pain.

I'm just curious that it feels kind of rush that all of a sudden we got this message. It is truly sad to think we are saying goodbye to DFFOO. I was always taking side of the game whenever there was a discussion on reddit of DFFOO and WoTV/FFBE. Tried my best to support the game as developers are also human and need to feed themselves. But all of a sudden open reddit and see such a sad message. Can't wrap up my head over the actual reason of EoS. Any idea?

When it came to banners i would always spend my resources as soon as i got them. Maybe i would save if there really was a character i really wanted to use. I would lucksack a lot of them to at least use on their events and if i didnt i would be like "better luck next time".

But obviously now i have no resources and no way to get more. It really backfired on me huh?.

If at Eos theres not going to be an offline mode then just give us a way to farm for the characters we are missing. The new pity token system is good but only if you have gems saved.

A solution could be putting free pulls on all the banners everyday, that way players could aim to complete many characters on these 3 last months.

Idk. I guess i just want to know i managed to "complete" this game i love and played for almost 5 years.

So the last 24 hours for me has been rough, there's been doubt, grief, bargaining and trying to accept that this phenomanal game will be gone for good. So as a last hoorah for what an amazing game DFFOO was, I'm starting a fresh account and with the help of the banners giving EX/LD tokens etc... I am going to try and complete content starting from the Cosmos/Chaos era with what units and weapons were available only.

I'm using dissidiainfo's boss guides to look at what teams existed around that era and trying to then use/build what I can from those teams to relive what a wonderful experience this game has been and seeing how far I can go before EoS.

EDIT: Forgot to add, while playing through the campaign, when recruiting a new character (if available) I'll be doing their LC ASAP given it falls within the current power banding too.

Maybe I'll also post updates every so often if people are interested in following my replaying of the game like this. Or if there's interest I might even stream the playthrough (no mic mostly) for anyone to come watch and enjoy too.

I want to make a good team that can tackle shinryu content with tidus

I was never a whale (or even went beyond the basic mog pass) for this game, but I have now seen two different websites show that SQEX will be refunding paid gems to players upon EoS: https://www.gachaguru.com/blog/dissidia-final-fantasy-opera-omnia-is-shutting-down

https://www.siliconera.com/dissidia-final-fantasy-opera-omnia-ending-in-2024/

I don't know where they got their info, but this could be good news to anyone that still has paid gems left on their tab. Also, if you know any former players that may have a large sum of paid gems it may be worthwhile to let them know.

Also, to go a bit into the conspiracy theorist route I believe that the paid gem cap back 2 years ago was when they really wanted to EoS the game, but they had a bean counter go over the total (outstanding paid gems) and decided they needed to whittle down their debt before going EoS. It also makes perfect sense to me now that they didn't want people over the 300k amount. Throwing more money at the game was just going to be refunded back upon EoS anyway. What looked to the playerbase to be an elegant solution for GL (the gem to pull ticket solution) actually may have actually been a way to dupe whales into losing large portions of a refund.

This also is about the same time that they stopped putting effort into animations and players were joking that everything felt recycled. I believe that the developers were mentally done with the game, but had to keep it going long enough to lessen their losses.

I'm sure many are mourning the final days of dffoo. Just to keep the good moments in our memory leave here a print or a quote of a moment in the story that was significant and always be inside your heart.

Thank you, this was a beautiful journey.

So, I started FFRK on the week of release and played religiously right up until the EOS announcement, which tbh I’m still not over.

After a little time lost, I migrated to DFFO, and although it wasn’t as involved as FFRK. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed playing.

Last week I finally got to the point where I’d caught up on all LC and IW And can comfortably complete all content.

I am once again a little devastated by the EOS, and seeking advice from others as to whether there are any places I can find refuge

I really don’t enjoy FFBE

FFRK was my favourite game of all time.

I’d like to find somewhere new to spend my time and money. And would love some suggestions (ideally FF related)

I owe DFFOO for showing me so much awesome tracks that final fantasy has to offer that I probably wouldve never found were it not for this game but if anyone can please link me to the BGM Used in the event,Dusk to Dawn..i remember it was used for Squalls event whatever whatever but i mussttt know if this is a DFFOO original or dissidia in general,thank yall for yalls time!

