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Isn't it tradition for every final fantasy game to have a complete unique experience from one another? Like different battle systems/stories/environment etc? I believe that was what FFXIV was trying to accomplish and failed.
Actually no..it's not. FF games actually are similar to another in many ways, just not a direct expansion. I.E: engine reuse

FF11 and FF12 are the greatest near brothers, as FF1-FF4 barely changed back in those days and quite similar FF 6 and FF9, FF7-FF8, etc. The projects end up like that due to who gets put in charge and what seems popular, etc.

Even FF spirit within...you can see a lot of resembles to FF8 of due to their staff.

Messing with success is never something to take lightly. Being forced to mess with success can be disastrous as we see in hindsight.