^ well, that's where the optimist in me says otherwise, or at least wants to believe differently.


YP proved with 1.23 that he and his team are capable of delivering a real successor on par or better than FFXI. It baffles me why they continue to simply emulate what others have done, rather than look at their own successes and improve on it and for the last time that doesn't mean carbon copying FFXI.

It only means looking at the game and what made it so successful - THE most successful FF in the series history and a groundbreaking MMO. I'm beginning to wonder if forcing Tanaka into early retirement was a mistake, and little more than scapegoating to please the investors. I railed against the man for years, because XI's problems were legion, but it was still built on a solid foundation and the good more often than not offset the bad. I could go into a massive rant about what I hated about XI, but I won't - I've made my peace with the game and was happy when I quit it. I've had my fun with it, left it in the past as a cherished memory. But I'd hate to see XIV go down before it even has a chance to be that next great JRPGMMO. Again, not a clone of XI, but a spiritual successor - big difference.