Thread: FFXIV 1.0 Local

One of my favorite movies when I was a kid was the Mel Brooks film "Spaceballs". Today, if I ever feel like watching it, I pop it in and enjoy it (that's what she said).

If I ever feel like revisiting Tolkein's Middle Earth novels, or Neruomancer, Jurrasic Park, Snow Crash, etc. for the zillionth time, I can always pick them up and read 'em again.

If I want to play my favorite video game of all time, Chrono Trigger, I have multiple ways to do it.

Once ARR goes live, I can no longer play through the content of the current FFXIV. By the same token, on the inevitable day the servers of FFXI are shut down for good, that game will no longer be playable.

My question for the development team is, could you consider one last update for FFXIV version 1? This would be an update that allowed the game to be played offline, and would adjust player and/or monster strength as such so all the content of the game can be completed solo.

Yes, this would mean there would probably be zero challenge involved in winning the fights, but I would want it not for the challenge as much as the ability to re-experience the story and world that we've been running around in for the past couple years, and which will soon be gone forever.

It wouldn't be hard to do, right?

I'd rather see this done with FFXI. That'd make a good solo player game to eat up vast amounts of time. Too bad they're still making content for it.

I'm 100% up for this, but I doubt It'll ever happen.

Originally Posted by AzuraSin

You want to be able to solo Ifrit? I don't understand this at all.

Without party content, what would you really be doing? Leves? Mining? Without the economy of the MW, where would you get other gear? XIV just wouldn't work as a standalone; the game would have to be completely different.

If all you care about is gear, then yes. But I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the main scenario, seventh umbral era/grand company quests, and being able to explore the landmarks of the world.

Watching that stuff on YouTube videos isn't the same.

Originally Posted by Soukyuu

There's another aspect to it: unless I'm mistaken, the game is largely server-side, monster AI, zoning, even things like buying/selling. This would mean they would have to give us the server software and... I really doubt that is going to happen...

Good point.

Originally Posted by Wynn

I understand the sentiment behind the request but I think this is asking too much of SE.

No it isn't. I gave them a lot of money for this game. And I don't even want to think about how much of my money they got for FFXI. As Joe Dirt once said, "It's not about what you want. It's the consumer."

Why am I getting a feeling of deja vu? Have we had a similar discussion before?