I guess it's time

[Melorie]

They may as well rename the game because all the Team wants to do is fully remove the FF and just leave the XIV. Adding in stuff from past FF games is just smoke and mirrors they are using to try and make us believe this is a Final Fantasy game.

No. It doesn't really need to have a combat/progression type to be a Final Fantasy game. IF the FF aspect FOR YOU has to do with a certain type of progression, it's okay. But having a FF world, lore-wise and aesthetically-wise works as well. It simply doesn't fit in your vision. Dragon Age:Origins is very different from Dragon Age II and Dragon Age:Inquisition, in almost everything, specially the combat style. Even the narrative progression is different. But it's still a Dragon Age game, with a Dragon Age lore, and many of Dragon Age's aesthetics that have marked the series. You may prefer one or another, but your personal opinion on the matter does not change the fact that yes, they're Dragon Age games, like it or not. The same can be said of FFXIV. You can take certain traits of the franchise and decide that they are the main symbols of the franchise for you. Doesn't mean that the developers should have the same vision as yours. Or anyone else tbh.

So yeah, that vision can certainly kill the game for you and those who share your concept. Doesn't make it a true statement outside your personal view.