What is so bad about FFXI?

[Esk]

I'm All for taking the good ideas and doing them in a different way.
For those who want an XI-2, push SE to redo XI for you.
For Those who want nothing out of XI, look at the good and the bad, IT doesn't have to be all or nothing.
An that goes for any game, not just XI.

The Problem to me is people just go to extremes, they don't find a middle ground, its all good or all bad ... Oh well..
Instead of cloning ideas form any game, look at a new way to do it that works for this game, not another one.

This is XIV each FF is different, and so this one should be.
I like the difference in the lore, the armoury system, and the story (Primal's being not on our side rather then summons for a change).

The recent post about Wrynn's is an example of people wanting to much from XI for me personally at least. The lore is against them as pets in this game, it's a different game so it takes a different approach.
To me thats a good thing.

On the other hand the chocobo breading system could be moved across without issue, as could a lot of other things, and countless others about the classes, jobs, mobs, features from a host of the older FF's.