ill just say i disagree with the OP and most of their beliefs. FFXI-2 would have failed, and i think you ll find in the next few years, that most of the big MMO games will bear a more close resemblence with the basics of FFXIV original, but implemented way better. The game was made for the future, they messed it up, but the ideas were there. But im sure most of the posters here will disagree, and truth is we will never know what could have been, and only time will tell what will be, so whatever