On New Year’s Day, as I sat under my kotatsu thinking about what to do, a television program came on talking about how the Mayans prophesized that the world would end in 2012. There was so much that needed fixing, I think mulling over it all gave me a fever. And so I began my review of all their research. After everyone went over their reports, I told them to go home and get some rest, so that I could go over the details of what they found during the New Year break and think about how to proceed. We came together to discuss the results of our findings on December 28, 2010. It was a rigorous process with many late nights. All of the core development team members were involved. Yoshida: When we realized something had to be done about Version 1.0, we first did a thorough assessment of the game’s failings and what aspects of it needed improvement. Where did the idea of tying this together with closing the servers come from? ―The Seventh Umbral Calamity was an event created as part of your plans to rebuild FFXIV. The Seventh Umbral Calamity and the Rebirth of FFXIV Looking to the Future in A Realm Reborn.From Planning to Execution─Struggles on the Road to a Realm Reborn.The Mayan Prophecy Was About Eorzea!? The Seventh Umbral Calamity and the Rebirth of FFXIV.
