Once upon a time in my Final Fantasy XI days, I had a dream. Smartphones were a relatively new occurrence at the time, as was social media, but I had already seen the potential and it fired up my imagination. I daydreamed about an app that let you do all those little side diversions you find in the towns of MMOs.
Things like crafting, putting things up for sale in the auction house and managing my inventory from the comfort of a break room at work so when I came home I could set aside those little things and focus on adventuring. When Square Enix announced plans for a Final Fantasy XIV Companion app that encompassed some of these things, you’d understand that I got my hopes up a little.
The problem is my dream came from 2007 and this app is from 2018, a time where even a quality of life app must be subjected to senseless monetization and daily metacurrencies.
Source: Destructoid The Final Fantasy XIV Companion app needs a lot of work