Final fantasy xiv 1.23b server relaunch?

[Ath192]

Always bugs me when people say XI wasn’t that big due to only half a million subscribers, I still remember having to use dial up to play when it launched, as you correctly pointed out, EQ2 is still going strong
For it’s time XI was incredibly successful, sure in the modern age it is dated, especially the things like randomly speaking to NPCs and hope they have a quest, rather than a marker, but I use to spend hours in some zones just taking in the scenery

If there was a demand for it then, I feel there would be a demand for it now. Sure some of us may not have the time (even myself, I mean I have work and family) to prog it every day but there are A LOT of people who do. Labor force participation is shrinking meaning more people don't work and get sustained by someone else, there are still plenty of kids and college students that don't do anything during the summer and for people like us we would just go slower. The disabled would have an easier time playing something like that than say.... IDK trying to clear a savage or ult where the pacing means you're always moving and pressing buttons really quickly.

I just feel a well executed, modernized version of a progression focused and slow paced MMO would find the same crowd of fans it did back then when the gamer pool was a lot smaller and had more challenges.

Given that no company wants to gamble though, I feel remaking XI with XIVs Engine and seeing how that venture goes would be a great way to save costs and try it out. Especially with the graphics update is receiving in 7.0. I mean XI fans would be over the moon with a nicer looking version of their MMO.

Or unreal, since they're using that over at CBU1, which ever proves economical and more upgradeable in the long run.