What would you want to bring over from FFXI to FFXIV?

[Avero]

I guess this links to other posts of Sea/Sky etc...
The simple ability to farm endgame stuff with your FC or Static (no randoms-even though i appreciate PF/DF) EVEN when 1-2 can't show up that night. `less DKP`for them haha
And i would back the idea someone had of Job specific Abilities that can be enhanced by diff gear, someone that can make a BRD be more DPS (Enhance Barrage) or a BRD be more supportive with songs (Ballad+2) etc...

[Vespar]

Some ideas:
-The ability to summon up to 3 NPC companions to help you complete dungeon content solo for those moments when queue times are atrocious.
-implement additional jobs from XI (ie: Dancer, Samurai, Beastmaster, Blue Mage, Red Mage, Ranger, etc)
-instanced MOG HOUSES/ROOMS for the rest of the folks who cant own a house because there arent enough plots (complete with gardening pots)

[Drakeos]

Would LOVE to see Cosair (2nd subjob for Machinist) and Samurai (2nd job for Warrior/Dragoon) ?

[Tabmow]

Skill chains and Beastmaster.

[Rafaelhades]

I'd say Besieged as well, granted that people actually do them. A bit iffy on whether I'd like them to add gear incentives for the event, as the amount of QQ happening from "I was at work/life stuff and couldn't participate! SE please!" people. But if the incentives are not worth it, no one will do it. In world buffs for having the Candescence in your possession would have to be real good as well.

More popped NMs would be nice. Expand on the map system and make the pop items drop from map chests. NMs in the chain get progressively harder, culminating in a Big Bad, ala Sky, and drop gear comparable to weekly capped tome gear/raid gear. Gives incentive for raiders to do on non-raid nights, options for tome-grinders and generally more events for everyone.

Lastly, an Abyssea area. A zone where you can superpower yourself and your group to take on superpowered bosses. Same NM chain system with pop items. Sometimes, it's just fun to SSJ it up and break the parsers a little. Maybe give buffs that enhance skills that don't exist outside the zone.

Edit: The mention of skillchains got me wanting a combo Mage as well. A job that can chain spells to unlock progressively higher tier spells. Looking at you, RDM. Something like melee ws > melee ws > burst proc > spell finisher.

[Phafi]

Moblin Maze Mongers, Nyzul Isle, Salvage and Meeble Burrows as a fun way to introduce 4man endgame content.

Dancer and Puppetmaster as physical support DDs. can have them come off rogue and pugilist.

[EdwinLi]

NPC companions. AKA Trust Magic.

While 1.0 had this SE decided to remove the NPC companions and replace them with Chocobo Companions in 2.0.

Yes it is a lot easier to handle chocobos and less stressful dealing with chocobos as a NPC companion but it just doesn't give off the right feel from them being actual NPC companions.

I liked how the NPC companions each had their own style of combat which separated them from each other.

[Gilraen]

Honestly, the only thing I can sort of see myself wanting from XI, out of all the things I remember, are class-specific emotes. Those were fun. Everything else can stay in XI, and frankly I wished they didn't pool from XI's bestiary for here, either.

[Iromi]

Horizontal progression and more then 3 choices of job types.

Open world content. Social stuff, sky/sea/nyzul/dynamis

Right now the game feels like 2.0 all over again.

[Gilraen]

Right now the game feels like 2.0 all over again.

How ironic given it's still technically '2.0'. I still don't get how people are making the '1.0 to 2.0' leap when no such thing happened. I mean, Heavensward is an expansion, that is it expands on the existing game. Not a single main expansion for XI before Adoulin changed the core game in any way, and even in the case of Adoulin it wasn't by much.