Final Fantasy XIV 1.23b - Would you Play it if Available?

[Moxas]

I would play it for an hour or 2 for nostalgia purposes.

I wanna see the ship bay in Limsa, I wanna go back to the old Coerthas (not the current snowy one) that was my favorite area and it was massive, and explore Mor Dhona again, it was waaaaay bigger, also i want to fight the in deepest parts of the maps, with level 99 mobs.

I also loved the seamless world, the world was realllly reeeeeally huge, even if it was copy and paste, it felt like an actual world, i think we might reach that size in stormblood? with PS3 support gone, they might start getting serious, idk, the loading check points will still kinda ruin the immersion.

[Nexxus]

They just have to give FFXI (not the XIV) a graphical enhancement (with no loading screen between zones) similar to FFXIV 1.0 to have a great game like 1.23b.

[Khaidal]

They just have to give FFXI (not the XIV) a graphical enhancement (with no loading screen between zones) similar to FFXIV 1.0 to have a great game like 1.23b.

Just to clarify, you mean pre-Abyssea FFXI right? Ever since they introduced the Trust system, most non endgame stuff can be done solo.

[delukard7]

Just to clarify, you mean pre-Abyssea FFXI right? Ever since they introduced the Trust system, most non endgame stuff can be done solo.

It has to be pre-abyssea, and yes trusts IMHO it was a necessity in a very old game. And also provides some fan-service.
TBH i dont see how square could win in this sceneario, some people liked FFXI TOAU, ad disliked WOTG, but i can say for sure at least half the players disliked abbysea, (i didn´t to me was a breath of fresh air)

[Skivvy]

They just have to give FFXI (not the XIV) a graphical enhancement (with no loading screen between zones) similar to FFXIV 1.0 to have a great game like 1.23b.

I would be all over that. I've played both XI and XIV for many years, and to me, XI is far superior - even with it's clunky system and outdated graphics. I've tried to lure many people to that game, but it is not all that friendly to new players, although it is possible to work past that. lol.

I was one of the people who dropped out of 1.0 very early on, but I wish I had stuck around to make it to 1.23. XIV ARR is a pretty game, but it's so damn shallow. I think 1.23 definitely would have been more up my alley.

Also, regarding the 7th umbral private server for 1.23 (this was mentioned earlier in the thread) - it's not even a functional game. There are some zones, some random mobs, but you can't really do anything. Unless there is another private server out there that I'm not aware of, people need to stop telling people to go play there - because you can't. :P

[KisaiTenshi]

I was one of the people who dropped out of 1.0 very early on, but I wish I had stuck around to make it to 1.23. XIV ARR is a pretty game, but it's so damn shallow. I think 1.23 definitely would have been more up my alley.

Also, regarding the 7th umbral private server for 1.23 (this was mentioned earlier in the thread) - it's not even a functional game. There are some zones, some random mobs, but you can't really do anything. Unless there is another private server out there that I'm not aware of, people need to stop telling people to go play there - because you can't. :P

There's actually two different PS. They're basically just replaying packet logs from when the game was operational, and not really emulating the server, everything is hardcoded into it. So it's enough to induce playback of some of the cutscenes, but not enough to actually get the context for them.

[Orrias]

Hello!

Today I come to pose a question I'm not sure has been discussed here before.
Because my computer back in 2010 was unable to run Final Fantasy XIV, I waited for the PS3 version that never came. I started playing ARR on September of 2013, and despite loving it, I always came across comments from friends or people online, who'd say that the original version was actually pretty good during its final months, and I even found some people who said they liked it more than ARR... so I've always just been wondering about that game, and what would it feel to play it. Not be told what it was to play it, but actually experience it.

So here's my question:

If Square made it possible to play FF XIV on it's 1.23b version... would you play it? Would you pay for it, even if it was a one-time payment?

I know for SE this idea would be 100% pointless. But just as a question...

Would you play it?

As an Alphatester for 1.0, a resounding no.

The game was designed w/o any care or thought for the MMO market, at the time. The directors and producers (who were also D/Ps for FF11) basically gave the world FFXI 2.0. SE learned their lesson and FFXIV:ARR-SB is doing exactly what it needs to do - understand the market and listen to the playerbase/engage more. For those unaware, you could typically go many, many months (and in some cases, years) w/o any real feedback from devs, for MMOs. The premise of the MMO (at the time), was that to 'progress', you grinded and paided your sub for that privelage. Many systems in MMOs (inc. FFXIV 1.x) included game systems which stratified and straight up gated/hindered progressing your character - presumably to prolong subscriptions, in reality.

[Lirion]

Absolutely not. Even though it got better towards the end I don't find it anywhere near as fun as FFXIV is now.

[Evergrey]

I would probably play through it once to see how it was since I never played it except a few lvls in the Beta.
And if you could get achivements and items from 1.x to ARR, even better.
Like how GW1 can give you special items in GW2.

[Ametrine]

I just realized I didn't give a response to OP.

My first real exposure to FFXIV was watching a long compilation of Ul'dah's 1.0 story mode. I loved it. I am fully convinced this first impression why I get a bit salty when I see people bashing Minfillia. All that backstory just poofed away for 2.0...

But, anywho, as for the question, maybe? If it were free, I would try it, but I can't see too much reason to stick to it. I wanted to play 1.0, but the gaming rig I finally bought for it missed being delivered by a few day, and thus I missed that final sign-up cut off by a few days. I wasn't supposed to play 1.0, I suppose.

And as hawk focussed as I was to 1.0 and 2.0 news, I've never heard of that 1.0 side server. I would've tried it out.