Back in my day...

There were 2 Cure spells...Curaga and Curaga with Regen.

When you were out of anima, you took the ferry to Limsa.

You had more skills from one class than you could fit on all 3 of your bars.

Debuffs were cast when you cast them, not when you cast something else.

Combos involved other people.

We didn't have instances. We had incidents.

EDIT: We had water based attack magic.