What would you like to see (differently) in the next Final Fantasy MMO?

[Lauront]

You should read the comments from this interview, or this. I'm not sure I agree with him really, but if that's the mindset they're approaching it from, it would seem they do seem to think the current tab target type MMO is a dying breed. I do hope they stick to something based off the trinity. I don't like most MMOs which have tried to deviate from it.

I'd kill for a FF MMO with Monster Hunter gameplay honestly. It's action combat with weight on it. Other action combat MMOs feel too light as if I'm floating and it doesn't feel great, personally.
Dragon's Dogma is also another pretty good example, especially on the magic aspect. Imagine being able to summon a rain of giant meteors, giant icicle spires and tornadoes. The magic in that game feels calamitous and it's something Black Mages and Summoners need.

Also something FF MMOs can learn from MonHun is the gear system. It actually has flavor to it.

I'm not too familiar with MHW but from what I've seen of it, it looks good.

I often dislike action combat games for two reasons - 1) too much staggering, which makes the combat feel dull and little more than button mashing against target dummies and 2) spellcasting is poorly integrated into it. Tales of Berseria was an example of 2), and I absolutely hated its combat system for that reason, even if it was a deliberate design choice. I'm not too familiar with Dragon's Dogma, but from the limited amount I played of it, BDO seemed to handle spellcasting quite well. An action combat system could be more fun, but they'd need to re-think the design of several jobs if they were to follow through with it. From what I saw of the VII remake they seem to have the right idea. Spellcasters would need to focus on swift casts, teleports, dodging, shield spells and the like.

Also, the VII remake does show what even the PS4 is capable of outputing. Granted, we knew that from XV, and these are single player games in the end... but I would love to see an MMO with that level of graphical polish, especially as the next gen consoles and better PCs become the new baseline.