Really Ignorant people

Torqameda said:
Excellent idea. Will SE ever consider? Hell no. It would cost too much money to update the server and game to do something like that. They are penny-pinchers, which is understandable, because it costs multitudes of dollars to run the game in the first place, let alone perform a massive update on the game.
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Yea but for the 1200+ players on each server times the 32 active servers, times $12.95 at LEAST (not including mules, tetra master, etc.)

Thats $497,280 a month. Not including the mules, tetra master and anything else that is optional. So we can average it to about $500,000 a month.

Then there is the revenue they get from other SE items. But I dont believe that would pour over into FFXI.

At half a million a month, I would assume that the server maintenence, GM payroll (if they have one), POL maintenence etc. doesn't take up the full $500,000.

You would think that after so many years of this game running that they could devote SOME of that revenue to new ideas without having to release an expansion pack.

I do realize that quite a bit of money went into Treasures of Aht Urhgan and its advertising, but when not working on an expansion, a full hearty update wouldnt hurt all that bad.

I cant really comment on the chocobo update until it actually gets here so until then, this is my stance.
 
Hmmmm. You also need to factor in currency rate. The U.S dollar is worth more than the currency in Japan, so they make even more realistically.
 
Good point. So in all reality, they have the financial means to do alot of innovative, creative or things. Its the simple fact that they dont WANT to use that money. Which I guess isnt all that suprising. SE is a big corporation and big buisiness is out to make money. But still....
 
They take in money from not just FFXI, but all other SE games as well, along with other merchandise. I can guarantee they make around $2,000,000 a month at the least. Now, whether or not they have the capabilities may be the issue at hand. Even with gaming technology today, there are still glitches, and bugs that are a pain to get rid of. And in FFXI, there are still plenty of bugs. So maybe it isn't an issue of whether they won't, or will. It could be matter of priorities.
 
A.) youre saying the Ai is sompletely based on the limitations of the ps2? Stuff like monster Ai,claims,gil, exp ect are all controlled SERVER side. The ai has NOTHING to do with the ps2. If it was people could make Vrta into thier own personal noob massacre device. The same with simurgh, kirin, serket ect

B.) You're saying screw at least 40% of the player base by getting rid of ps2 support. One of the great things about this game is the fact that you can play on ps2. If it wasnt for that fact I'd have never been able to play for my first year or 2 since my college laptop is complete crap and overloads just from when i flee. God forbid I actually decide to use it for dynamis or beseiged oneday. The only reason I play on pc over ps2 atm is the fact that I can parse my damage ect and take screenshots easier. Tp report is nice but my ps2 never lags as oppossed to pc as far as loading times goes. For myself ps2 is also superior for claiming nm hnm ect... I'm not sure completely why but monsters load slower on pc than ps2. That 1/2 second edge on ps2 used to allow me to claim stroper chyme from gilsellers solo 90% of the time with steal.(i wasnt high enough in level to kill it with war sub)
Edit: parsers are fun^^ I found out i severely outdamaged a mnk/war on sunday in a ws spam pt on vt. Once I realized the world cup game was on he caught up since I slowed down alot from not paying attention to sneak and trick timers. even so It gives one a giddy feeling inside to look at a parser every once in a while and realize youre outdamaging your entire party at once every once in a while or at least keeping up with the dd in damage.

3.) When mentioning how much money SE can put into ffxi dont mention what it makes form other non FFXI stuff. Thats just stupid. DO you really think a company out to make a PROFIT is gonna sink money into a game everyone likes the way it is atm and to top it off drain money from its other resources for something with a max income per month. Unless they double or triple our fees they would have to keep us addicted for months to make the same/more profit made from just doing what they are doing atm. Ie adding new expansions, quests, armour, bcnm ect. IT'a all costs vs profit. It costs more to completely overhaul the system than to go "if it aint broke why fix it?"
 
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1.) How a mob moves has noting to do with what platform you are on.

2.) Yes the more advanced graffical<sp?> upgrades would only be limited to people on PC and 360, but I've played DAoC for a {Long time} and if my laptop couldn't handle the most recent upgrade in visuals there was always the lower settings. I saw the same thing from my buddy that played Evercrack since it came out.

3.) SE even said that the auction house .....let me sober up and then I'll look for the link that I have. Family guy is on and I want to play BF2 now. Sorry.
 
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