Quote Originally Posted by Crevox View Post
Maybe so, but a lot of what the letters from the producers have stated and this huge leads me to believe it's so. The whole thing sounds like a mix of Aion/Rift/WoW. And... every MMO that comes out nowadays is pretty much like that. FFXIV is not going to be unique anymore.

I'm not saying what we have right now is good, or even FFXI. However, I don't want more of the same. UNIQUE is good. Them having to resort to copying other games is what disappoints me.
I get what you're saying, but frankly the difference will lay in the execution of those "staples". Drawing from my own experience, most of what you listed is also present in one form or another in Eve Online, and that game couldn't be farther away from WoW/Rift etc. if you tried.