Up until Eureka's release, there were a number of people calling for something akin to FFXI's open world leveling system. So apparently some people thought those were a "good part" of FFXI.

What we should all be learning from Eureka is that implementing stuff from FFXI doesn't work because FFXIV is a different game.

Quote Originally Posted by Rinuko View Post
Odd, not a lot of player plays a 10+ year old mmo vs their latest mmo. /thinking emoji
FFXIV has far more players right now than FFXI did at the height of its popularity. MistakeNot is exactly correct: the stuff that was appealing about FFXI appeals to a much smaller group of people than what is appealing about FFXIV.