If you've got a green thumb, you probably now have a sore thumb thanks to the Square-Enix banhammer. Gardeners across Final Fantasy XI have been complaining on fan forums that they've recently lost their accounts, only now tying the cause of their bans to their gardening activities.
The latest update for Final Fantasy XI Online, the 'November Update', is now live across all platforms where the game is playable.
Can't believe this game is still getting updates 21 years after it launched. That's crazy! XI remains the only main numbered FF that I haven't played.
Wish they'd release it for PS4, 5, Xboxes and Switch - it ran on ps2 and still works on potato PCs so should run well everywhere
Live service games are vehemently criticized and companies need to rethink & prioritize respectful game design for consumer benefit.
Gabe says not being publicly owned is a huge part of what makes Valve so successful.
"The whole point of being a privately held company is to eliminate another source of noise in the signal between the consumers and producers of a good."
Looks at Destiny 2 > I used to go into a store to find a game. Now I go into a game and find a store.
"Bungie reportedly expressed concerns over how engaging The Last of Us multiplayer project was"
Bungie at GDC "Beware of overdelivering, quality doesn't matter, a live service being fast is more important than quality"
meh
That's kind of the GaaS whole thing, though. This is like telling wolves to stop behaving like wolves.
The issue is that journalists mostly ignored this issue as it was arising. Games like Overwatch were considered exciting until lesser news websites and organisations began taking opinion pieces on the problem. From then it’s just gotten worse.
This is why I won't spend money on a lot of these games, not only do they nickle and dime you at every opportunity, but a lot of these games have a very short life span, not many of them survive for multiple years like Fortnite has.
I also feel like most MMOs in generally are more aqueduct in terms of content, for what you pay, I feel like a lot of them give you a decent amount to enjoy.
SQUARE ENIX® announced that the January version update for FINAL FANTASY® XI Online is now available. #FFXI #JRPG #MMORPG @SquareEnix
I think I speak for the entirety of humanity when I say this update announcement doubles as a reminder that this game still exists.
I'm honestly surprising it's still going. I have some of my most fond memories in gaming on this game. And I've been gaming for over 25 years.
I wish I had the time to keep playing it, but I just can't. Good on SE continuing to support it after all this time.
I guess that will teach some of those players not to play mediocre RPGs by garbage companies like Square-Enix.
People where complaining about RMT this RMT that, Gil seller, gill buyer so SE made the STF. Not surprisingly it was very effective at cleaning house but now that it's cleaned up a lot of loopholes they continue to BAN and look for new things that could be used to make profits.
At some point they need to tack off. For starters they should be doing something about the spam tells from www.brogames.com. It's just sad wen things are finally to a good point where honest players can enjoy the game and they're still looking for ways to clean house even targeting the players who work hard to survive in this game.
If they let automated programs do their work on FFXIV, I'll avoid it altogether.
There is no use in putting work-like time into a game and have all your time and money wasted, because they are trying to mimic the real world, by keeping you from excelling, when it should be yourself/competition/NPC-boss encounters that should be the only things keep you from excelling.
Real garden variety there, I hope this isn't their Final Fantasy......XI. Sorry.
I had a friend who was banned a few days ago for RMT activity and she had no idea why and after reading this I can safely say that it was most likely gardening related. She had like 10 mules and was probably using them to garden vast amounts.
That said I think that alot of people who get banned for this in some way deserve it. Why pay additional monthly fees for all those mules to make a little more in game money when you could do something more productive like getting Beastmen seals and kindred seals and perhaps trying to get a good drop in a BCNM like a Kraken Club. A single club would more or less set a player for life and it's perfectly safe and legit.