FFXI REMASTERED! Do eeeet!

[Venat]

XI remake isnt gonna happen until Yoshi P gives up XIV. All the funding going to 14 & 16. They already doing a bad job with xiv to even have any funds go anywhere else.
If XI remake did happen it would likely be closer to ARR then XI in terms being a casual game/themepark. Majority of XI want to go back to the old hardcore days where every level earned meaned something.
XI was made in the early Everquest days before WoW. I don't think they would ever go back knowing they make more money selling a themepark.
I personally think there's a middle ground between them but I don't think the current devs could pull it off. If they do decide to do it. Just recycle xiv engine, assets and double the size of the dev team so they can work on both games. Then have both teams help each other with like new features. Making it easier to move 1 feature to the other game.