Quote Originally Posted by Reika View Post
So then do you consider it to have been a waste of resourses to keep the servers alive for 1.5yrs while they revamp everything, since no bills were getting payed in that time frame.
They were still developing for 1.x FFXIV as well as rebuilding it for ARR as well as charging people for it (In Jan) so they were even more obligated to develop for it. The difference between then and after they go offline for the purpose of moving onto ARR, is bringing back 1.0 after everything is all said and done is a waste of resources when they already stated once 1.0 goes off, ARR beta goes up, which means they've completely moved on at that point.

Keeping 1.0 around at that time is a waste of time and resources. You can argue semantics and say the very fact you're posting on their forums is a waste of their resources, but you can't ignore the fact there's truthfully no reason to bring 1.0 back online at that point beyond pretty much what even SE stated, just to give people a chatroom basically since nothing you do will matter.