If I was given the money, the team, and had to gamble...

[Jackl3]

I would of done ... FFXI ( lv75 cap era ) - I would of re-mastered. Period.

It all worked. Camping NM's - eventually rewarding, unique rare items, fun extreme rare items ( Kraken Club ), fun items (Ridill, Joy-toy etc). Variety of decent equipment. Crafting Armour was also useful!!!

Accomplishments, raging from easy to extreme.
Crafting worked. It paid off.
Auction House. It worked.
Fun story line / fights.
Fishing: Was fun - Fishing Devil manta for angel skin, yum.
No stupid retard vanity transports.
Items were job relevant and fun, with stats that made you go ... I want that ( Getting that Black belt for a monk? wicked )
Experience parties (Might have lowered the requirement and speed of leveling easier).
Open world Notorious monsters - Server competition. Rewards.
Combat: Getting the Armour made a significant difference. Worked. Maybe adjust speed but damn I preferred it.
Punishment for being retarded : Sneak / Invis
That element of danger from other monsters. They could that level of danger or excitement to the game!.

The hidden secrets / strategies etc that went into the game that S.E. wanted us to find / figure out.

I'd of had to hardly change anything, expect a few systems here and there to align with current trends. Old is where it's at.

I'm just an old-school guy, wishing times didn't change I guess.

[SolviteSekai]

It would fail because people these days wont play a game with that kind of slow leveling, not to mention that boring combat.

I enjoyed FFXI back in the day, but its 2013 dude.

[Trematode]

Yea those times were fun back then, I remember *Cheers*.

I know the saying "This is FFXIV not FFXI" is getting quite boring and used more then a 125lbs geek saying "U mad brah" in MMO's

But I think they doing a pretty good thing with FFXIV (Think holistic) so I think they'll introduce some of the suggestions in the near future. (Hopefully NM camping lol)

[Codek]

I just got Deja Vu of the threads on SWTOR about rebuilding Star Wards Galaxy Pre-CU changes. The funny part is that they actually did that, and as expected, no one really cared.

[Renytenz]

It would fail because people these days wont play a game with that kind of slow leveling, not to mention that boring combat.

I enjoyed FFXI back in the day, but its 2013 dude.

I believe there are enough people that don't mind extreme grind. Think about upcoming ArchAge, korean beta was tried out by many hardcore mmo gamers from around the world and is highly anticipated. Of course the playerbase probably will not be as high as more casual mmos, but it will find its market.

[Parodine]

I get nostalgic for FFXI since it was my first MMO and it took up the better part of 7 years for me, but really, it was a massive grind-fest.

Also keep in mind that it took a terribly long time for FFXI to change many things and add enough content to get it to where it was/is. I'm willing to be patient with FFXIV for a while because of that. Hopefully they'll be able to apply the lessons learned in FFXI as time went on, but I do agree that nothing has captured the magic of finally conquering the airship battle in CoP, yet. Not even a Titan HM win.

[Remilia_Nightfall]

Uh...OP, I believe you can still play FFXI if you want :/

I think that in 2013 a game like that would not be very well accepted by the critics AND the majority of the players, to be honest.

Also, what do "I would of done", "I would of re-mastered" and "I'd of had" mean?

[Monkor]

Also, what does "I would of done", "I would of re-mastered" and "I'd of had" mean?

It's just an improper sounding out of the spoken "would've" which would be "would have."

[HumsterMKX]

This may sound out of topic.

But taking the money and running away taking a gamble they will not find you be an acceptable option?

[Remilia_Nightfall]

It's just an improper sounding out of the spoken "would've" which would be "would have."

Oh.

I see - didn't know that.

Sorry for the OT :P