Quote Originally Posted by Zumi View Post
They started on FFXIV in 2005 they had 5 years to work on it and still with that time didn't turn out the way they wanted.
2007, as WotG in XI suffered heavily from it. They didn't have the time because it got pushed out before completion or even evaluation to see if they need to make any core changes. XI was developed in about the same amount of time and still needed a fresh coat of paint before the NA release but it was their first MMO.