I can understand a love for most older games, but MMOs? Once the newest version or expansion pack of an MMO comes out, is there any reason to stay in the old version’s world? MMORPGs are fundamentally a massive time sink and if you can show me someone who can balance two at the same time, I’ll show you someone with two computers, two brains, and four arms.

Still, Square-Enix is trying to entice Final Fantasy fans to embrace Final Fantasy 11 and Final Fantasy 14 simultaneously with a set of bonuses to players who subscribe to both games at the same time. To start, if you get Final Fantasy 14, you’ll get $5 off your subscription to Final Fantasy 11, cutting your rates down to $7 per month. The discount only works for the base subscription of FF11, and you can only get one discount per FF14 service account. According to Square-Enix, if you have two FF14 accounts and three FF11 accounts, you’ll only get $5 off on two of the FF11 accounts. According to me, if you have two FF14 accounts and three FF11 accounts, you are completely insane.

Second, FF11 players who start FF14 will find a new item in their inventory: Hermes’ Shoes. Their benefits aren’t clear, but they look like gold-plated versions of Peter Pan’s boots. They’re not exactly flattering unless you want to be the most blinged-out court jester in the land.

Third, FF11 players will be able to transfer their character name into FF14. The player name transfers into the FF14 character’s first name, while the FF11 realm name transfers into the FF14 character’s last name. This might be the only way to get a Final Fantasy summon’s name as your last name, so congratulations on your double-upped timesink, Mr. Bahamut!