FFXIV-1 reopens servers Nov 21 (tomorrow)

[Phe]

when would they shut the servers down if not enough are logging in?

[3Jane]

Yeah, I'd have to agree with this. You may actually end up confusing yourself further if you learn keyboard and mouse controls for 1.0 before heading to 2.0. The systems are going to be pretty different. Worst case scenario: you might end up hating the 1.0 KB+M controls, never giving them a real chance in 2.0 as a result.

I also played 1.0 with a controller, but I haven't decided which system I'll use for 2.0. Both new control schemes look pretty sexy in my opinion. Can't wait to try them both out!

I appreciate what you mean about the keyboard controls being different in ARR, however it's having used the controller for other games outside of FFXIV for such a long time even just the ordinary basics are going to take a lot of practice before the keyboard is familiar. Just normal things which anyone used to the keyboard would think nothing of, such as smooth navigation whilst switching from target to target attack / agro and move on in a leveling party all on the fly without awkwardness. As I say this would be ordinary unremarkable stuff to a regular keyboard user. At the moment, oh dear, this is going to take time XD

[Malakhim]

Yeah, I already uninstalled the game, so now I'm just waiting patiently until the 2.0 beta. Ironically I replaced it with The Old Republic for the time being.

[Akira_Tenshi]

I have a feeling alpha will not be starting on the 26th as for 1.0 no I wont be playing it. I had to re install windows and I don't see the point in installing the game again now. There is no point in 1.0 now progression wont be saved anyway.

[Zezlar]

when would they shut the servers down if not enough are logging in?

End of each month. So I imagine Nov 31st they will decide then Dec 31st and so on. I really don't see 1.0 making it past 2012 up and running.

[Cedri]

End of each month. So I imagine Nov 31st they will decide then Dec 31st and so on. I really don't see 1.0 making it past 2012 up and running.

Especially if a significant amount of people will be given alpha accounts.

[Quesse]

27 people online on Sarga >.>; with only 3 outside of Uldah/InnRoom

I don't see this lasting very long.

[Hysterior]

I might log in to take few pics
I usually play with not great settings but I will put everything to the max to take some nice pic then bid farewell to the game

[LlenCoram]

I was thinking of logging in, but the ending was so beautiful... Logging in now would feel strange. I'll leave it to ARR.

[Stumpedify]

I see absolutely no reason for me to log back in 1.0, especially when ARR worldwide alpha is so close. I played the recent event on GW2 for something to do, but otherwise I'm not even playing an MMO until ARR comes out.

But saying that, I also get the impression that we won't be getting access to alpha on the 26th. We would have heard something by now I'd have thought, unless they are leaving it right to the last moment to send out keys.