Plausibility of an FFXIV 1.23 Offline Edition

[Vilhem]

It would require rewriting much of the game code (both server and client side), a lot of balancing (player vs mob etc), the need to incorporate NPCs to fill up your party list..these are just -some- of the things off the top of my head they would need to do to adapt it to a console type of system.

Basically..it'd be faster for them to use the assets they already had (3d models, environments, storyline) and create it again from the ground up and draw out the storyline more (ie give it a bit more linearity).

It's pretty much what they did with ARR, except the output is an MMO. They'd have to start from ground up again for an offline version of 1.0.

wishful thinking, for sure. I would certainly love something like this :/

[Mjollnir]

It would require rewriting much of the game code (both server and client side), a lot of balancing (player vs mob etc), the need to incorporate NPCs to fill up your party list..these are just -some- of the things off the top of my head they would need to do to adapt it to a console type of system.

If you could make and control multiple characters, ie a party/alliance's-worth it would remove any requirement for NPC AIs and mob-balancing; it could all be left in its original form.

[indira]

It would require rewriting much of the game code (both server and client side), a lot of balancing (player vs mob etc), the need to incorporate NPCs to fill up your party list..these are just -some- of the things off the top of my head they would need to do to adapt it to a console type of system.

Basically..it'd be faster for them to use the assets they already had (3d models, environments, storyline) and create it again from the ground up and draw out the storyline more (ie give it a bit more linearity).

It's pretty much what they did with ARR, except the output is an MMO. They'd have to start from ground up again for an offline version of 1.0.

wishful thinking, for sure. I would certainly love something like this :/

wouldnt have to rewrite anything, a few scripts for AI and they tone down the higher level mobs and let you install the server on you computer then thats it.
but once the server is out for DL pirate server will pop up and no way SE will let that happen so no way we will see 1.23 for solo play.