The return of FF14 1.23b

So early in October in the letters to the editor, he stated that if over 30% wanted the game to come back online after november 11, then it would, and 35% wanted it back. He said a few days after the impact of dalamund, the servers would be turned back on. I hope he sticks to his promise cause after last night, I want to rewatch every single cutscene there is. Not to mention just explore a little more, even if none of what we do gets saved. Maybe go re-kill some of my favorite NMs and revisit the Slyph village that's south-east of Moonspore Grove.

no, it makes a mockery of the final cutscene then....the end was the end. Leave well alone till 2.0...All the efforts of the team should be on 2.0. Someone did post the same question earlier. If you want to watch the cutscenes theres youtube for that. As for the rest of the stuff you knew this was coming and had ample time to do it. Let the game rest in peace and lets move forward to ARR please :)

Meh I'm 1/2 and 1/2 I actually want it back, purely so i can carry on getting some bits of the cutscenes in different armour, I was to busy the last 2 weeks to do any real gaming or fraps... :(

But i do agree its over its over.. Though i'd kill to get a look at the final event solo lol...

they should leave it dead till ARR comesout.

if 35% say they would log in, i bet like 20% of that will log in more then a few times ever from now till the relaunch. personally i think it's a waist of resources that they should just spend on arr. but i'm pulling numbers out my but, but just saying no matter how much you want to log in without saves... i logged in twice since the save date and was literally for 5mins other then last nites event.

The efforts of the team won't be put on the 1.23b revival. Take the last save, reload it and let the game be. There won't be server maintenance or anything of sorts.

The game is also dead for me but I can see why people would still play it... but I strongly doubt it will reach 30%.

I loged on quite a bit after the final save, actually. ANd heck, if the GM's keep doing random stuff to keep us occupied I see no harm in still playing.

Count me as part of that 35% as I certainly voted for it.

As far as those saying "It spits on Canon." No it dosent. I actually have plans on doing a blog/series on my character being trapped in a Limbo version of Eoraza as the five years pass, which explains why she looks different/has aged when Lin Celestine returns to A Realm Reborn.

I think it is nice to have the servers up for a little while for those that want one last look, or one last adventure.

Personally, if I logged in again I would imagine that the world is just a dream that my character is having before she wakes again in 2.0.

The way it ended was just. I think I won't play now that I've experienced the end. It won't feel right.

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Originally Posted by IronSoup

The efforts of the team won't be put on the 1.23b revival. Take the last save, reload it and let the game be. There won't be server maintenance or anything of sorts.

The game is also dead for me but I can see why people would still play it... but I strongly doubt it will reach 30%.

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well at least the server waste much electricity and this only that 2 peoples can "play" on a server?

the last week there were only about 100 people on my server.. i think it wouldnt be much better if the bring up the server again. even more less players.

I think he said it would come back online a week or so later, or something like that.

I would like the servers to come back up. Watching the climax and being apart of it made me real nostalgic (regardless of server issues.) I'd love to walk around the maps some more and do a little more exploring and fraps. I'd also like to go through all the cutscenes again and read the in game journal descriptions with my gear of choice.

I personally had a blast cutting through Garleans in Coerthas while everyone else was "fighting" (read: missing) Golems for five hours straight.

I also voted for the servers to be back up. I'd understand if they decided to keep them shutdown if it meant taking resources away from ARR development but if it doesn't I'd love to play in that playground a little more.

I already miss it.

Actually just disable the 60+ mobs, I Know at least 3 places i never got to screenshot how i wanted as i got bored waiting for the mobs to move so i could get to..

A week would be more then long enough (You watch they'll do it and I'll be working my ass off for the whole week lol)

Actually, I think what's happened is that everyone immediately uninstalled the game last night, then remembered about the server thing, then more or less said "screw it". I don't think even 20% of the 35% that said "yes" even can play the game now.

I voted no lol. But if the servers go back up again ill play again, does that make sense?

