Wow! We have come a long way!

[Vejjiegirl]

So I was looking at some old 1.0 videos and after watching this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGdz1gjQPrE

I came to the realization that we have really come a long way! I don't know why, but I'm just now fully realizing how much of a great game FFXIV 2.0 is! I can't wait for 2.2 and future updates!

[Cabalabob]

Lol I found the 1.0 box the other day, I looked at the back and one of their selling points was "you can do leves!!" XD

[Vejjiegirl]

Lol I found the 1.0 box the other day, I looked at the back and one of their selling points was "you can do leves!!" XD

omg me too! I have my old 1.0 box and I always chuckle reading that XD

[Recaldy]

The physics. QQ

[KiriA500]

Ugh, it's so slow. Hard to believe that was acceptable.

[File2ish]

Ugh, it's so slow. Hard to believe that was acceptable.

It's not bad, certainly much slower than ARR, but you have to remember they were sticking to the older MMO formula rather than the more "modern" one that ARR adopted (or as some would say, WoW style gameplay). Both have their pros and cons, the slower pace of 1.XX allowed for more skills per class/job than we have now, but they were on long timers (with no global cool down ones to my knowledge, I didn't play 1.XX much at all) and normal/auto attacks were more prevalent.

[Tupsi]

It's not bad

Like many in this community, if it isn't ARR, it's a terrible, terrible MMORPG, especially if it happens to be XI and XIV 1.23 and there was absolutely nothing good about it.

They were on long timers (with no global cool down ones to my knowledge, I didn't play 1.XX much at all)

Not really - They were more hindered by TP cost if you weren't good at TP management or had Store TP materia - You also had more focus on combos that weren't just there for boosting potency a bit.

[AlexNiculaie]

Like many in this community, if it isn't ARR, it's a terrible, terrible MMORPG, especially if it happens to be XI and XIV 1.23 and there was absolutely nothing good about it.

I think the exact same can be said of those who fanboy over XI and 1.23. There are pros and cons to both styles, neither is by nature better. It's all just personal preference, and there are people on both sides who tend to forget that.

[SirSaber]

Exactly, 1.XX combat had a sort of.... rhythm to it, it's kinda hard to explain lol. And it was all about using smaller abilities to build your TP up for the stronger attacks, not like ARR where you are just burning through an already full meter.

There's a lot to like about ARR, i'm going nowhere. But had there are a LOT of things I miss/prefered about 1.XX, combat is one of them.

What I miss about 1.XX is the Music and the Graphics ( tho my PC could not tolerate them at the time ).
But I really miss the music, really, really, miss it, specially Thanalan at night.

I do not miss combat, it was too slow for me, I did not feel a rhythm like you, I felt frustrated to have to wait so long to execute a skill.
But that's just me ... and apparently allot of others too.

I think the exact same can be said of those who fanboy over XI and 1.23. There are pros and cons to both styles, neither is by nature better. It's all just personal preference, and there are people on both sides who tend to forget that.

Exactly, both had/have good and bad sides but people only look at their own opinions :/

[Tupsi]

I think the exact same can be said of those who fanboy over XI and 1.23. There are pros and cons to both styles, neither is by nature better. It's all just personal preference, and there are people on both sides who tend to forget that.

I see far more hate just mentioning SE's previous MMO/Previous FFXIV version, especially when said people even list the pros/cons though.