Make FFXIV more like FFXI and less like WoW

[Enkidoh]

Hmm I do feel like to some extent you lose a sense of achievement when it doesn't matter how good or bad you are at FF14 you can still be max geared in the best gear available. In FFXI when I finally got my Maats cap I was actually proud of myself because it was such a huge achievement in the game, hardly anyone had one, if you were seen wearing your Maats cap everyone knew you went to huge lengths in order to obtain it.

There's a reason why Maat's Cap was called 'the no-life cap' by most in the FFXI community, and you basically just summed it up - the ridiculous amount of time you would have to devote to the game to get it. Most players just don't have that time, and are understandably cynical about those which do.

You either adapt to what MMOs are or you stop playing them. I advise the latter for you crybabies and let's face it, that's what you people really are.

^This. This whole thread is basically players unable or unwilling to let go of the past, accept that each FF game is unique and has it's own style of play, and play FFXIV on it's own terms. Instead they whine and complain that FFXIV will fail because it's not FFXI-2 (or, more rarely, FFXIV 1.23). I loved FFXI and even 1.23, but I accept that's the past. ARR is the future whether you like it or not. So all you can do is accept it and move on, or sink and leave.