I ended up going along with it. And i can now play i just have one account with my characters and one empty. I logged in the first time and it asked if i wanted to use FFXIV 1 or 2. I chose 1 of course and now im in the game with my characters and hotbars the only thing that changed was some settings i adjusted like UI size and what not. It even no longer asks me which account i want to use. I hope it doesnt come back to bite me later somehow. Thank you all for your responses i really appreciate it.