Quote Originally Posted by thunderbreak View Post
Games already uses this system, for example in DC Universe Online
DCUO has so far only done this a handful of times, I think once MAYBE twice, in the 5+ years its been around. They do it in a large sweep, not after X amount of time has passed. And they announce it.
FFXIV has the following factors working against it in this regard:
1) DCUO rewards altoholism. Different powers, costumes, and even story options. FFXIV does not. There are different story options for the first 20 levels based on where you start, but other than that each playthrough of the game is exactly the same. Other than wanting to try out different races or needing extra storage space, there's no practical reason to have more than 3 characters on a given server. Meanwhile in DCUO, there's an incentive to have as many as you want to try different power combinations or mentors or the like.
2) DCUO has simply been around longer than FFXIV.

So combine those factors and I wouldn't count on seeing anything remotely like what you want for SEVERAL years.