SE should release the server software for Version 1.0.

They don't really have any reason or intensive to do so. I mean, it might be interesting to have it in a historical sense.
Later generations would know the mystery behind one of the biggest flops in Final Fantasy history instead of hiding it away and keeping it a lost artifact. But Square as a company has no reason to do so.

I'm actually picturing threads or whatever we'll have in the future, where young fans of Final Fantasy XXXII will talk about the secret past world of one of the old games like how we talk about secret versions of old canceled games and beta mysteries today. What a hoot.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

Ironically there is a XIV private server out there that ran 100x better than the official one because they cleaned up a lot of redundancies. You don't need the source code to make a PS really.



This has less to do with the fact it's a private server and more to do with lazy developers. I've played a lot of Ragnarok, Maple Story and Lineage 2 Private Servers that mimicked the official releases with benefits, which are the original purpose, to give a free version of the real game.

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I'd like you to direct me to this mythical private server that is apparently one hundred times better than the original. If you could do that me, I'll give you a way to contact me in private as I'm sure giving out this link on the forum will result in some punishment.

I'd just like to see this. Cause I doubt it really exists. If it does, and I assess that it does and works well, I'll eat my fucking words. Show me.

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Originally Posted by Rhianu

Except that people run private servers for almost every other MMO out there and they run just as well as the real thing. A huge team is needed for developing content, not for hosting anything. All you need for hosting is some decent equipment. A server only needs a few basic things like power, RAM, an internet connection, and so forth in order to function. But once everything is set up, you don't even need to touch it unless something goes wrong. A server does not need to be constantly monitored by a human being in order to work.

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The only way that ever works is when the company releases much of the code, or the code itself is "open" (like it is in WoW). The best FFXI private server you can currently find out there is lacking in most of the content that's in the original, and most of the functionality of the entire game doesn't work (like most of the story content, half of the job classes, newer areas, etc.) as it should by far. I just think it'd be a lot of wasted effort. I tried to get into the FFXI Private Servers but the severe lack of... everything made me not care at all.

might take people away from 2.0, they wont do it if they are smart

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

Even if they did it would suck look how bad some private servers from wow is with lot's of things not working put that x100 with how bad FFXIV is to fix shit ya good luck not going to happen they not going to give 1.0 away for free.

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Punctuation is your friend. Thankfully most of us can read typo.

No matte what you may think of the game. Companies think long and hard before releasing code, It can result in giving the competition a boost SE doesn't need right now, or make new competition with Bootleg MMO attempts. Keep in mind the tools that were made to create 1.0 were also used to create Final Fantasy XIII.

Releasing the server software does not mean SE has to release the code. Server software does not have to be open-source.

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Originally Posted by Rhianu

Releasing the server software does not mean SE has to release the code. Server software does not have to be open-source.

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How much more of a jump will it be to take the program, or the graphics that runs on it?

Mind you, if there are laws against it; and I'm sure there are, Keep in mind pirating games are practically a pastime in Asia since the NES.

I think the op is.... loopy? O.o

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Originally Posted by Rhianu

Uh... considering how many games there are all ready that allow players to create and host their own private servers (*cough*Minecraft*cough*) I think that's rather silly thing to say.

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Minecraft also came out with a different, SWEDISH license than FFXIV 1.0 that allowed it to distribute the server software without losing trademark.

I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm saying it'll cost them for zero benefit.