LOL I know the game has life in it. I'm not saying "When is it going to end!?" I'd love to come back and play really. I've been out for a year. I'd really like to post this on the official forums, but since I can't w/out an active account, I thought I'd discuss it here.
I read a recent article on arstechnic:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/02/the-day-the-mario-kart-died-nintendos-killswitch-and-the-future-of-online-consoles/ Its about Nintendo taking down its servers for the Wii and DS games for online play. the Nintendo Titles can only connect to Nintendo's servers for online play, but it doesn't really have to be that way. When Nintendo stops running the servers, why not let others run their own servers. I would like this even more for FFXI and I don't think I"m the only one.
There have been several projects for private servers of Final Fantasy XI also. I've logged into a few before but they didn't keep my attention. However, I would love to see up an FFXI Server to play w/ my sons and maybe a friend or 2.
Final Fantasy games have been known for their longevity and replay value. That's a huge reason FFXI is still running. but eventually I think it will end. I hope someone would make a thread on the official forums and suggest they think about this. It would be a great way to immortalize ffxi when they no longer will maintain it.
What do you think?