Quote Originally Posted by Pixela View Post
Wow has 3-4 million players, ffxi has 30-40k. We are lucky it's still running and being supported.

All things considered there is really no reason to ask for this, the game already functions as a "classic" server if you want it to be. You don't have to do level cap quests, you don't have to unlock trusts. Make a linkshell with likeminded people?
There's a couple factors at work here. The first is SE probably doesn't want a mainline Final Fantasy game to ever be rendered unplayable (legally), and the other is it really doesn't take that many players for it to be profitable (but of course it does limit the number of staff that can be on the project).