Why is Yoshi P turning his back on the playerbase that loves this game the most?

[Ibi]

All the people pining for FFXI do realize it's still running, right?

To preface what I'm about to say with some context, I originally played from 2004-2008 and loved it. I also went back with some friends during the gap between 2.55-3.0, and had an active sub for about a year before deciding I'd seen all I wanted to for now and cancelling again. In my opinion, there's a lot of things about FFXI that could be adapted very well to provide interesting content in FFXIV, but also a ton of things about FFXI that deserve to stay firmly in the past (which, for me, includes a lot of the cons of horizontal progression systems).

With that said: FFXI as it exists now is a significantly different game from FFXI as it existed in its prime. The fact that FFXI is still online does not mean that it's possible for someone to play the game they enjoyed and remember. Suggesting that they can is being either disingenuous or oblivious.

[Talraen]

FFXI as it exists now is a significantly different game from FFXI as it existed in its prime.

This is very true. FFXI today has been modernized, streamlined, and made far more accessible than it used to be. But if FFXI isn't even FFXI anymore, I don't know why people think FFXIV is going to become FFXI.