Thread: Starting to look like a long downtime for 2.0

What I've found interesting about this downtime is that, if substantial, it gives players a time to get their "fix" elsewhere, and perhaps develop an attachment during said downtime there instead. Be it FFXI (imagine if the new expansion pack came out before ARR comes back online), another company's MMO, or even just offline games, not only will SE be trying to attract new players, but they'll have to work towards convincing those that have spent their time gaming elsewhere during the downtime to return before they grow attached to another game.

Originally Posted by JusticeReborn

What I've found interesting about this downtime is that, if substantial, it gives players a time to get their "fix" elsewhere, and perhaps develop an attachment during said downtime there instead. Be it FFXI (imagine if the new expansion pack came out before ARR comes back online), another company's MMO, or even just offline games, not only will SE be trying to attract new players, but they'll have to work towards convincing those that have spent their time gaming elsewhere during the downtime to return before they grow attached to another game.

I thought about that too, but I guess SE probably doesn't care if they lose some players as long as they gain a large amount of new ones.

Originally Posted by JusticeReborn

What I've found interesting about this downtime is that, if substantial, it gives players a time to get their "fix" elsewhere, and perhaps develop an attachment during said downtime there instead. Be it FFXI (imagine if the new expansion pack came out before ARR comes back online), another company's MMO, or even just offline games, not only will SE be trying to attract new players, but they'll have to work towards convincing those that have spent their time gaming elsewhere during the downtime to return before they grow attached to another game.

Or they could go play all the awesome games that got released in the last 2 years. ( games that are not MMOs I mean)

Originally Posted by Buddhsie

Interesting.. I would have thought that people experiencing other games during this time would make them look forward to FFXIV coming back even more.

Actually, both theories are true, no matter what SE do, we all have different tastes.

That is why Yoshi-P has said that this time SE will do a big marketing campaign for 2.0. We all know that server may go down on November 11 and the data will take probably a month to transfer. But Yoshi-P has mention on previews interviews that they will not repeat the mistakes of 1.0 Beta and SE will not launch 2.0 until they are completed satisfy with the Beta testing and players comments.

I think 2.0 will probably launch at the end of January to end of February. SE will do a big marketing campaign for new players and get Beta players that like to post in YouTube to keep current players excited about 2.0. Plus think about the current players, most of us are FFs series fanatics that regardless of the time 1.0 is down; we will comeback and give 2.0 a try. Maybe not at launch but we will comeback and play it.

Originally Posted by JusticeReborn

What I've found interesting about this downtime is that, if substantial, it gives players a time to get their "fix" elsewhere, and perhaps develop an attachment during said downtime there instead. Be it FFXI (imagine if the new expansion pack came out before ARR comes back online), another company's MMO, or even just offline games, not only will SE be trying to attract new players, but they'll have to work towards convincing those that have spent their time gaming elsewhere during the downtime to return before they grow attached to another game.

Or...People that have put well over 2 years into their game, and won't leave it. Seen it before, and this won't be the last time. People aren't gonna throw it away. A couple migt , but those will just be people we don't care to lose. Its only been hardcore fans that have dealth with the game since day one, that are still here. Almost all of us aren't going anywhere.

Originally Posted by SpringLeaf

Or...People that have put well over 2 years into their game, and won't leave it. Seen it before, and this won't be the last time. People aren't gonna throw it away. A couple migt , but those will just be people we don't care to lose. Its only been hardcore fans that have dealth with the game since day one, that are still here. Almost all of us aren't going anywhere.

Yeah pretty much this. I might play something else in the meantime but I've put two years into this and don't plan on letting go of it just because I quit playing for a month or so.

Plus I hope they use this time to REALLY flood us with 2.0 info.

Originally Posted by Colino

Yeah pretty much this. I might play something else in the meantime but I've put two years into this and don't plan on letting go of it just because I quit playing for a month or so.

Plus I hope they use this time to REALLY flood us with 2.0 info.

Several people are going to play some XI in the downtime or other MMOs for a short time until ARR relaunches. Though people that have stuck with it for this long are her for the long haul. The servers going down for a short time isn't going to hurt this game in the least.