"
Still crying man.
I hope I'm still playing when I'm 80, even if it's private.
When I quit retail I wanted to log out in the place I started but I ended up logging out in the stables in the mines. I just couldn't bring myself to leave my buddy I raised for years alone. lol Loved my little black chocobo.
I would love to see a single player game that works like the single player ARPG. your friend can load in with there characters and join you in your journey.
I occasionally boot up FFXI on my PS2, just to relive that feeling it gave me. Unfortunately, I don't get very far before I'm reminded of the end of service :( How do you get that depth of field effect in your game play video?
It’s a reshade effect, unfortunately can’t play with it because it obliterates the UI too, but it’s pretty haha
I think FF11 perfectly encapsulates what a great MMO is. It's truly a world to live in. One to grow with, one to live with, one to learn with.
I think a lot of new MMOs feel so vapid compared to older ones. They feel like they're designed to be consumed, not lived in. There's a reason why places like Vana'diel and Norrath still have communities as small as they are. Games like FF11 and Everquest truly are timeless
Has there been a proper UA-cam channels or websites that covers the story of the game in depth? Haven’t been able to find anything that recaps the main story of the game? Interested to know if I’ve completely missed it but feel like it needs to be done before the servers (let’s hope it doesn’t ever happen though) go down
We expected the servers to shut down 10 years into it, but they started doing server merges. I hope ffxi never dies.
I'm having a bit of a crisis about where to go at the end now. Thanks !
Haha sorry! Nothing to worry about for a while
I quit FFXI around the time Burning Crusade for WoW was in its peak and like right after WoTG released. To me it’s insane the game is still going strong, I would have come back but the nail in the coffin was my account being hacked when there was that big data leak issues a long time ago. - but I knew when I left it could possibly be the last time. I went to the hall of the gods to log out.
All I have left is some videos of killling Kirin and some Wyrms (back when it was special) lol. No screenshots left. 75 era FFXI was still the greatest mmo to me.
So hard to find good screenshots these days!
I think about this every time I see FFXI now. My hope is that they make an offline version that we could play by ourselves or with friends. I think my biggest fear is losing the thousands of hours I've put into the game. It will be a sad day when we can no longer log into FFXI.
On the last day of XI an evil deity will slowly destroy the entire realm of Vanadiel only for Altana resurrect everything, our characters transfer over to final fantasy XXII online. By that time it'll just be a final fantasy 11 VR, for some reason players can't log out and..wait this sounds familiar..🤔
I play vanilla, and your graphics mod actually looks superb compared to other examples i've seen.
It does look good on computer nowdays though. At least with the proper settings.
Wish I could play with those depth of field settings all the time
I love your background music.
I keep meaning to get into this game but struggle to find where to start when first getting into vandiel
I'll be honest, when i saw this title i actually shed a tear and i was afraid to watch this video. That right there shows how powerful the impact this game has on me. I should start playing again. That said I also lost all my windower scripts ; ; . I dont even know whats good any more haha. Where is a good place to start? Also what shader you running as the game looks really nice
Damn sorry! Didn’t mean to suggest it was ending haha, and ya have some reshade stuff goin on! The depth of field you can’t play with unfortunately, but some AO and raytracing as well
@@Huntin4GamesChannel I had the same reaction. I’m currently playing and was thinking “what!?”
@@Huntin4GamesChannel also I started playing again after finding your content about 5 months ago. Thank you
@@Huntin4GamesChannel you have a vid guide? I'm heavily into 14 but some 11 on the side is what my heart yearns for now hahaha. What official server you on and any resources I can look at for returning players?
@@ChaosLoungeGaming biggest advice I can give is look up Rhapsody of Vanadiel and Revisions of Eminence. Exp boosts, cheap gear, trusts.
I last played 2003-2005. Just started again. Amazing experience.
i played ffxi everyday for 7 years 8-14 hours a day
I don't think the game will go down without any plan to immortalize the title, since it's a numbered FF game. What shape that will take remains to be seen.
Realistically, the only thing that would result in the current game dieing off would be the legacy components in windows needed to run FFXI being discontinued, which will happen eventually. Not for a long time, but eventually.
Yoshi-P is on record saying they were exploring cloud based options to keep the game up for a long time, even after the stop providing updates for the game. So fear not, the game will be around for a long time to come.
The mithra replacements in FFXIV look so creepy and gross, and so do the taru as well.
The music is what brings me back with my tarutaru in windy. Lol
You have no idea the pandoras box that just opened when asking for FFXI stories.
XI died a long time ago. Fortunately it's been revived and continues to live via private servers. Retail is a zombified husk of FFXI. It may look like XI on the outside, buts long since dead on the inside.
Not true at all, you are completely misinformed
When I retire permanently from XI, whether by choice or server shutdown, it’ll be while sitting on the beach on Purgonorgo Isle.
Man don't freak me out like that haha I started playing this year and love this game. If they end u coming close I'm going to grind my classes a ton
Haha didn’t realize how scary this title would be, sorry bout that’
Played FFXI for all but (4) of it's years since the 2002 NA release. Haven't logged on for about a year now. Everyone I liked to play with is gone and (at least on my server) all that was left was shield bots and a couple of "elite" linkshells, which were just a handful of egotists who seemed to get their nerd-power jollies from only inviting people IF they played jobs that nobody wanted to play, no matter how good they were at the other ones (often even better than the shell "leaders'). I know, I know, sounds like some butt hurt rant of someone who got excluded for sucking, but that's not it at all. I was always included. I loved this game. Part of me still does. I was in the top shell of any server I played on (3 in total) and was always a major contributor, so being excluded wasn't it. I just grew up and the way many of the "top players" acted towards others just began to wear on me. How they scoffed at anyone who had not played for 10 yrs.+, all jobs maxed out, all gear already attained, etc. My last shell, they wouldn't even invite new people or server transfers unless they had a main and at least (1) multi account of a maxed-out Bard or Scholar. Only invited them for new content if that person could fill a temporary role for them, not for the spirit of helping someone out or just enjoying the company of others. I realize this isn't exclusive MMO behavior to FFXI, but it was the best of the MMOs. The community and group play, relationships, helping others is what made it that way. Just seems that FFXI is long gone. Now it's a handful of hang-arounds who just won't quit because they know if they played something else, they wouldn't be Top Dog. Still to this day blows my mind some would spend $200+ a month so they could (4) or (5) box accounts, JUST so they didn't have to invite others to their groups. Just so they could hoard any and all loot. To what end? To stand in Rabao or Khazam in their l337 gear, AFK for 18 hrs. a day. Made no sense.
I agree... my memories of ff14 1.0 was bad but I still miss it.. the detail they paid to character movement, the weight and feel of the characters is much missed. I still miss FF11, I wish they would just merge the subscription with FF14
Taking my bst to 75 in 2006 was my best moment
I feel this.