Thread: Why didn't they wait until 2.0 was ready to shut down 1.0?

I was just wondering this lately. It looks like the shutting down of 1.0 was on schedule with the timeline of patches and end of the world changes presented in the road map earlier this year. But if the testing and development of 2.0 was pushed back a few months from the projected release date, why didn't they leave 1.0 up and wait for the world to end with that setback in mind? Or at least wait until Beta testing was complete or nearing completion to announce the end the world?

I am thinking they should have left the final save date as tentative as the release date planned for 2.0 in order to have a smooth transition. Does anyone know of the reason? I'm not trying to be petty or complain, I'm just wondering if there is anyone else wondering this, and what the reason might be?

I had this question too.

However Yoshida has very recently answered it. Ill paraphrase till I can find the quote:

EDIT: Nix has given the quote - check the post below me :P

"I understand that you want to keep playing but also know that as a developer I cant allow a game to run without continued support and content (updates)"

Also there is the issue of converting the data over - it may have been too costly to create a system that converts data on the fly (converting up to a point and then maintaining a convert after each log off or w.e) and as ARR is priority they redirect resources as efficiently as possible (and this what you have now).

With what they have they are doing the best they can.

Here you go~

Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida

Ever since the final save maintenance was performed, the whole team has been totally focused on A Realm Reborn.

I understand that there have been a lot of comments mentioning that it would be fine to keep running the current FFXIV since it's not just a direct transplant to A Realm Reborn.

However, as I've said previously, including the players who have stopping playing, there are over hundreds of thousands of character data to be put into A Realm Reborn. In order to convert this data into FFXIV save data it will take a month even when running the servers 24 hours.

With that said, we had to perform a final save at some point, and we decided to end it on 11/1 since we wanted to give advance notice. It was also it was an important factor for A Realm Reborn scheduling and making it so all staff could focus on it.

Being an MMO gamer myself, I understand extremely well the pain of losing a place that you gathered with friends to share pain and joy for 2 whole years. I'm trying my best to cut the time it will take to return to the world of FFXIV by expanding the number of participants for the Alpha Test and Beta Test this year.

While I can also understand the comments saying that it's fine not to make more updates and they wish we had waited until the last minute to save, as someone who operates MMOs, I felt that continuing to leave a world that is not updated wasn't even an option.

very well then

game is uninstalled since its a new client x_x to those still playing have fun~ see everyone in 2.0 o.o/

Originally Posted by Uriahnool

very well then

NO! You must stretch this out ad nauseum! Accepting this answer so readily is far too level-headed! You know that these forums are powered by flames and trolls, your civility wil starrrrrrrrve it... ; ;

Originally Posted by Duuude007

NO! You must stretch this out ad nauseum! Accepting this answer so readily is far too level-headed! You know that these forums are powered by flames and trolls, your civility wil starrrrrrrrve it... ; ;

Originally Posted by Vilhem

Thank you for that. Disaster averted.