What the hell SE

[nasomi]

Sooo... You want what? Them to cancel 2.0 so you don't have to find another hobby for a handful of months? Grow up.

Way to be 8. When did I say that? Nothing anyone said was even remotely close to that.

[casevi]

you could just not play then

So basically, I can keep playing if I want, but anything I accomplish will be gone. I think not. You're going to lose a massive amount of players saying either a) you can't play for 2 months, particularly over the holiday when a lot of people have time off, or b) you can play, but we're just going to wipe out anything you accomplish.

It should not be that hard to migrate character data to the new system. People that play want to keep playing. I log in and fish in my spare time, or level some jobs, ie make progress in the game. That is completely pointless if you're just going to wipe it. It's like playing FF1 half way through, then the battery in your cartridge dies and you have to start over.

There has to be another way.

[nasomi]

things people can do while 1.0 is down:
1. Loose some weight and get healthier eating habits and exercise
2. visit their families that they never visit~
3. get out into the sun for a while
4. enjoy life!~
5. etc

1. I'm already fairly healthy, and very physically active.
2. My children live iwth me and my parents live 200 yards away. my kids walk through a field and some woods and they're in their back yard.
3. But it's the dead of winter. Outside is cold and nasty.
4. I am, but winter time I huddle down in my man cave and play video games. Like the squirrel spends the summer shoving his nuts into holes, I have done the same, so I can have a relaxing winter. I have 2 cords of wood split and will be stacked on the back porch when I put away the patio furnature, i'll be closing hte pool in 2 weeks, mowing hte lawn a final time. I'm tired, it's almost video game time.

[Nero]

1. I'm already fairly healthy, and very physically active.
2. My children live iwth me and my parents live 200 yards away. my kids walk through a field and some woods and they're in their back yard.
3. But it's the dead of winter. Outside is cold and nasty.
4. I am, but winter time I huddle down in my man cave and play video games. Like the squirrel spends the summer shoving his nuts into holes, I have done the same, so I can have a relaxing winter. I have 2 cords of wood split and will be stacked on the back porch when I put away the patio furnature, i'll be closing hte pool in 2 weeks, mowing hte lawn a final time. I'm tired, it's almost video game time.

i dont even..... O_o

[Elexia]

i dont even..... O_o

Guessing it's a guy thing, like they stick their penis into any hole they find once they hit puberty.

[TheRac25]

You obviously don't understand databases then

you dont either

[TheRac25]

It doesn't matter how simple the task is. What matters is that SE says they need a few months to complete the transfer. We just have to accept that.

they are lying to you, they think you are stupid, and you are for believing that it takes months to convert data, a 5 year old can figure out they are recycling the server hardware

[Hulan]

you dont either

Oh goodie, are we going to have a computer science off? Can I join? Disclaimer: Must be able to design to at least Boyce-Codd Normal Form to enter.

Seriously though, it's taking as long as it is taking for reasons we can only guess at. The game will loose a few subs probably, but it will retain many, many more. I think curiosity at the very least will bring back most who leave, and I'm sure Square Enix isn't going to let us forget about it. I plan on finishing up any number of games I have put on hold, maybe finally finishing up that iOS game I was working on last summer. Who knows, the break may do everyone some good, let us look at ARR with fresh eyes, as it were.

[nasomi]

Please, my tabstop is zero.

Also squirrels put their nuts into holes all summer so they can eat during the winter and don't starve to death. The story behind hte squirrel working all summer so he can enjoy the winter, while the other critter plays all summer then starves to death in the winter because he didn't prepare for it.

[Elexia]

they are lying to you, they think you are stupid, and you are for believing that it takes months to convert data, a 5 year old can figure out they are recycling the server hardware

You're just set to believe they're lying when they aren't. It does take a long time and can take a month or more to convert data to another format, especially depending on how the previous format was.

You're under the assumption they're using a basic format that you'd use for a website for example.