Do you want to play after Character Data Save?

[Mihana]

So many downers here, to some it may not be a waste if the data isn't saved. Personally I see no big deal in leaving it up if people do want to hang around still. There's plenty of ideas here to do. Try some crazy party setups, go fight Moggle Mog wearing a chocobo mask and yukata! Team Kweh vs Team Kupo! Hold a zerg-fest against those trees near Turning Point. Cram the Garlean stronghold in Mor Dhona with so many dead bodies the imperials will have to abandon it! Make a full round trip naked starting in one city, around Eorzea and back.

* Start in Ul'dah, traverse Thanalan until you reach the Black Shroud.
* Prance through the forest up into Coerthas.
* Skip your way through Mor Dhona and exit back into Thanalan.
* Cha-cha the path to the Ferry and head to Limsa Lominsa.
* Enter La Noscea and make an entire trip counter clockwise around the island until you reach Limsa Lominsa again.
* Take the ferry back to Vesper Bay in Thanalan.
* Jump off the ferry and make a dash to Ul'dah where it ends.

Each region has their own rule. For example in the Black Shroud you must first go find Phaia and poke him without being killed. Coerthas you've got to visit Camp Crooked Fork and do a lap around the Vigil nearby. Mor Dhona you have to dance behind a Rainbow Basilisk wearing a subligar or similar item. Coliseum loincloth counts too. In La Noscea you have to switch to a DoH/DoL job and use Stone Throw on the Great Buffalo. On your way back towards Ul'dah you must stop in front of Mosshorn, blow him a kiss, and make him chase you.

I made those up at random but mix it up if you want.

[mbncd]

I definitely want to keep playing after data is saved for 2.0.

I could blow all of my cash on a chocobo Hatchingtide helmet that I was never able to get during its original event.

I could finally hunt down the owl in the Shroud -- I know it's there somewhere but have yet to find it myself and when I'm playing now I have to race to get stuff done before November so don't have much time to do fun stuff like that.

I could work on getting a gambler's crown with IV melds just to have fun with the boom box XD

I could go on a rampage killing everything in sight for no real reason then go sit amongst my gobby friends for a picnic.

I could do all sorts of things for no real reason but just because I was in a random mood and because I could. It's a game, I want to be able to have fun with it. This time limit is taking all the fun out of it for me right now. Instead of doing stuff because I enjoy it, I have to do stuff to be able to achieve my goals before 2.0 hits in case I can't do them afterwards. I want all the luminary tools for crafting before then in case crafting is harder or more expensive afterwards so I have to spam crafting now until I'm sick of it then hunt mobs for mats till I'm sick of that then rinse and repeat ad nauseum, or risk it all for the 2.0 changes.

The time after the final 2.0 save is a time for me to relax and do the things I want to do for fun, to abandon all goals and just go with the flow from one adventure to the next.

Even if I didn't want to play in that time myself though, I'd still vote to keep the servers up for those who did.



Also, there's one issue that isn't completely clear. Some people I've spoken to about this seem to believe that the game and our progress within it will not be saved at all after the 2.0 save point. I read it differently, that the 2.0 save was a special point in addition to the 1.0 saves and that our 1.0 progression would continue to be saved for this version for as long as the servers would remain up, but that that information would be too late to be ported to 2.0. For instance, say I got my gambler's crown on November 2nd. I would not have got it in time for the save for 2.0 so will not have it in 2.0. I do however think I would still have the crown on November 3rd and every subsequent login to this version of the game thereafter. Can anyone clearly confirm if my idea of continued saves for this version will be as normal after the 2.0 save? That that stuff simply won't be saved for the new version but will be saved for the current version? Thanks!

[Ksenia]

Server Transfer and a FFA PvP server.
LuLz

[Maxwell]

I want them to reactivate my XI account when its XIV is down :P