Quote Originally Posted by Azurymber View Post
noting success does not = nostalga.
FFXI was success
FFXIV is not success

Thus you need to ask "why was FFXI" a success

and you come the the arguments i made which you try to frame as nostalga.
You are comparing two different games based on your senses of both with one leaning heavily on the past. This is nostalgia driven. If you had nothing to pull from in terms of FFXI then you wouldn't be doing the, "Remember way back when...?" and you wouldn't have a point.

When all you can pull from is FFXI, you have to question what is driving that. It's obvious what "that" is. Also, you cannot compare the two anyway as FFXIV is not fully redeveloped as I have stated a few posts ago. Hell, it's also been stated by several people throughout this thread. It's not an original point on my behalf, but it still holds true 35 pages into the discussion. You cannot preemptively combat what FFXIV will be in the end of it's redevelopment, at least not fully. Especially when all of your thoughts are pulled from obvious FFXI nostalgia driven systems.