Quote Originally Posted by Jennestia View Post
Which again, not one person has truly ever said -- Unless of course one is willing to admit that every MMORPG that has a similar interface is indeed a direct sequel of another MMO. For example Rappelz is clearly a Lineage II-2, it's undeniable.

Honestly, most people have specifically said take what worked in FFXI, i.e PARTY SEARCH and made it better, as well as taking content concepts, i.e Assault/Nyzul/Einherjar systems, as in point based raid systems, how is that making it FFXI-2?

Then again, Imperial Assaults are very reminiscent of the campaign system, so in a roundabout way, it's already FFXI-2 in that logic.
the point of the poster is that ffxi was good and they want more ffxi in ffxiv. This does not need to be the case, im not saying an FFXI-2 would suck, but there is no reason to make this game ffxi-2.

Party search is not an FFXI thing, it isnt what defines ffxi. Assualt nyzul and einherjar, well depends what you mean, nyzul is basically the tower climb mechanic, common in many RPGs Einherjar is basically similar but not shaped like a tower.

In all honesty this game is shaping up to offer something different and interesting, party versus party combat, if what yoshi says occurs happens, more story, materia offering more customization, a fairly different place in the heirarchy for crafting and gathering. This game has its own strengths to build on, they need to continue to build on that. They shouldnt it make the game into ffxi, and by ffxi im talking about party only play, overall lacklusterness of each class on its own, most high level content requiring large amounts of players in the same place at the same time, copies of unique ffxi systems, or monsters (one of the worst things they did was directly jack FFXI for monster models, i hope it stops here)

FFXI was cool, but this game can be its own game, it doesnt need to copy ffxi. why should it? ffxi was 1 out of 14 final fantasies, and it probably wasnt even the best selling one.