Make FFXIV more like FFXI and less like WoW

[Velhart]

That it changed from having a strong hold on a niche market to turning into something almost no one wants?

(My post here isn't pointed towards you, just using it as a basis for discussion.)

It is fine and dandy if players do not enjoy ARR's direction, but I see a lot in this thread that people wanted FFXIV to be their answer to a new game because FFXI has made some questionable decisions. What I ask is, why are people trying so hard to change the foundation of a successful game when you would have a much better shot by jumping into the FFXI forums and convincing developers you want the older style of play back? It makes sense, FFXI I don't think is exactly gaining many subscribers and it is held together by it's long time fan base. I don't know how SE thinks, but under common sense, you should be catering to the small fanbase they have left of the game, who are mostly veterans of the game.

Dood... they are all WoW clones, that's the problem, we are completely over it, we don't want to play anymore WoW rip offs.
FFXI was a better game IMO because it was completely different to WoW and I dislike WoW.

So just because it is different, automatically makes it a better game? Okay.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt.

Instead we got Final World of Rift Wars Fantasy Craft XIV.

Cute name. Funny you expect developers to be completely original in design. With FFXI players, you put up a "damned if you do, damned if you don't situation". Where if this game based itself directly from FFXI's style, people would scream "FFXI clone". You make an MMO that does meet modern day standards, you scream "WoW clone". Which leads me to a fair conclusion that people don't know what they want, all they know is what they don't want.