Thread: Would you support a Final Fantasy XIV "Classic" option like WoW with 1.0?

Yes, absolutely. But, I can understand why SE couldn't or wouldn't do it. What I'd suggest instead is to release the source code for the 1.23 server software and allow us to erect our own private servers for 1.0, which allow us to play 1.0 as long as we own an original copy.

Originally Posted by ReynTime

Gross exaggeration parroted by people who just echo what Yoshi-P says without thinking about it.
1.X for all its faults pushed the MMO in MMORPG harder, had more depth to the job system (although at the cost of balance), and the overworld had a lot more going for it compared to being a solitaire hub for quests and zerg rushes that might as well be a gigantic lobby room.

sadly that's all that's going to happen in this thread because most of 1.0 wasn't documented nor recorded for the public to look back on and thus most playing FF14 now can only go by what other's have sad about it and the few videos showcasing a few things about it here and there.

Now while I personally know from playing 1.0 that I didn't enjoy it but I did like some things about it, like unironically the tunnels. I actually liked those long tunnels since it provided more depth to the world and in ul'dah I unironcally liked how it was before, my only grip with it was the lighting (which is a simple fix) and extending that tunnel around the map so it reached the aetheryte. I was pretty sad to see they blocked off the tunnel ingame but it's still there including the entrances to it. But whatever, it's not like they'll ever open up those tunnels again.

Originally Posted by negiman4

Yes, absolutely. But, I can understand why SE couldn't or wouldn't do it. What I'd suggest instead is to release the source code for the 1.23 server software and allow us to erect our own private servers for 1.0, which allow us to play 1.0 as long as we own an original copy.

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh... About that...

Nevermind.

Originally Posted by negiman4

Yes, absolutely. But, I can understand why SE couldn't or wouldn't do it. What I'd suggest instead is to release the source code for the 1.23 server software and allow us to erect our own private servers for 1.0, which allow us to play 1.0 as long as we own an original copy.

Considering how much 1.0 code the game is still running on, if they did let us take a look at it I wonder what weird exploits we could find.

Originally Posted by ItMe

Considering how much 1.0 code the game is still running on

it's not just code but also assets and areas which cities like Limsa are just trimmed down versions of the original one and you can still find paths and the original version still around, including in the ingame map. The worst case of this is in my opinion Limsa Lominsa lower deck where it's basically the same as it was before just missing a few things.

Originally Posted by znushu

it's not just code but also assets and areas which cities like Limsa are just trimmed down versions of the original one and you can still find paths and the original version still around, including in the ingame map. The worst case of this is in my opinion Limsa Lominsa lower deck where it's basically the same as it was before just missing a few things.

Right, but we're not gonna find odd loopholes and exploits by looking over model assets haha.
If they give us the code however...
God even just thinking about what botters could do with it. Sure a lot has changed but the bones still give a lot of info.

Originally Posted by ItMe

Right, but we're not gonna find odd loopholes and exploits by looking over model assets haha.
If they give us the code however...
God even just thinking about what botters could do with it. Sure a lot has changed but the bones still give a lot of info.

yeah there's alot that you can do with the original code for 1.0 and I have no doubt they still have it somewhere since a good number of item categories share the same name they did back then which personally i'm still waiting for the return of the Throwing Axes and Throwing Stones.

It would be cool and I would play it for a weekend just to see how things were like back them. But then I would drop it like a sack of rocks. I feel like a lot of people would do the same. Most likely would struggle staying populated.

I think a second server with the 1.0 version of FF14 would be amazing. Not everything was bad back than and the option to mix skills from different classes was nice. Walking through the zones fellt more like and adventures and dangerous than it is today. The only thing i would keep like in the current version is the market board. Checking all different retainers and zones for a specific item was a pain in the ass and extremly time consuming.