Quote Originally Posted by Gilthas View Post
Yet most people only completed CoP after the rings were added to the game.

Hell, many people only completed RotZ after the earrings were added!

Too many people can't take off their rose-tinted glasses when they look back at FFXI. Good luck getting any quest that required a group done in FFXI if it didn't have a reward.
Not everything has to do with nostalgia, the idea might actually work if it was properly executed.