What is so bad about FFXI?

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You aren't listening to what's being said, no one expecting the game to take a trip into the Jurassic era, whatever you meant by that. Gaming elements from the NES era is actually behind the core concept of both FFXI and FFXIV. We are saying rather than cloning a something that worked exceptionally well in FFXI, look at it, take it into consideration, if it's a go then adapt and build on it and then implement it.

This doesn't mean that the devs can't be creative, bring in own ideas and elements is also very important. But if they can't come up with a better new system, continue to improve and innovate an already existing concept.

If something can still bring the joy now as it did back then, then why not do it. There's a saying, if it ain't broken don't fix it. Why we look into FFXI as a reference point has already been said, same company, same gaming series and same line of MMOs. You might be worried that this game takes steps into what you didn't like about FFXI, and you are more than entitled to that because it's reasonable. However you are not alone, we are all concerned about the game taking direction that we don't like.