When Instance Servers Go Down [Dev]

[Rhas]

WHEN did they 'throw' out the 1.0...and start on the 2.0? Did they occupy themselves with other parts of the business and just let 1.0 sit there for say, 18 months and then start on 2.0 like maybe three, four months ago?

So unlikely.

2.0/Its been 'in production' a good while, certainly long enough for them to decide to RELEASE IT. Comeon.

It may be unlikely but its true. 2.0 only happened because of the the staff changes and Yoshi took over (after there last roadmap ended and they were free to do so), You may have not been there but as soon as yoshi was in place, he sent out that long survey on what to do with the game. Yoshi rebuilt the game from scratch due to the survey information at the time.

2.0 production didn't even come into being until later than December after 1.0 was released.

betas
1.0 Game Release
Game falls flat on its face
Tanaka steps down
Yoshi takes over
game goes free until they "fix it"
yoshi send out questionnaire trying to decide what to do with the game
december/january hit and results are tallied
2.0 decided and starts planning phase in side by side development of 1.0
content that was already roadmapped from 1.0 (tanakas era and set in stone) starts taking shape
quests implemented
other stuff added
end of the next year starts charging once again
2.0 concept art starts showing up
more things added/changed
dalamud falling starts taking place setting up for 2.0
end of the era
game goes down
2.0 starts being fully developed now that 1.0 content is no longer relevant
time passes
betas
2.0 released.

All in all they rebuilt the game in a couple short years and had nowhere the time invested as in the original 1.0. If you mean 2.0's development as about 2 or so years as a long while, then I can agree with you. But I don't personally consider about 2-3 years to reconvert a game into a new game engine a long time heheh