Keep the 14 servers down. Save money/energy SE.

[Elkwood]

So what your saying is destroy the future to live in the past, XIV is probably 10 years of profit for SE in the future, XI has maybe 2 more years of profitability left once SE irons out the issues with XIV which should be done no later then September. So for right now since BOTH XIV and XI servers use up maybe 10% of SE power consumption it is no big deal and will not hurt the people of Japan. Especially since the province where the servers are located is under 0 orders to conserve power.

[darkstarpoet1]

i'll match opinion with opinion. since xi users have a free month and are not paying for it, se is working on the new game not the old outdated one, and they need the xiv servers up for opinions why not keep the xi servers down and put up the xiv servers. it will save energy and since nobody is paying for the servers this month and they are not working on it right now they could conserve and save.

[Silverbaneg]

Why do you guys keep feeding the trolls?

[Wooba]

i'll match opinion with opinion. since xi users have a free month and are not paying for it, se is working on the new game not the old outdated one, and they need the xiv servers up for opinions why not keep the xi servers down and put up the xiv servers. it will save energy and since nobody is paying for the servers this month and they are not working on it right now they could conserve and save.

Good point. If this is still "Beta", then why not leave FFXI down so SE can aquire more information about their current title, FFXIV? It would make a lot more sense to keep FFXI down for a few more weeks, since it will also be free, and is outdated.

[Elkwood]

Why do you guys keep feeding the trolls?

Were bored and its fun

[Peregrine]

Just another child who couldn't deal with the dissappointment of the CE in any mature way. The game hurt him deeply as a naive fanboy, in ways he can't cope with like normal people. In the end his blind fanboyism screwed him over, and now this is the result. He rages and trolls, desperate for a revenge he isn't capable of exacting because in the end he's just weak. Can't put the game down. Can't get over the emo trauma.

[SheBitez]

For the very few in this thread who believe it is in the best intrest of se and Japan for them to keep the servers down longer...do your part and DO NOT log back in until you feel it has been a reasonable amount of time to do so. As for the rest of us, we will be logging in bright and early fri morning.

And as much as I bet you hate to admit it...I bet you guys who keep complaining that the servers are coming back up, will be logging in right along with us. so stfu now!

[Elkwood]

Who is your daddy and what does he do?

[Honz]

Ok OP I'll bite. FFXI is a MMO past its prime its only going to decay at this point, but most importantly FFXI has a stable player base.

FFXIV on the other hand is a new MMO with potential to be better and a dying player base. If SE shuts down FFXIV servers the game has a higher chance of dying completely. Then what would SE do from there? Make a new MMO? Considering the amount of time and money SE has already spent in keeping FFXIV alive the logical choice would be to let FFXI die instead.

Since this is only going to turn into a flame/troll thread. Mods please lock this thread.

[Martin]

No thanks, I wanna play this game as many others, so turn on the servers. If SE CAN turn them on, no matter the methods, then it's fine, it's their responsibility anyways...