Quote Originally Posted by Edax View Post
Comparing apples to oranges? WHAT'S WRONG WITH COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES? Who said you can't compare fruit? So an apple is not an orange, what a brilliant observation! Thank you for reminding me.
I mean, fine? Compare Apples to Oranges if you feel this absolute need to, but they are fundamentally very different as you move down the classification chain into more specific features.

The real problem occurs when you try to change an Apple into an Orange...they are so different at the core that you are basically breaking both to try to change one into the other. Just like your ideas would break the balance of this game if they simply implemented it without changing the core of the game first.

If you do manage to completely overhaul an Apple and change it into an Orange then all the people who paid for Apples are simply going to leave, just like your example of when Runescape tried to change the core of its gameplay. You would just be doing the exact same thing to FFXIV.

Sure, some people who love Oranges might show up, but how many would that be? Just you? I haven't really seen anyone else ask for this game to be like Runescape. You really think they would change the core of the game for a minority and risk driving away the majority?