Personally when I pay 79.99 and a monthly fee I expect to keep playing when the game has not been discontinued. Even if stuff isn't saved so the change over is quick. SOme of us spent time working and upgrading to window 8 and had time down recently, so put the end moments back on and let us run through a sky filled wit hfire battling garleans until the service is back up in 2.0

there were less than 100 ppl online in the final days... so there's no reason to bring up the game again...

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Originally Posted by raseol

I voted no lol. But if the servers go back up again ill play again, does that make sense?

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Me too... after FF go off... i miss the game and the people already ;__;

I just want to watch the cutscenes, get screenshots, etc. This was my intention, so I trust the servers will be back up for some time. It doesn't ruin immersion any more than the past week or so has - I got a relic under my bed, and it will be gone soon. I defeated Van Darnus and then he attacked Ul'dah afterwards. And so on. It's basically like playing Final Fantasy VII a second time. You do it to remember it, not to be immersed in a persistent world from where you left off after defeating Sephiroth.

I'm in the same boat as Holy I will not be coming back to 1.xx Eorzea.

I know I said I would and I voted yes for the poll, but now I have seen it, been through the emotions of the end of the world etc I will not feel right coming back, it makes Louisiox's sacrifice meaningless.

It won't require the team to shift efforts to bring this back on, it's just like it was from november 1 through 11, just turn the servers on and bam, it's working, it's not like they are gonna make new content for it. Also, it's not a matter of reaching 30%, they've already reached 35% during the survey. It will only be on a month though cause once a month they will check and if log-ins don't reach 30%, then they are gonna re-evaluate whether or not to keep it going and we aren't gonna reach 30% again. Someone complained that it will go against the finale of the game, so? Raven nevermore and having him appear in UL during the last 10 days goes against the storyline too, nobody really seemed to care about that, so why care about this? The answer is simple, don't log in if it bothers you. Also, watching it on youtube isn't the same because that's not your character in the video, so it doesn't have the same impact as watching your character in it.

I always took the "bringing it back" question to be if they should bother bringing FFXIV back online after the final save maintenance of 11/1, which they did. Not bringing it back after Impact.

Bring it back. I need something to do while I wait for 2.0.

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Originally Posted by radhaz

Bring it back. I need something to do while I wait for 2.0.

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I've got a thread trying to feel out if people are willing to start a new character on XI.

Looks like Phoenix might be the way to go if you want to. Seems appropriate as well since well, FFXI > Rapture > FFXIV > Phoenix > FFXIV: ARR

Death and rebirth and all that jazz.

I'm totally down for taking some more footage of FFXIV though. Didn't think I'd want to play this badly even though I wouldn't be making any progress.

No, please, leave it closed! The whole point of making such a big deal about the closing of the servers, with countdown to impact and the best ending movie to date, would be wasted. Right, so Dalamud crashed into Eorzea and wrecking the city states, Louisoux sacrificing himself to teleport us to the future, Mor Dhona smashed... And then a few days later we log back on to find everything unaltered?

I don't think so.

If someone from the SE side could tell us how much it would cost/how many people would be required to run the servers while they're back up for this period and it didnt actually interfere with the ARR project's desired timeline for completion, then go for it. It would be fun atleast for a while to play with the relic stuff and compare it to my own set of gear that I had when the final save went through, see just how much of a difference there is/was.

For that matter, stardust looks pretty damn cool, just really wish it didnt have that damn clipping with the BLM hat when its equipped. That's kind of a bummer. But otherwise its neat.

if you want your cutscenes you can always mine for them.

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Originally Posted by Valmonte

if you want your cutscenes you can always mine for them.

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How?
(Im not a computer whizz so in layman's terms pls!)

I actually REALLY would like to see the old cutscenes - I skipped most of them saying "I will watch them in my inn room" but never actually got around it.

Wouldn't it be weird to be trading tapers and headdresses to Louisoix after the End of an Era trailer?

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Originally Posted by EnkiOro

Wouldn't it be weird to be trading tapers and headdresses to Louisoix after the End of an Era trailer?

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No more than it's weird to meet a certain flower girl upon your second play-through of Final Fantasy VII.

I voted no but I would like to change my vote to yes!