Quote Originally Posted by Yamimarik View Post
That's because the direction of MMORPG's in general are moving in a whole new direction. You won't see many new games exactly like FFXI. And to be honest, I'm not all that in love with the new system in XI. One of the main reasons I left, I actually loved Abyssea, but everything after Abyssea just ruined XI for me. I'm still not quite sure you request though, you just want a server on FFXI, that only plays as it did before a certain time? So DEVs would have to restructure everything to the way it once was (idk how much work that involves). Seems like it would be more hassle than it's worth. I'm sorry you don't feel FFXIV:ARR will ever truly develop, and I'm not saying "GO BACK TO XI!!" because I hate when people use that reply as well... but why even bother with XIV:ARR then and stay here blathering on about XI if you really don't see any hope for XIV:ARR?

I do see hope for FFXIV:ARR, I think it will continue on for many years. So many people fail to realize it's barely been 1 year now since the release of FFXIV:ARR not "FFXIV", but FFXIV:ARR. FFXI was only out little over a year before RoZ came to be, and NA got it's hands on it. There was hardly any content at all! So many NA's just remember NA launch with RoZ, but for the JP (and those who played with JP import) just had very little to do, there was even a level 50 cap! Give XIV:ARR some time to truly flesh out into a good game. Give it time for the expansion to come out and see where the system is then. I can't tell you or anyone how to enjoy a game or how to use your spare time. I just find it odd if people have such hang ups with a game why the continue to stay, especially if they see no hope. /shrug
Its not quite so hard as it sounds (not to diminish it, its still a large request) and has been done for a number of other games such as everquest, runescape and theres a big push for them in lineage 2 now (theres huge demand for it there and they will be releasing over 3 classic servers to meet that demand). I don't quite know where you are getting this that all im doing is trying to make everything ffxi. You may have seen me around these boards arguing about it but 90+% of the time I am just defending it as a good game, not as much pushing for it to be everywhere. Currently the main reason I hang around ffxiv is because for the type of game it is, its decent at least and I play it with friends and family but its just not what im looking for and I doubt it ever will be what im looking for (and thats ok, I still wish that it get better for all who like it).

As for what exactly my request is, yes I want a server that plays like a certain time. This is ONLY my request because it has been tempered with realistic expectation... I mean i'd love a modern version with all kinds of new stuff, etc. but it wont happen, the development went too far in the other direction. This is a compromise of sorts.