But if developers tried to get a feel for other MMOs and integrate it into FFXIV, it wouldn't be FFXIV anymore. The development team said themselves, they don't want to copy other MMOs. If they wanted it to be like WOW, EverQuest, or any other MMO they would have done so from the beginning.

And as for jumping, I really don't see how big of a difference that would make to game play. I know a lot of players want there to be jumping implemented, but I am still unsure as to why. To me, it wouldn't make a difference at all.