Thread: Please remake 1.0 in New Game+

Originally Posted by Arillyn

at times we didn't realize we were actually in an echo for example

I described this to a friend by saying "You know how confusing the first season of The Witcher was, with non-linear timelines and all? Imagine that, but with your MSQ. That was 1.0."

Originally Posted by Packetdancer

Yeah, the (as I have called it before) "Very Unfortunate Goobbue Incident" in Ul'dah took place 10 years prior to 1.x starting, date-wise, but also functioned as the Ul'dah opening storyline; if I remember right, you looked up, saw a meteor shower, heard Hydaelyn speak and immediately went FLOOP back 10 years in time and didn't even initially realize you had jumped back in time, just sort of went "Oh hey, there's a parade going on?"

(I did start in Ul'dah in 1.x, but it's been, y'know, a decade, so I may be misremembering some of the details.)

While I don't think they've outright retconned (or contradicted) any of the weird stuff the Echo allowed in 1.x, they sure also haven't gone back to touch on it; they've kept the Echo to a much more narrowly-defined powerset in A Realm Reborn and onwards. And I do think if you had the 1.x storyline accessible in the current game somehow (impractical as I believe that to be), you'd have a lot of questions about the Echo arise. Especially for anyone whose 1.x re-enactment began in Ul'dah.



You know, it's been so long since I played through that piece of story I had completely forgotten about that. But you're right, there is at least one instance of us doing this same sort of Echo-powered shenanigan even post-ARR.

I read on the FF wiki that there are some echo-time travel shenanigans involved in the Gridania story too. With Khrimm and the Hermet of the woods being one and the same. I wonder if that's true of the Limsa Lominsa story...

Originally Posted by Packetdancer

I described this to a friend by saying "You know how confusing the first season of The Witcher was, with non-linear timelines and all? Imagine that, but with your MSQ. That was 1.0."

This seems very apt.

Makes me wonder if the two who introcudeced the PC to the Path of the Twelve for Gridania and Limsa, Khrimm and Blackburn respectivelly, had bigger roles intented for them before, well, Yoshi-P took over and moved the story in another direction.

Originally Posted by AceofRains

Pick one. It’s either a patch or an expansion worth of work, not both. MSQ is done, fetch quests are redundant. There is no better time than now.

I think we can honestly say, we just don't know how much work it would be. I'm leaning towards the Expansion side myself. And we just don't know what the devs have on their plate. Either way, it would be a lot of work, on top of building up to the next expansion/'season 2' of FFXIV

Originally Posted by Terin

I dig the idea. Would be doubly-awesome if playing through its entirety could award you the "Legacy" mark, chocobo, and old goobbue mount. I mention these, specifically because most "retired" items often make their way back into the game periodically, and it seems like it could be kind of fitting to do so there.

Regardless, it would also be cool, getting a better sense of context for the events preceding ARR. Which characters we should know, better understanding of the characters and their motivations, etc.

Hmm. Probably not the best idea to offer any of those items again. Were you around when they put the White Raven earrings as a Rising event reward? The forums exploded with the outrage.



That said—I’ve always wanted to play 1.0 as it was. Horrible systems and all. A friend from college actually gave me the collectors edition. But I never had a PC strong enough to run it, so it has been a mystery to me. I’d be all for a “1.0 Classic” server or even a working private server. But I’m not foolish enough to hold my breath for it. 1.0 is a thing SE wants to bury and keep buried. Considering it almost destroyed the company and the Final Fantasy brand.

Originally Posted by HyoMinPark

Hmm. Probably not the best idea to offer any of those items again. Were you around when they put the White Raven earrings as a Rising event reward? The forums exploded with the outrage.



That said—I’ve always wanted to play 1.0 as it was. Horrible systems and all. A friend from college actually gave me the collectors edition. But I never had a PC strong enough to run it, so it has been a mystery to me. I’d be all for a “1.0 Classic” server or even a working private server. But I’m not foolish enough to hold my breath for it. 1.0 is a thing SE wants to bury and keep buried. Considering it almost destroyed the company and the Final Fantasy brand.

I'm sure PvPers would be upset if their exclusive season items (that are long unavailable) were handed out in a simple event of no effort. Same with ultimate totems

It's a matter of perspective.