Say Goodbye to Final Fantasy XIV 1.x’s Servers

[Raistlin]

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Last month after the finale of Final Fantasy XIV 1.x and sever shutdown, the worlds were brought back up so that people could still play on the 1.x servers while waiting for the highly anticipated relaunch of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (albeit with everything done after that point not brought over to ARR). There was one condition: that 30% of the active subscribers log in every month. If not enough people played the game, the servers would be brought back down again.

The Lodestone is now reporting that all Final Fantasy XIV 1.x worlds will be shut down on December 31, 2012 at 6:59 AM PST (2:59 PM GMT), this time apparently for good. No reason was stated, but a link was posted for more details to the previous update that discussed the aforementioned conditions for the servers to stay up. It looks like not enough people logged on over the last month, and so the servers are being shut down again.

So be sure to log in and have fun while you can, and say goodbye for FFXIV 1.0, this time for good. It had a very rocky history, but it came a long way, and grew into something actually worth playing. The extent and quality of the work put into making 1.0 playable has certainly raised expectations for A Realm Reborn.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Hmmm, maybe this also means that the Beta will start soon for ARR?

[Raistlin]

We have yet to see an updated development timeline that was originally supposed to be publicized at the end of last month, but I believe the beta is supposed to start soon, at least in January sometime.

[Ouch!]

They have hinted strongly, as Raistlin suggests, that beta should be rolling out in early 2013. Alpha testing officially ends soon, but they're planning on leaving the servers up until the end of the month. Based on the developer blog, we should probably see the new roadmap in a few days (Christmas present?!).

[Loony BoB]

Hoping for a Christmas present, but it's more likely we'll see something in January, I think. D= The only definition we have for how long it is before it's released is "hopefully soon" which can be accurately translated into English (from SE-talk) as "between tomorrow and one year from now."