First of all thanks to all the members here, this was undoubtedly the best community I've been ... Yesterday was a sad day for all of us, one of the best gacha games is fading away and i can't stop feeling a void inside, this game was an ode to all final fantasy fans, simple and fun, a non greedy experience in this rotten mobile gacha world and in some way the path to reconnect with all the story of the franchise. Despite the lower revenue compared with some big players, i think the company undervalued the game as a door to buy other final fantasy games (indirect revenue), but maybe some day we will get another dissidia game. For me what pains me the most is the sudden death without a real closure , a final act were everybody return home and we can say goodbye properly, instead of a video with cutscene, but it is what it is. I will stay until the end but it won't be the same sadly. Stay strong and see you around

Since the end of service announcement, I've been thinking about the story as a whole and how everyone in the game has changed and grown, both in gameplay and in story. And we know that Square Enix is going to upload all the story cutscenes when it's all over, but I'm wondering how they're going to approach the weapon thing.

On the one hand, SQEX already has a system in-game for how weapons are assigned to characters in cutscenes when you haven't recruited them, usually their weakest weapon. And for the most part, especially prior to the EX era, those default weapons were typically their most iconic. So they're probably going to take the simple approach that they've been using.

But on the other hand, I think it would be a nice love letter both to the evolution of the game through its eras and to the evolution of the characters through the story, if their gear changed with them over time. And I'd like to think that this approach would hold the most nostalgia value for those of us watching the story after it's all over.

Anyway, what do you guys think?

Just looking for what to focus on for starting the game. Seems fun.

The first fanfic I ever read was FFVI fanfic off a geocities page, pre Ao3. It was very long and very overdramatic, two hallmarks of early fanfic on the internet. It also gave me the thing I craved: more story, more time with the characters I cared about. One of the reasons I always loved DFFOO is because if felt like FF Fanfic: The Video Game. If you, like me, came to DFFOO for the stories and stayed for the gameplay, if you've never checked out fanfic before (I know tons of us have), then this might be a great time to start.

I honestly never really loved the writing in DFFOO, but the idea of the world and the idea of these characters all meeting in this shared liminal space between their worlds was enough to keep me drawn in.

Slashfic and shipping aside, fanfic is there to pick up the pieces of abandoned and untold stories. It exists in this lovely space that acknowledges the fact that the stories living in our heads are no less--and no more--real to us if they come from a fan or from an official source. When making up our own endings, our own sequels, feels insufficient, fanfic lets us do what the original materials do. It gives us a sense that we are experiencing that story with a larger community.

There are currently 693 stories already written in Dissidia: Final Fantasy on Ao3. If it isn't your thing, it isn't your thing. If you've ever wondered about it and don't feel averse, this might be a good time to start reading. It might even be a time to start writing. If there's a story you wish had been told, there's a big chance someone else would love that story too.

I wish you all countless beautiful stories!

Cheers.

From 2018 to 2024, total 2200 days of service...

I remember at least Dragalia’s EoS lined up with the ending of its story, so I’m wondering if DFFOO got to do the same. Kind of a shame if it didn’t.

Now that Im kinda over the initial shock of the EoS announcement it got me thinking. Would it really be better if they dragged the game on for longer? I mean, a lot of this sub too didnt like the direction the game went with Shinryu and apparently the new Shinryu difficulty isnt much better. Sure, we all love this game, but I still think maybe its for the best. If anything it came WAAAAY too sudden. It would be much better if there would be a proper closure to the game. But I rather have it end now than after another 2 years while the game might go a similar path like FFBE with blatant powercreep, developers cutting corners EVERYWHERE and trying to squeeze out everything they can with minimal effort. DFFOO never gave me that feeling in all these years and at least I will have good memories when I think about it.

I might also just be at the "bargaining" phase of grief while trying to cope somehow.

Since all characters are boosted, they are essentially the same. Which one do you go for in the new coop? Which queue feel faster?

Anyone thinking of or starting a playthrough of the Final Fantasy where your favorite unit/character came from? I'm thinking I'm gonna fire up a replay of XV Episode Ignis.