Yeah, no wonder you didn't get a response. One of the main issues with FFXIV 1.x was its gameplay. And the prolem with the gamewplay was EXACTLY that it played too much like FFXI - An obsolete, outdated style of gameplay. The only people who liked FFXIV 1.0s gameplay was people who came from XI and found it familiar. Everybody else (the vast majority) hated it with a passion.
Making FFXIV more like WoW was Yoshi-Ps MAIN idea - And it WAS EXACTLY THAT what saved FFXIV from oblivion. The MAIN difference between 1.0 (failure) and 2.0 (sucess) was the very thing you suggested to him. He must have raised an eyebrow and maybe giggled a little at your ludicrous suggestion.
