Quote Originally Posted by IStolzI View Post
I did, back when I was playing XI and SE announced a next gen MMO. I was hoping for a game that also takes place in vana'diel whether in the future or a different part of the map.

However I was still excited for the game when I learned it wasn't and was hyped to play at launch. Unfortunately it turned out horrible.

I don't know who's fault it is, I'd like to blame SE's greed lol. Either way, since YoshiP took charge the game has become a lot more fun. Tanaka had great ideas but they didn't turn out well. An "easier said than done" situation I suppose.
Its was more like Tanaka not having enough time to recover from the unfortunate premature release. He actually only did 1 patch and was moved a bit after second one was announced. I'm still waiting to see what Yoshida has in mind...until now all i saw was a bunch of copy/paste from FFXI.

Also, i particularly believe the original FFXIV had potential to surpass any other MMO ever made...was just a shame that it was killed by 2 fatal mistakes...the premature reease (it should've stayed in beta at least another 6 months) and the dev team change (nothing against Yoshida team. I just think the original dev team actually had no chance to react to the terrible release before being replaced).