Make FFXIV more like FFXI and less like WoW

[Redemption]

I'm just curious with all the people complaining about XIV and how it NEEDS to be more like XI, why aren't you just playing XI? It's still available to play and they still put out content regularly. You know what I remember about XI. I remember how you had to grind everything right out of the gate from lvl 1-50 (yes I played XI before the NA release with Rise of Zilart). I remember how difficult it was to create a pt as a DD, sometimes sitting around for weeks in Jeuno and even after rolling a tank it wasn't much of an improvement. I realize the FFXIV isn't for everyone, and I certainly agree that there needs to be more content, difficulty, and a sense of community, but I don't want to see another FFXI. Also for those that didn't play FFXIV 1.0 it was a lot like FFXI with similar combat style and menu layout and it was considered so difficult to cope with that SE tore it down and rebuilt it. Just saying.

The reason I personally am not playing ffxi is because ffxi is not ffxi anymore, its something else that was all to recently made worse by the application of ideas learned from our very own yoshida. I remember all the same things you do from ffxi, I also remember a lot of the more important fun times that came with that. People always are very quick to say "this was something I didnt like" but it was part of the journey, I remember the hard time I had getting my Dark Knight AF helm... It took me quite a while trying to get some people to help and then I had to climb the maze to actually get to the fight but it was all for fun. Why do people expect to never have to do this?

Furthermore, why is it somehow not ok to have another ffxi styled game? There are already tons of wow-wannabe games out, so what exactly is not ok about 2 - 3 ffxi alternatives?