So you get ONE wish...

[Dreamer]

FFXI as FFXIV.
So more or less FFXI with really good graphics.

This right here

Let me be the first to say...NO. FFXI has already been done. If that's the game you want, it's still operating, and will be for some time.

[Mack]

Let me be the first to say...NO. FFXI has already been done. If that's the game you want, it's still operating, and will be for some time.

Yea, done and done better in every way. I'll take a better FFXI. I don't know what some of you guys think when someone says a better FFXI but they're basically trying to turn this into FFXI if you haven't noticed. The job system and XP chains are just a start, AF gear, to name a few. When people say an FFXI 2.0 they don't mean take FFXI and give it a graphics overhaul, they mean take the best of FFXI and build on them, not throw them out the window.

So yay for FFXI 2.0. This game will never become anywhere near as good as FFXI was (even at NA release one year after its inception).

[Corrderio]

Yea, done and done better in every way. I'll take a better FFXI. I don't know what some of you guys think when someone says a better FFXI but they're basically trying to turn this into FFXI if you haven't noticed. The job system and XP chains are just a start, AF gear, to name a few. When people say an FFXI 2.0 they don't mean take FFXI and give it a graphics overhaul, they mean take the best of FFXI and build on them, not throw them out the window.

So yay for FFXI 2.0. This game will never become anywhere near as good as FFXI was (even at NA release one year after its inception).

The thing is there wasn't a lot of "best" to take from XI. It didn't age well.

[Mack]

The thing is there wasn't a lot of "best" to take from XI. It didn't age well.

Well maybe not but FFXI still has a better world, more varied, better lore, better story, instanced BCNMs KSNMs, a threatening world with the beastmen and all, cool characters, a more rewarding battle system, a more rewarding atmosphere etc. They didn't even take the "good" from FFXI let alone the best. Look at them now, they are retracting into pretty much the same battle system FFXI had but probably faster paced. FFXI had much more good than bad, more than can be said about FFXIV. If FFXI didn't age well how do you think FFXIV aged in its first year? nothing praise worthy that's for sure.

[SuzakuCMX]

The thing is there wasn't a lot of "best" to take from XI. It didn't age well.

It's still better than what we have.

[MeowyWowie]

The thing is there wasn't a lot of "best" to take from XI. It didn't age well.

How can you say it didn't age well? When FFXI was released in Japan it was more or less a disaster. Sound familiar?

Throughout its 10 year run, FFXI turned into the game of choice for many, many players (you don't need 12M subs to constitute a great game btw.) In my eyes, it was a masterpiece and no other MMO compared to it. But that's just my interpretation. If you didn't like it, fine. But that doesn't mean it was a failure as you seem to be implying.