Yes, FFXIV is not FFXI, but that doesn't mean FFXIV shouldn't copy a few things that were working really well in FFXI.

We have to face it. FFXIV is never going to be a main stream MMORPG. FFXI never was main stream also. Sooner or later the biggest part of the player base of FFXIV will be the FF(XI) fan base, so if they are smart they will take the good parts of FFXI and implement those in FFXIV to get some people over from FFXI.