Garuda 1.0

[Sapphic]

Really, in the end, I just find it kind of weird that people keep insisting on judging FFXIV by its predecessors, when it's obviously its own game.

Because change terrifies so many gamers. Just look at the highest selling games. CoD franchise and EA sports franchise, which are churned out every year with, at roots, no real differences between the last one. Even the devs said they wont change things as it would "annoy the fans". Assassins creed is another series that practically just reskins the same game every version. So many players base their expectations on the previous game and don't approach new games as a new game.

Also look how many call Miqo'te Mithra and Lallafell Tarutaru. Or /whisper when there is no whisper, or the MArketboard an auction house, even though they are two totally different systems.