Quote Originally Posted by Duelle View Post
Take inspiration from what is known to work vs take inspiration from what is either very outdated or outright failed. Hmm...

PS: FFXI copying Everquest has been made official. Maybe now the rose-colored goggles can come off and we can move on.
Everyone who actually played FFXI knew that SE used EQ as a base during it's production because most people who played XI that previously played MMOs could tell off the bat it was similar to EQ yet still did things in a unique way. No one has ever denied that except for the ones that seem to dislike that XI exists stating that others find it a completely original game. Also:

Take inspiration from what is known to work vs take inspiration from what is either very outdated or outright failed. Hmm...
What failed? There's really been only a few of the MMOs between 1994-2002 failed from what I seen, yet we're constantly seeing most new MMOs fail right off the bat, unless you were trying to say FFXI failed, then you're just being biased, since if we're talking about failed MMOs, APB is a good example of one.