Improvements from FFXI?

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It seems that since FFXI is dying, SE is going to make FFXIV online.

Final Fantasy XI's population recently reached an all-time high, actually. It's hard to say it's dying.

Not only this but it is confirmed that they have another years worth of content already planned out, and they also confirmed that they'd continue development for new content after that.

Yearg pretty much said it, but there's a couple of things I will add.

If the graphics in FFXI look like crap to you then you need to go tweak your registry. With the graphics truly maxed out FFXI probably has the best character and mob models of any MMO out there (LOTRO included). The environments are still not too great and the biggest problem is the draw distance of large environments. They need to adjust it so that things don't pop in so badly.

No doubt. If they actually had a high draw distance, and some of the technology in newer engines (pretty much just lighting/ambient occlusion/etc.), FFXI would probably look the best on the market. It is still very well done, has just as high of a poly count as the newest MMO's and textures are still very nice. It has aged very well considering when it came out.

Biggest thing they need to improve is SE themselves. Their customer service is terrible. Many GMs are straight up racist. Problems are ignored for years and SE largely ignores and takes for granted their playerbase. Setting up your account and logging in each time should be very very simple the way it is with WoW. Blizzard is a fantastic company. They have a lot of 1 to 1 interaction with their players and take feedback very seriously. SE needs to learn this above all.

This is the no. 1 thing I want. I want this more than anything, I'm sick of being treated like , it's amazing how FFXI still has a playerbase after the way SE treats them.