Decided to try picking it up again after all so I decided to ramble about it. As I said before, I don't know if this is really a good idea, and just taking up Final Fantasy XIV is probably a better move anyway (although I'd have to borrow my brother's PS4 for that since my PC sure can't run it and they're dropping PS3 support soon), but good ideas are for other people.

Anyway, I logged in and spent my entire first day back just touring the entire world and being all nostalgic. Turns out I'm a huge sap, cuz I spent half that time getting all bummed whenever I went anyplace that used to bustle with crowds but was now a ghost town, even though that's something I should really have seen coming in an MMORPG that's older than WoW.

TBH I still wish they would consider more options than ceasing all updates now that the PS2 and 360 limitations are gone; the game's lost so much potential modernization over the years because everything still had to be made to run on the PS2 and now that the limitation's gone they're just dropping it? Bah.
(Also, it turns out that while I was gone they've added a bunch of new features I would have killed for back in the day. You can teleport between any Home Points you've already been to, the map marks important stuff on its own, a second floor to your Mog House...)