I played FFXI under Bruteforcer for about 3 years before switching to FFXIV in 2010, and stuck with it even after a lot of people went back, and left for other games. During the transition of ARR from Bodum to Excalibur my character got wiped out. I've made several attempts to get them to restore the character over the years but no dice. I downloaded the PS4 demo recently and thought about playing more, because the leveling is 10x faster now, but, I really can't get over the deletion, and Square really doesn't care. I like the game but it bothers me because how would I know if the same thing wouldn't happen again? They also don't let you post in their forums to discuss these kinds of things without paying. Has anyone been around since then? I don't have any friends that play anymore but I never thought to research or ask did this happen to a lot of people during that transition?