Something needs to be done about elements

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Let me refute each of those.

you really do like walls of text.

anyway, you've oversimplified and editorialized a CRAPTON. I don't actually disagree with the whole point of your argument (XI is tremendously outdated) but you're using phrases like "found to be good game design" when what you mean is "found to be safe game design" or even "found to be the popular contemporary idea of good game design"

if you honestly think open world pve and pvp is bad design you're crazy. ARR did a lot of smart things, but it also lost a lot of what makes MMOs fun in the process of streamlining and making the game accessible to all. I don't have a problem with this for the most part, and i certainly am not in the XI-Luddite camp, but at least be realistic and recognize that a lot of ARR's features come with a price.


oh, also your entire last paragraph is just out and out wrong, or at the very least, choking on hyperbole.