Note to the Devs: FFXI-2

[Risx]

I think there's something you're not realizing and it's kinda simple. No matter how hard you wish and how hard you hope... you'll never love a game the same way you loved FFXI. Even if it is FFXI remade with better graphics.

The experiences you had, cannot be recreated no matter how hard you want it to be. That first time when you where lv10 and exploring a lv40 area that magic won't happen again. It's sad but it's true. The best you can do now is just keep it fond in your memory because a remake will never be able to recreate the moments that made you love the original FFXI.

Edit:
Just to expand upon this, you didn't love FFXI for the job skills and the way partying was (because it was slow and a time-sink in and of itself). You loved it because of the experiences you had in it with friends, and the events you did for the first time. And, unforunately... those things just cannot be remade.