FFXIV does not need to be like FFXI

[Redemption]

Thank You OP for bringing this petition to my attention. For what its worth, I signed it.

Thank you

My question is what the Hell would you do on these "classic" servers? I know the only content I would have personally would be to build relic weapons through what would be the old multialliance requiring Dynamis or build mythic(s) through ToAU stuff. With no new content to look forward to on this server though what would be the point? I do agree however that XIV does not need to be XI-2.

This is kinda confusing, there was lots of endgame to be doing in classic (sea, sky, various nms, limbus, nuzul, einherjar, dynamis, salvage, etc.) so... I guess i'd be doing all that, leveling characters in parties again, crafting doing missions. True that there wouldn't be new stuff coming but with how new stuff is I would rather that then nothing and I think it would still be a lot of fun to do.

[Nalien]

True that there wouldn't be new stuff coming but with how new stuff is I would rather that then nothing and I think it would still be a lot of fun to do.

I'm sure it would be, but I don't think the demand would be there. They've kind of done something like this in the past; after the final save of 1.0, they brought the servers back up so people could play and said they'd keep it up as long as there was a demand, but there was virtually none. I remember wanting to do The Raven, Nevermore after the final save, and there were three people (including myself) on the server. Granted, this would be somewhat different to that, but it has it's own problems; I played XI, I don't really know why I'd want to replay it at this point.

I guess they could trial it, but I really don't think it would draw a large enough crowd to be feasible.

[Redemption]

I'm sure it would be, but I don't think the demand would be there. They've kind of done something like this in the past; after the final save of 1.0, they brought the servers back up so people could play and said they'd keep it up as long as there was a demand, but there was virtually none. I remember wanting to do The Raven, Nevermore after the final save, and there were three people (including myself) on the server. Granted, this would be somewhat different to that, but it has it's own problems; I played XI, I don't really know why I'd want to replay it at this point.

I guess they could trial it, but I really don't think it would draw a large enough crowd to be feasible.

Huh? I was here for that, I am pretty sure that was going to be brought down at a set time. The reason nobody was playing it, is the server was no longer being saved and no data would transition over to 2.0... it wasnt meant to be for people who liked 1.0, it was just being held up for people to play til they wanted to bring it down.

[Nalien]

Huh? I was here for that, I am pretty sure that was going to be brought down at a set time. The reason nobody was playing it, is the server was no longer being saved and no data would transition over to 2.0... it wasnt meant to be for people who liked 1.0, it was just being held up for people to play til they wanted to bring it down.

I'm fairly sure I remember them intending to leave it up longer if there was a demand for it. Also, it was purely for people who liked 1.x... People weren't going to play it otherwise, were they? The only reason they left it up was so people could continue to enjoy it. People didn't want to though, because progression didn't mean anything, which would really be the same for what you're proposing; sure there is a lot of content to go through, but it's still finite. Eventually you'd be done with it, with no updates people tend not to tolerate a MMOs grind. Sure some will, but probably not enough to actually allow it to function.

[Redemption]

I'm fairly sure I remember them intending to leave it up longer if there was a demand for it. Also, it was purely for people who liked 1.x... People weren't going to play it otherwise, were they? The only reason they left it up was so people could continue to enjoy it. People didn't want to though, because progression didn't mean anything, which would really be the same for what you're proposing; sure there is a lot of content to go through, but it's still finite. Eventually you'd be done with it, with no updates people tend not to tolerate a MMOs grind. Sure some will, but probably not enough to actually allow it to function.

There was no option when it was up, it wasn't a throwback, they were shutting down to prepare for 2.0 which wouldn't launch for another half a year. Even if they said they would keep it up longer (which Im pretty sure it was not phrased that way, I sortof remember them being somewhat flexible on it) it doesn't matter because people not liking it was not the reason they didn't play it, they didn't play it because their progress was GUARANTEED to be deleted when 2.0 went live and at the time nobody knew what 2.0 was going to be like.

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Thank You!

[Amberion]

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If I remember correctly, they also gave everyone the relics. Not sure if they gave anything else.

But if there is nothing more to strive for in a game, what's the point of playing it? So of course people would leave the server.

FFXI have a lot of things depending on what expansion. Personally, I would love to play on a server with the patches before the RNG nerf.