If SE started a new server.

[Kitsumi]

That would not allow server x-fers, but would only allow the creation of new characters on that specific server. Do you think this would be a benefit to new/newer players as an option? Or just a stupid idea completely.

Was brought up on ventrilo the other night and I was just wondering what you all might think.

[Chen]

0 gear for them to get off the ah, probably no economy, no help for doing af quests/level caps. would need to be a very friendly server to get anything done, also, half the ppl who play this game couldnt get past the dunes of they didnt have a pl.

would be fun with all the unclaimed nm's <3

[spooky]

Wouldn't it just start off like the xbox beta? lol

[Kyreth]

I've seen new servers on other games. It's actually fun, since "item glut" and the like doesn't exist, and there's elbow room all the way to the top.

My dream server? Resets every year in an apocalyptic event that destroys the world. The "epic fail" server. Call it Ultros.

The Jeuno brothers win, open the gate, Vana'diel goes *BOOM*. (Zilart)

Next year, Bahamut and the Wyrm Horde purge world of life. (CoP)

Then Alexander and Odin brawl. World reduced to scorched embers. (ToAU)

Beastmen win in past. World becomes Shadowreign in the present and the races of Altana become extinct. (WoTG)

...and so on. Even if it was just epic cutscenes, it'd be worth doing.

[Shadowed]

That would not allow server x-fers, but would only allow the creation of new characters on that specific server. Do you think this would be a benefit to new/newer players as an option? Or just a stupid idea completely.

Was brought up on ventrilo the other night and I was just wondering what you all might think.

Sadly, there would not be enough people willing to give up on their mains to come and help out the new people that are intrested in something like this. Though, that is how I feel and there may be some people who have done everything they wanted to and would be intrested in that.

[RKenshin]

Maybe a year ago, but I don't think that enough people are starting to play FF now. And probably not enough people willing to do it all again either.

Even on more crowded servers it's difficult to get PTs together, and the solo life in this game is rough. I think it'd just be a repeat of when the game first came out where a good deal of people got to level 10 and quit, only worse.

[Falisa]

This is always something I would have loved to try, and something I've mentioned to a lot of people that I think would be awesome if SE actually did something like this. But though thinking more and more about it that it would be a lot of trouble when it first started (very crowded newbie areas, hard to get any good gear starting up because even some of the level 10 equipment is made by crafts in the high levels). I still would do this if it ever happened though.

[Charismatic]

Give me a free ride on CoP and I'd do it.
But fuck doing all those long-ass missions over again.

[Fadian]

that would be pimp actually. people have to learn to play the game and their jobs. work together to get through dunes. do missions/quests and so on. economy might suck at first... but then again RMT heaven to have this because there would be plenty of people who would want to get ahead of everyone else and would buy gil.

[friedfunk]

I remember the old days playing Diablo 2 in Hardcore Mode... that would be cool if FFXI had the same. They should make a new server that is Hardcore only.

Basically if you get knocked out, there is no raise... you gotta start leveling your char from scratch. In Diablo2 you could allow people to loot your gear so you can have it transferred back but it would more fun if the gear got nuked too.

They'd have to add a couple more starting areas and a ton of starter mobs so people can get through the early levels quicker, but damn that would be fun. Being a decked out 75 would actually mean something again...

[Tokitoki]

I remember the old days playing Diablo 2 in Hardcore Mode... that would be cool if FFXI had the same. They should make a new server that is Hardcore only.

Basically if you get knocked out, there is no raise... you gotta start leveling your char from scratch. In Diablo2 you could allow people to loot your gear so you can have it transferred back but it would more fun if the gear got nuked too.

They'd have to add a couple more starting areas and a ton of starter mobs so people can get through the early levels quicker, but damn that would be fun. Being a decked out 75 would actually mean something again...

Would be too much risk on a lot of the endgame mobs.

[Zoot]

I think if they did this, it would become predominantly populated with older players making new accounts with the goal of abusing the system and controlling the market and HNM scene as quickly as possible. Polluting the "fresh start" idea of the server.

[Maxxthepenguin]

I think if they did this, it would become predominantly populated with older players making new accounts with the goal of abusing the system and controlling the market and HNM scene as quickly as possible. Polluting the "fresh start" idea of the server.

And it would be awesome to see the new methods of making money fast and leveling fast that people would adapt to find out and dominate the HNM scene with. Will there be certain HNMs that would be too hard to assemble and grow a team in 12 months to handle?

I've posted this idea before; I really think a server that resets every year or so would be awesome and would do a LOT to refocus and rebalance the game in interesting and new ways.

[Seigfried Of Pandy]

if anything SE might have to start thinking about closing servers, just not enough new players anymore id say.

[Falisa]

if anything SE might have to start thinking about closing servers, just not enough new players anymore id say.

No thanks... less people per server would be nice for HNM imo. fk yes claiming everything.

[Ryko]

Dead Game

[Zoot]

I think if they did this, it would become predominantly populated with older players making new accounts with the goal of abusing the system and controlling the market and HNM scene as quickly as possible. Polluting the "fresh start" idea of the server.

And it would be awesome to see the new methods of making money fast and leveling fast that people would adapt to find out and dominate the HNM scene with. Will there be certain HNMs that would be too hard to assemble and grow a team in 12 months to handle?

I've posted this idea before; I really think a server that resets every year or so would be awesome and would do a LOT to refocus and rebalance the game in interesting and new ways.

Would just seem trite and overdone to me. None of that hay a new MMO feeling. Just a race to see who you can screw over that would be over and done with some haijins in eight months tops. But, to each his own. Any new players would still be light-years behind within months.

[Maxxthepenguin]

I think if they did this, it would become predominantly populated with older players making new accounts with the goal of abusing the system and controlling the market and HNM scene as quickly as possible. Polluting the "fresh start" idea of the server.

And it would be awesome to see the new methods of making money fast and leveling fast that people would adapt to find out and dominate the HNM scene with. Will there be certain HNMs that would be too hard to assemble and grow a team in 12 months to handle?

I've posted this idea before; I really think a server that resets every year or so would be awesome and would do a LOT to refocus and rebalance the game in interesting and new ways.

Would just seem trite and overdone to me. None of that hay a new MMO feeling. Just a race to see who you can screw over that would be over and done with some haijins in eight months tops. But, to each his own. Any new players would still be light-years behind within months.

...right, my vision isn't a vast equalizing field for making newbies not be newbies, it's equalizing to show knowledge of all facets of the game and how somebody who has all the extensive knowledge can get ahead in new and interesting ways. It would be a completely different game with all sorts of new competitive possibilities.

[Zoot]

I understand what you mean, like starting out on a blank canvas. My view is that I already know what the portrait is going to look like in the end. But I see the appeal it could have for some people.

[Thistle]

You know, at first I didn't like this idea. I don't want to go back to a time where I don't have a chocobo license, enough money to put oils/powers, get aggro in every zone, etc. But then I got to thinking about it, about how it'd be a test to use your knowledge of the game to get ahead fast. I'd love to see how quickly I could get myself and various mules high enough in crafting to take over a market, especially when others would be doing the same. The whole 'race against time' thing plus knowing that in a year you'll get to try it over again would make it a whole different game... It could be really cool.