Make FFXIV more like FFXI and less like WoW

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WRONG. Cutscenes in FF11 are done in the same fashion they are done in ff14. WoW had no cutscenes till Wrath of the Lich King (which came out way after FF11's cutscene system). WOW does not use cutscenes for basic quest giver dialogue. See the difference? Cinematic vs quest giver dialogue. OK?

They do, actually. They actually have cutscenes with voiced dialogue. It's not as prevalent in Cataclysm and Wrath of the Lich King content, but it is alllllll over Mists of Pandaria.

Edit: and let me restate what I edited in before "And just because something is missing/different does not make them unlike each other. They just said "Let us just leave that out (change it up) so it is not a 100% carbon copy to spare us the humiliation of being a copy-cat MMO". You are taking everything at face value and completely ignoring the whole idea of a CONCEPT. " They took a concept and built on top of it. ; It is a clone that has been enhanced/trimmed. STILL, it is a clone, but with add-ons and other things purposefully left out.

And you have an agenda. You want to be able to say that FFXIV is a "WoW-clone" and willfully ignore all of the things that make the two games different.

Pfft... way to be ignorant. You are just turning a blind-eye to the similarities between WoW and ff14 2.0: Dungeon/Raid Finder

Okay. So do Rift and SWTOR. Does that mean FFXIV is a Rift or SWTOR clone? o_O

(dailys)

Dude...I mean...dude...there are 6 dailies in this game. Six. Do you know how many dailies there are waiting for me in WoW? Over 25. That's not including my daily dungeon, daily scenario, and daily heroic.

(!)'s over NPC heads

So does every other major MMO out there, including ESO. So is ESO a WoW clone? Or a FFXIV clone, since it's not released yet? o_O

(questing being the main way of leveling up, quest HUBs)

Um...so does every other MMO out there. ESO has it. SWTOR has it. Neverwinter has it. Rift has it. So...is this game a clone of all of those?

fast-access to mount travel

It's actually easier in ESO to get a mount than it is in this game. There's no level requirement - you just have to have the gold. In WoW, you have level requriements before you're allowed to purchase the riding skill, and the speed is also bound to your level (and additional inputs of gold). In Rift, you could ride at level 1. In SWTOR, I want to say I got a mount on Tatooine? That was, what, 20 something? It was significantly easier than getting a mount in this game - all I needed was credits.

mobs stop chasing you when you get far enough,

The way mobs leash in this game is much closer to the way they leash in Rift or SWTOR than it is in WoW. You can go quite a distance before mobs give up in WoW

HM=heroic dungeons,

Okay...Rift and SWTOR have the same things. ^_^ For that matter, so does Neverwinter last time I checked? Does that mean that FFXIV is a Rift and SWTOR clone? o_O Or a Neverwinter clone? I mean, we can't pay to win there, at least...

typical raid spam 123 button to DPS or tank fights and avoid circles of death.

If this is what you think raiding in WoW involved, I feel really sorry for you. You must have raided the super easy mode content. That's not how it works in hardcore raiding, but it doesn't surprise me to see you spouting off such ignorance. I fully agree, however, that the raids in this game are boring by comparison.

The things that make it different from WoW are mainly from FF11: Cutscenes,

As others have pointed out, WoW has cutscenes and has had them since WotLK. So, for that matter, does SWTOR (an entire game basically built on cutscenes).

the FF universe, and the job/class system. But most of the other things are just WoW systems with different names and slightly changed up.

I've played WoW since Burning Crusade, and while some things are similar, anyone who thinks this is a WoW clone is deluded.

Don't be ignorant.

I think you should take your own advice.

Most of the points you are stating are basically implemented into ff14 but in a different fashion or named differently.

They're actually not, but as I said before, you have an agenda.

It doesn't matter if you can't do it or buy it the exact same way. It is basically the same type of MMO elements between the two games. Even the producer admits to following in WoW's footsteps for the base of FF14 2.0. And just because something is missing/different does not make them unlike each other. They just said "Let us just leave that out (change it up) so it is not a 100% carbon copy to spare us the humiliation of being a copy-cat MMO". You are taking everything at face value and completely ignoring the whole idea of a CONCEPT.

I really doubt they ever said anything like that. You really should take care not to insult people and show your own ignorance. I very much doubt you're sitting in their design offices.