Quote Originally Posted by Tsuga View Post
The thing is, like you stated in this paragraph, XI and XIV are mostly only similar in appearance and aesthetic. The main reason behind this (which has been stated in interviews) is that XIV started out as an HD remake of XI, and then the team took it in a new direction.

Some things from XI worked, but it is not the only place that SE can borrow ideas from.... Again, I understand that you are saying that SOME things from XI were great, and it can't hurt to look to those ideas for inspiration. There is just usually a better solution than "copy this from XI, it was good".
Ya, I see where ya'll are coming from now. It's true that I (as well as many others, I'm sure) have, absolutely, no experience with *any MMO other than FFXI. I don't think Halo and CoD count, so I won't bother "pretending" that I do lol So, naturally our suggestions are going to be kind of biased. But we're not so close-minded that we're saying XI was perfect, and "we want every problem that SE is having w/ XIV to be solved using XI. That would probably turn XIV into an awful game xD

I don't know if we chased off all the haters, or if ppl are finally starting to understand what I *really meant by my first post. You pretty much summed up everything that I was trying to say in one paragraph Tsuga lol -I think I'll add that to the original post to try and calm ppl down. Thanks for the input.