Thank god I'm not the only person missing 1.0.
Back then I used to post blogs all over the place informing ppl, showing them where 1.0 shined and where it had potential.

I have to add too that 1.0 had a feeling when playing the game either solo or in a group. You were immersed in a mysterious world, where as ARR it feels like you're playing Tetris, basically it's just a game.

Though ARR improved many things 1.0 had broken in it's design, had 1.0 only been redesigned to fix those issues rather than making a whole entire new game that feels more like FINAL FANTASY XIV-2/XVI, etc. The new graphic engine is great, crystal tools sucked, but the vision of what 1.0 could have become died with Tanaka, and that saddens me.