Did Yoshida went a bit too far by cloning WoW?

[Shougun]

While I liked the zones of 3.0 I'm excited to see 4.0, just because I hope from this experience it means we will continue to see large zones. 1.0 had excellent scale but a lot of copy pasta. Also, miss that great Coerthas, before snow.. xD. 2.0 zones while having a lot of little details certainly feel quite small.

You felt 1.0 was lacking story Vespar? I felt like it built slowly but that there was a lot of info to be had in 1.0, and could have been more if it wasn't released earlier than Tanka wanted (obviously the game he was making even if released when he wanted wouldn't have been mainstream but that is a different argument than "game was incomplete, and I felt like there was still some story and would very likely be a lot more if given time").

In terms of the FFXIV going a bit WoW, I do miss some of the somber more serious atmosphere of 1.0 - some of which we seem to be getting back from the 1.0 to 2.0 shift, to now 3.0. Other parts seems Yoshida doesn't like because it isn't very mainstream or new person friendly (wish he carried "not new person friendly" thought process to crafting lol).