Its cross platform so PS3/4 can still meet PC players like before. On the password part, that's gonna be tricky

If you are on one-time-password, then only you can check via your phone. But if not, a password reset via register email is sufficient. I had to reset mine too when restarting. Its been 8 months since last login. 

The game is enjoyable if you don't chase the elite end game content. By just running the normal dallies dungen with peers, it was a good enough experience for the returning players.

Few of us quited btw 8 months to a year d. But we came back because there's no other game that offers the amount of things we can do in FFARR/Heavensward. There is many parts of things for different players. Crafters, dungen raiders, casual players etc. Even the login screen was nostalgic when we first came back. 

Ishgard was still cold and rebuilding with the tranquility music playing. It was a truly nostalgic moment when i logged in