Originally Posted by
Spira
the failure of XIV was a good wake up call. it could be the best thing to happen to Square Enix in recent times if the changes brought about by it result is some form of commercial success for them, especially with ARR. although I've decided that I will invest time/money into it (i play all main lineage FFs anyway), i do hope it succeeds regardless because Yoshi-P and his dev team have worked really hard on it this time round and you will clearly see that from the stuff they'll soon put out.
as for XI.. well... better late than never. its important to bear in mind that MMOs are a continual process, like say.. a wiki. There isn't a real deadline for any of the changes they make - people will continue to use it, unless they entirely don't, but when you do make it better, the people who use it will appreciate it, and then it grows from strength to strength. no MMO has ever died a complete death without the devs pulling the plug anyway.. so it will still benefit some people, even if it isn't you.
I still think XI has fallen behind on this compared to other MMOs, but it has bothered to change when it really doesn't have to. like, a mere 2 years ago.. you wouldn't have thought they'd bother messing with or updating the UI when it hasn't changed for the past 8 years. it could have benefited more people if it was done like 5 years prior.. but for some things (like said UI changes) it was never a big issue in its time.
the game changes and evolves so anything done now isn't a lost cause. it has gotten its second and third winds before and can (and probably will) flourish again in some other form. all games will have some problems... and none are perfect. responding too quickly might not always be a good thing, or be seen favorably by players. you can't please everybody in that respect.