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  • #16
    Re: Is there going to be more expansion

    Originally posted by Cruciation View Post
    I think it's kinda funny how perspectives change.

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    • #17
      Re: Is there going to be more expansion

      Originally posted by Omgwtfbbqkitten View Post
      They haven't raised the cap since Rise of the Zilart for several specific reasons.

      (1) It would unbalance the entire game, learn more about the subjob system and you'll see why they won't do it.

      (2) It would obsolete older endgame content, no on wants that. Everyone else does it like its going out of style, but SE has stood by their content this long so everyone can still experience it. Given everyone can level all 20 jobs if they so choose, they have to keep that content relevant.

      When an expansion comes, it will bring us new zones and new content. The cap, however, will never rise above 75 unless they want to completely destroy the game or have some serious plans to revamp the existing job balance. At this point in the game's life, probably best to tweak around what we have rather than raise the cap further than 75.

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      • #18
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        Holy crap, this thread started in the December of 2009?

        Seems so freaking long ago . . .
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        • #19
          Re: Is there going to be more expansion

          Originally posted by Omgwtfbbqkitten View Post
          They haven't raised the cap since Rise of the Zilart for several specific reasons.

          (1) It would unbalance the entire game, learn more about the subjob system and you'll see why they won't do it.

          (2) It would obsolete older endgame content, no on wants that. Everyone else does it like its going out of style, but SE has stood by their content this long so everyone can still experience it. Given everyone can level all 20 jobs if they so choose, they have to keep that content relevant.

          When an expansion comes, it will bring us new zones and new content. The cap, however, will never rise above 75 unless they want to completely destroy the game or have some serious plans to revamp the existing job balance. At this point in the game's life, probably best to tweak around what we have rather than raise the cap further than 75.
          ROFL!! What say you now!?

          I wonder if eventually they'll shut down the FFXI servers?
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          • #20
            Re: Is there going to be more expansion

            I'm sure they'll get shut down eventually. It's impractical (business-wise) to keep substantial resources like the servers for FFXI running indefinitely. With that said, they've already shown that they're willing to consolidate servers due to low populations, and many people have expressed interests in never stopping to play. Toward the end I imagine it would be one server with just a couple thousand people on it.

            Here's to hoping they don't prove ME wrong too.
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            • #21
              Re: Is there going to be more expansion

              Originally posted by Pwnagraphic View Post
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              • #22
                Re: Is there going to be more expansion

                Originally posted by KingOfZeal View Post
                Here's to hoping they don't prove ME wrong too.
                You didn't say never, so it probly won't happen ha.
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                • #23
                  Re: Is there going to be more expansion

                  Originally posted by Pwnagraphic View Post
                  ROFL!! What say you now!?

                  I wonder if eventually they'll shut down the FFXI servers?
                  That first reply to this thread really is funny in hindsight because I would have said something like that too, a mere two months ago. Not that I didn't want to see the level cap raised, but I was sure that SE didn't and wouldn't.

                  However, I think they rushed the server moves by a few months before they were really needed. They ended up creating merged servers with populations rivalling the two servers that they currently had closed for overpopulation.

                  I think they needed the old servers for something, and that's why they rushed the merge. At first I thought they might be repurposing them for Abyssea instances (remember that each "world" probably consists of a dozen or more server machines, so eight worlds worth of servers could be easily parted out to 24 worlds), but then I heard a crazy rumor from someone that the devs needed more test servers badly, Atomos alone just wasn't enough, and that's why they did it.
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                  • #24
                    Re: Is there going to be more expansion

                    Originally posted by Elwynn View Post
                    I think they needed the old servers for something, and that's why they rushed the merge.
                    You know, SE can afford new computers. They merged worlds with dwindling populations that were still losing players. The initial populations were large because of the same reason the population goes up after any update, but they have calmed down and are back to about their 2007 levels.

                    SE merged the worlds because they were going to start loosing players because of other players leaving. In general, retired servers get retired.
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