Just to say, it being a WoW clone or having WoW like features has nothing to do with its release date, yes, the game came out before WoW, but if it has adopted similar content and systems to that of WoW, you can still say it copied from WoW no different than any other game might. That being said I have no experience with WoW nor do I want to, and I have had no ability to play FFXIV either, so what I am saying is not about those games, only about the idea that since FFXI came out before WoW that it somehow can not be a WoW clone or have WoW copied features, which is simply not true.
Looking at FFXI, we don't have a lot of Quests that give XP, I'll give you that, but, with RoE, the changes to map quests(which now give XP), and the Waypoint quest that awarded XP for each new Waypoint unlocked, I can say that in recent times FFXI has moved in that sort of direction.At this point of time I've played so damn many MMO that follows quest based lving, skill rotations and holy trinity.
So far as Skill Rotations, I have the understanding that you mean using the same skills over and over in a rotating fashion which sounds similar to most jobs in this game, where WHMs spam Cure/agas, BLMs spam Stone, DDs spam the same WSs, BRDs spam Marches and/or Ballads, and so on.
So far as the Holy Trinity, we are moving in that direction as well, our Healing/Supports being our WHMs/BRDs/CORs/GEOs, our DDs being our RNGs/MNKs/DRKs/DRGs/BLMs, and our Tanks being PLDs, which is the Holy Trinity from what I understand.
So to me, seems like were getting there from what I understand.


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