Legacy 1.23b story

[Ameela]

People will be up in arms because their character design isn't in the movie though.

It'd make sense though.
Lorewise, if you never played 1.0, your character never experienced those events.

Personally I think it'd be fine if they made a cutscene compilation with the Derplander they use in the trailers, in fact I kind of wish someone (not necessarily Square) would do that even for the 2.0-4.0 stuff.

[Hakuro89]

It'd make sense though.
Lorewise, if you never played 1.0, your character never experienced those events.

Which is exactly the point, I want to experience those events, even if I have to pay extra for it.
The only reason I didn't play 1.0 is because I couldn't- my PC at the time had less horsepower than my toaster.

[HyoMinPark]

Which is exactly the point, I want to experience those events, even if I have to pay extra for it.
The only reason I didn't play 1.0 is because I couldn't- my PC at the time had less horsepower than my toaster.

Same here. I had a good laptop, but my desktop was extremely dated. Between not having the kind of money to build a custom rig and two computers that, while they ran would have probably exploded under the load of 1.0, I wasn’t able to play it either. I don’t want to step on people’s toes with regards to Legacy stuff, but I still can’t help my desire to want the experience nonetheless.

[TristanBlane]

The only reason I didn't play 1.0 is because I couldn't- my PC at the time had less horsepower than my toaster.

LoL sameee

[Canadane]

Which is exactly the point, I want to experience those events, even if I have to pay extra for it.
The only reason I didn't play 1.0 is because I couldn't- my PC at the time had less horsepower than my toaster.

Unfortunately, it's over. A past event.

[HyoMinPark]

I'd like to experience it. But the best way would probably be as Vhailor suggested: release more source code so private servers can form. It wouldn't be the same if my character was illustrated as a Derplander fill-in. I couldn't play 1.0 despite owning a copy someone gave me because of system requirements so. Would still be nice to at least experience the story, and after watching a lot of the Speakers Network videos, to walk around the areas (particularly Coerthas) because I like that sort of thing.

[Alien_Gamer]

People will be up in arms because their character design isn't in the movie though.

I have yet to see any player express concern over any of the existing trailers or promotional movies using the derplander, I don't expect this to be different. The basic idea is to start with the existing cut scenes and add some scenes for things that weren't originally cut scenes so it all makes sense as a story. Overall its less work than rebuilding a server and you still get to experience the story.

as Vhailor suggested: release more source code so private servers can form.

I won't deny there are some talented modders out there that could do wonders with it but as ARR is still heavily based on the 1.0 server code I don't see this ever happening. Even if ARR was a brand new engine with no ties to 1.0 I would have a hard time believing SE would release their assets for free use like that.

[HyoMinPark]

I have yet to see any player express concern over any of the existing trailers or promotional movies using the derplander, I don't expect this to be different. The basic idea is to start with the existing cut scenes and add some scenes for things that weren't originally cut scenes so it all makes sense as a story. Overall its less work than rebuilding a server and you still get to experience the story.

I think for something personal like the End of 1.0, people may feel differently, especially if they would like to experience on an avatar more like their character as opposed to a fill-in. I’ve watched 1.0 cutscenes, and they just don’t feel the same with it being someone else’s character—I know a lot of people from 1.0 say the story was really lacking until about 1.2x, but I can’t help but be interested in it all the same.

At least for me. 1.23b was so pivotal and emotional in terms of the development of this game (and end of one era of it), that I think it would be a bit different than promo trailers.

I won't deny there are some talented modders out there that could do wonders with it but as ARR is still heavily based on the 1.0 server code I don't see this ever happening. Even if ARR was a brand new engine with no ties to 1.0 I would have a hard time believing SE would release their assets for free use like that.

Likewise it’s unlikely, I think, that they would ever provide a 1.23b experience for people, even if it was in high demand. Considering the impact 1.0 had on Square Enix as a company, and the Final Fantasy name. For the most organic of experiences, it would have to be a private server created by a third party, I think. There’s already a bunch of code that people have from the game files, and there have been quite a few attempts to get a Classic FFXIV server running. Sadly, I think they all lacked manpower, and have more or less died out because of that; or there are coding issues that they have attempted to work out that just take too much time to mess with (such as getting actual monsters to spawn on the map—I don’t know how complicated that actually is, but I remember reading a blog from someone trying to start a private server about having issues with that). I’m not heavily into any of this stuff, so I can’t say for certain. I’m just making assumptions based off of blogs I’ve read about it.

[Gemina]

I've already been able to get the gist of the story looking at the many videos pertaining to 1.x. A movie could still tell the story in a lesser amount of time, but either way, the interactive experience is not there and I think a lot of people would want that.

There are some really good things that could come of it even for those who already experienced 1.x. As an example many areas where left unfinished, and some even left a kind of indication that it could/would be expanded upon in future updates that would never come. Some storylines were also left unfinished. Expanding on these would provide some good incentive.

How would some mechanics be handled though? For example is it going to take away my ability to jump? If not, then a lot of areas will be able to be traversed with greater ease than those who played the old version.

It is intriguing to think about for sure, and I know I would love to experience the story even though the experience 1.x players had cannot be replicated.

[Ameela]

Which is exactly the point, I want to experience those events, even if I have to pay extra for it.
The only reason I didn't play 1.0 is because I couldn't- my PC at the time had less horsepower than my toaster.

That's fair and all but my main point is that 2.0 and 1.0 characters have completely different backstories, at least when it comes to your status at the start of ARR.
One's a green adventurer whose feats come to match those of the warriors who fought during the Calamity, thus earning the title of Warrior of Light, while the other is just a Warrior of Light the whole time, simply forgotten by time (and some magic stuff).
I kind of look at the events of 1.0 the same way I do at stuff like the battle for Doma or Ala Mhigo, they're important events but we don't necessarily need to experience them as our character, especially when they aren't supposed to be there in the first place they just give context to the story currently unfolding.