Is it safe to say that the next FF MMO will be an action game?

[Raikai]

I think it's more of a 'global' question about how the next model of MMORPG is going to be. We're still living in the model that Everquest and WoW set up, which seems to be on a stale or even decline. I think this 'next gen' will still take many years, and I would't be surprised if it was a thing surfacing only in the next decade.

Thing is, I don't feel that any of the companies with major MMORPGs today will risk releasing another title under the current model when their current titles can still be milked for many years, and the OP's consideration about an 'actionMMO' feels like something for the next gen.