Back in the good ole days

[Dragoy]

I seem to remember them saying no to this although it might be a figment of a memory from another game.

Either way, I wouldn't against it, if they had the want to do it.

I would probably not play there, even though I did enjoy the old way of partying a lot more (though one could probably count the times I was in an EXP party with two or few hands, as I always did things more solo, or as a duo, trio, or quattro even).

That said, there's much that has been improved upon since those times, that I would not want to be reverted.

[Teraniku]

There are things I miss about old School FFXI, But then I wake up and realize it's a lot better now than it was then, except for no new Expansions, and Random Number Generator Endgame...

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Make a server pre-ToAU and you have yourself a deal.

Why not just uninstall WotG and ToAU yourself? Heck, PC gamers don't even need to have RotZ installed.

Or is it that you don't want anybody else around you to have "new" toys, either? Because I think y'all will be hard-pressed to find volunteers.

[Hayward]

Point #1: Drugs are bad for you.

Point #2: I started this game in '04. Anyone who agrees with this either hasn't played this game from the original/RoZ/CoP days or they're PC-addled hotshots who only want to brag about how oh-so "l33t" they are (while typing in their parents' basements/attics). Anyone who's been there from the start wouldn't go back if they were offered free play forever.

[Septimus]

Why not just uninstall WotG and ToAU yourself? Heck, PC gamers don't even need to have RotZ installed.

Or is it that you don't want anybody else around you to have "new" toys, either? Because I think y'all will be hard-pressed to find volunteers.

You missed his point entirely.

Old-school isn't colibri-burns, old-school is 3k per hour crab parties. Old-school isn't Campaign, old-school is Expeditionary Force. Old-school isn't Alexander and Odin, old-school is Fenrir.

His point is that you would be hard-pressed to find people who would want to go to a true old-school server because of those "new" toys. I played FFXI back in the old-school days, I never want to go back to that.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Point #1: Drugs are bad for you.

Point #2: I started this game in '04. Anyone who agrees with this either hasn't played this game from the original/RoZ/CoP days or they're PC-addled hotshots who only want to brag about how oh-so "l33t" they are (while typing in their parents' basements/attics). Anyone who's been there from the start wouldn't go back if they were offered free play forever.

Point #3: It was '02. Hence that whole 10 year aniversary thing.

[Septimus]

Point #3: It was '02. Hence that whole 10 year aniversary thing.

North American PS2 release was March 2004. Barring a few importers (I know of none that play anymore), no NAs were playing before NA PC release which was October 2003.

[Nala]

eh best friend in high school was fluent in japanese, imported 11 and had me playing on his account for a while, i didn't start seriously till na ps2 launch though.

[Dazusu]

I'm kinda curious how other players would feel about SE creating a "retro server".

The forumer's here don't like anything from the old days. Don't mention those days, you'll be banished.

I'm down for it - though some modern day conveniences would need to be kept.. I'm not completely delusional you know! ;-)

[Tsukino_Kaji]

The forumer's here don't like anything from the old days.

Are you kidding? I miss overlapping damage every day. People exiting kazham only to die on their chocobo before the zone could even load was the best thing ever.