As a 1.0 player, some things I really wish they would bring back:
- More detailed character animations
I remember even just eating things looked better in 1.0
- Bring back and repurpose some of the vastly huge maps from 1.0, somehow
I want to visit the old, vast Shroud again, with all the winding areas, I like to explore and that's something I still miss
- I'm still unsatisfied with the fact they removed Final Fantasy XI like things, instead of building on them. I like subclasses/jobs. And the 1.0 idea of making character levels and job levels separate was a great idea. It felt like building on XI. Honestly, I think this would be a better crutch for people who like using multiple jobs, than having everyone go through Palace of the Dead.
- The end of the Realm/Fall of Dalumud was one of the coolest and neatest pieces of content in the game's history, people ought to have a way to relive it somehow, there is the echo so that could be an excuse. Perhaps Rifts to all reflections of the world or something?
- Bring back city raids and world events like Dalamud, so few people got to experience how awesome that was
- I'm probably in the minority on this, but I wish they would bring back the Bazaar in addition to the Market Board
Not having a Market Board made it hard to find things. But in addition to two retainers for the market board, having two extra free retainers for a Bazaar would be nice, it was laggy back then, but I thought it was fun to be able to window shop that way
- You could repair other people's armor in 1.0, this would be really useful
- Old Coerthas
- I miss old Thaumaturge and old Conjurer
- Can we bring back sleeping nightmares, please?
Probably a bunch of things I'm forgetting. A Real Reborn is definitely a better game. But there are some things from 1.0 I miss.
More than anything, I just feel like 1.0 had a sense of wonder and felt rewarding to explore in a way that modern XIV doesn't.