What is so bad about FFXI?

[Jennestia]

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.

It wasn't, if i recall XIII was pretty much up there alongside VII. Even then, as this person said:

FFXI and FFXIV should have had the same kind of relationship Demon's and Dark souls have. While the second isn't the first's sequel, it builds off what made the first one great and enhances it while trying to avoid the flaws of the first.

This is exactly the point. No a 'party search system is a FFXI exclusive', but it's from an MMORPG Square Enix made 10 years ago, there's no reason XIV should have lacked the same basic systems.

except that idealogy directly goes against what square has done with the FF franchise, ffxi was only 1 final fantasy,

FFII built off of FFI.

FFIII built off of FFII and added a real job system.

FFV built off of FFIII and even enhanced the job system.

FFTT took the job system further, something that originated in FFIII (can argue II).

So yes, It does actually fit in what Square has done with FFs. Even FFXI is a glorified FFIII over an Everquest base.