Still around 500k subscribers - the subscriber rate hasn't really changed over the years - even after WoW's release, it was only mildly affected, and now I've seen more and more people who left FFXI to go to WoW, getting bored with that game and coming back to FFXI.
"If you just step away for a sec you will clearly see all the pot holes in the road, and the cash shop selling asphalt..." - Mimzel on F2P/Cash Shops
but the other side of the issue is, now people that need the nm drops also have a better chance of getting it themselves instead of buying it.. and at the lower prices they sell faster so the demand drops, so the price drops.. the lower level items arent as necessary, and alot of people who are at that level cant afford it, so its people with a 75 and millions of gil playing another class that buy them, and they dont care if somethign is 10k, or 20k, so the price doesnt change.
I have a full time job thats usually 40+ hours a week and I goto school full time as well. So when I DO get a chance to play, I wanna play and not bullshit around. So, for me, sometimes I need to get ahead of the game and buy shit on the internet, there is nothing wrong with that. Some of us are over 18 and have a fulltime job and dont get to have are cake and eat to. I want to enjoy my time in my virtual world. I want to meet with friends and be able to play on there level. If I wasn't able to buy online sometimes, I would never keep up I would always be the one who is left behind, hence why play at all? So don't get your panties in a knot about RMT they do help some of us out so we can enjoy the same thing that you can do in those 40+ hours you dont work, and the extra 40 for school hours!
IT SCREWS UP OUR GAME WHEN YOU DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by Cymdai It's good to see that they took action against these people... but to me, it's too little too late.
I'm sorry you feel that way. I was having fun playing even at the height of inflation, and this just makes it better.
Where was this action 2 years ago, back when everyone complained about it?
Takes time to collect data and develop strategies. Takes even more time when you're facing a opponent constantly working to overcome those strategies. They've finally gotten ahead of the RMTs, it just took awhile.
It's sad to me, that games need to lose 1/10 (random guess) of their customer base before they're willing to take any sort of action at all.
Random guess indeed, but since FFXI still has half a million players, they're not hardly hurting.
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Wow there are still people playing this game
Absolutely.
Statistically, no fewer than there have been over the past few years. And they've recently announced their 4th expansion.
http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/guide/development/census/07/index.html
Still around 500k subscribers - the subscriber rate hasn't really changed over the years - even after WoW's release, it was only mildly affected, and now I've seen more and more people who left FFXI to go to WoW, getting bored with that game and coming back to FFXI.
and the cash shop selling asphalt..." - Mimzel on F2P/Cash Shops
oh its not just 7000, its 7000 that MONTH
but the other side of the issue is, now people that need the nm drops also have a better chance of getting it themselves instead of buying it.. and at the lower prices they sell faster so the demand drops, so the price drops.. the lower level items arent as necessary, and alot of people who are at that level cant afford it, so its people with a 75 and millions of gil playing another class that buy them, and they dont care if somethign is 10k, or 20k, so the price doesnt change.
IT SCREWS UP OUR GAME WHEN YOU DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's good to see that they took action against these people... but to me, it's too little too late.
Where was this action 2 years ago, back when everyone complained about it?
It's sad to me, that games need to lose 1/10 (random guess) of their customer base before they're willing to take any sort of action at all.
Waiting for something fresh to arrive on the MMO scene...
I'm sorry you feel that way. I was having fun playing even at the height of inflation, and this just makes it better.
Takes time to collect data and develop strategies. Takes even more time when you're facing a opponent constantly working to overcome those strategies. They've finally gotten ahead of the RMTs, it just took awhile.
Random guess indeed, but since FFXI still has half a million players, they're not hardly hurting.
Chris Mattern