Quote Originally Posted by Rutelor View Post
Now, let's make clear THAT is the model we refer to when we dream of aspects of XI as models for future FFXIV develpment, not the watered-down version of itself that it became after the level-cap was taken beyond 75.
Well said, I agree completely.


I'll start by saying I would not have minded playing a FFXI-2, although I think my idea of FFXI-2 may be different than some peoples. What I was hoping for from FFXIV was for SE to take the parts of FFXI that worked well and improve upon them, and to take the parts that did not work and overhaul or remove them. Doing this along with the fancy new graphics and new storyline would have made one hell of a game I think.

What we got instead was a game that was different just for the sake of being different. I like the fact that SE was trying to be innovative with FFXIV, and I believe there is still room in FFXIV for original ideas. But they should have gotten the hint that many of the "innovations" they came up were not going to work and/or needed major changes to work when the alpha and beta testers repeatedly told them the core of the game was basically broken.