Do you miss PlayOnline?

[ThePatriarch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZkVv4pJqNc - Main Login Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01MYn...eature=related - More Playonline OST Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSUNF...feature=relmfu - optional music for POV

Brings back a flood of memories

Oh and yes, I'd love some Playonline viewer type stuff. Use to sit in the chats during maintenance, or play some Tetra Master!

[Keres]

You mean that HTTP transfer that buckled when more than 12 people tried to download the patch at the same time?

The way that it downloads every individual file sequentially -- making a baseline update take several hours -- is the best part.

I believe that that part was a PS2 limitation, but it's a shame that current players on the PC are still saddled with it.

[Wolfie]

The way that it downloads every individual file sequentially -- making a baseline update take several hours -- is the best part.

I believe that that part was a PS2 limitation, but it's a shame that current players on the PC are still saddled with it.

It's a limitation of SE not really having enough knowledge of how to make and administer PC games. We have a terrible torrent client as a patcher now, and SE in their infinite wisdom does not have any official dedicated seeders. You'd think that a multi million dollar company can afford to keep a dozen or two seed boxes running 24/7 for people who are patching the game.

[Punainen]

Not really. It was a hassle to log in and out (Why did I have to log in twice??). And going through to change account settings was a nightmare.

[bahley]

Anybody else remember this trailer back from before FFXI came out? It was pretty funny back then, but it's even funnier now in retrospect knowing what PlayOnline turned out to be.

lol I remember seeing this on Gamespot years ago and thinking... wtf..??? but I couldn't stop watching, and ended up watching it several times.

[Leyza]

Not really. It was a hassle to log in and out (Why did I have to log in twice??). And going through to change account settings was a nightmare.

Yep.

And let's not forget what happens when you lose your PlayOnline ID... Then the real fun begins. >.<

(Missed out on about ten days of my Final Fantasy XI trial because of that. >.<)

[Punainen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZkVv4pJqNc - Main Login Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01MYn...eature=related - More Playonline OST Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSUNF...feature=relmfu - optional music for POV

Brings back a flood of memories

Oh and yes, I'd love some Playonline viewer type stuff. Use to sit in the chats during maintenance, or play some Tetra Master!

I always liked this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JUyEJPcf-o

[Leep]

Can't I just click play?

[indira]

hell no took like 5 mins to even get ingame.

[heit]

I kinda miss PlayOnline. I remember you can change the music, and I can still hear them now. Ahh nostalgic. And then seeing the little (m) symbol at the top right, meaning you received a message from a friend. I remember in 2003, I was only 14 yrs old then, I used to be like, omg omg, my online friends sent me messages!!!

Do you want PlayOnline to return or not? Discuss below.

It was a nice idea, though I feel they didn't spend a lot of time designing it in terms of practicality.

Perhaps instead of making us go through 4-5 pages before getting what we wanted, it would have been nice just to have a button to click and launch the game on demand (unless it changed after 2006?).

I did enjoy the music and colours etc. however.

So I suppose I miss the ambiance it brought with it... but certainly not it's practicality.