FFXIV does not need to be like FFXI

[Luvbunny]

Again with the nostalgia argument, somehow you know exactly how it was and somehow I cannot? Somehow you know exactly how I am perceiving it so that you can declare it wrong?

Yes the last patch before Abyssea, which would be during the Wings of the Goddess expansion, a fail expansion where 85% of the new zones are DEAD, no one wants to even go there to do xp party except for the colibri level synch party from level 32-38. I am a realist, as much as I love certain aspects of FFXI, I can see shit no matter how you polish the turd. Zilart and ToAU are the two best expansion that comes from pre-abyssea era. CoP is an atrocious hot mess. When only less than 10% of your players able to reach the end game zone, it's an utter fail. SE is in the game "business" - it is SE job to appeal to as many player base as possible. Classic FFXI works at one point, it will not work again, especially not now. From a business point of view, it is a waste of resource. I rather have SE focus on FF14 and current FFXI and bring FFXI to be more up par to modern game. Kudos for the new FFXI for trying to undo the atrocious mess that is classic FFXI and bringing tons of fresh new content and "remixing" some old ones.

Maybe you should try a kickstart fund and propose this to SE head of business development, obviously there must be other players like you who want "classic FFXI" - let's see if you can figure out a sustainable business model for them on how to maintain "dead old classic game where things will be left as it is and no longer updated" but if you want to play it, you still have to pay monthly subs. Good luck with that!