come on

[Nezerius]

I still don't understand how they got this right IN THEIR OLDER MMO but can't seem to figure out one end of a horse from the other in their supposedly more modern one.

You have to realise that FFXI didn't figure out how to add the /lockstyle command (the name of its glamour system) until roughly 12 years after its very first release (PS2 version for JP, on the 16th of May, 2002).

[Naunet]

You have to realise that FFXI didn't figure out how to add the /lockstyle command (the name of its glamour system) until roughly 12 years after its very first release (PS2 version for JP, on the 16th of May, 2002).

Flawed argument. Different market back then. Technologies and systems were still being developed in the MMO world. That excuse doesn't fly now; what's more, this isn't Square Enix's first MMO. It's like saying every new car company that crops up has to go through a Model T era before they can be expected to build modern cars.

[Nezerius]

Flawed argument. Different market back then. Technologies and systems were still being developed in the MMO world. That excuse doesn't fly now; what's more, this isn't Square Enix's first MMO. It's like saying every new car company that crops up has to go through a Model T era before they can be expected to build modern cars.

Can you show me an mmo from 2010 that had a glamour system similar to current day WoW, or GW2?
You do know that 1.0 was released in 2010, right? Y'know, that MMO that failed horribly and get redeveloped into the MMO you're currently playing? The same MMO that's likely still using code from its 1.0 era?

Yes, current day newly designed MMOs are developed with features like that in mind. Yes, I'd love it if XIV had a glamour system similar to current day WoW/GW2, but those things take time when developed for an MMO that wasn't designed with a system like that already in place.