There's no guarantee that it will turn into a WoW clone, in fact I'm pretty sure Yoshida understands we don't want that. But WoW works well for a reason, and using MMO functions that have proven to work in all situations seems like a good idea as far as I'm concerned.
We all want to have a "FF" feel, but where I can't agree with what some of you guys say is how by changing the game they will make FFXIV lose its strength. I'm really sorry and I'm not trying to flame anyone but what is FFXIV's strength at the moment? You guys keep talking about its uniqueness and its strength but I fail to see them, so I'm just asking cause I really wanna know what you guys mean by that.