Again, I rather liked the original game as well, and feel like it just needed more time. It's got to be devastating to K&T, to see their vision, their baby, basically scrapped and completely remodeled.

Yeah it was kind of a pain carrying around so many items for repairs, but I liked the sort of realism it brought - along with the extra dependence on DoH & DoL classes, keeping them just as relevant as the DoW & DoM.

Honestly, I'm somewhat surprised they aren't going to just rollback our characters completely. It's going to be similar to FFXI all over again, when the JP had a 2-year head start on us NA players. It just seems so wrong, given the dramatic changes that are going to occur. I mean, what the hell? We're starting fresh in a new world - but with pre-leveled characters? What?


On the flipside, a wipe would really piss a lot of us off. I'm already kind of miffed that I'll be axing my character (largely because I can FINALLY play a Male kitty, something I've been waiting for since XI came out) though that doesn't bug me too much so long as I can transfer my gil etc etc (so I'd make a mule then delete the original character I guess idk). Never mind the effects this could have on the economy, though pre-established prices & standards could be a good thing.

It's all just a bit much to absorb at the moment.