I think everyone has experienced playing a new MMO and finding themselves disappointed because certain features were lacking or outright omitted. I also suspect that there are a lot of MMOs out there that have done at least one or two things amazingly well and have been acknowledged by their players to be exemplary in those aspects. My question to all of you is this: Is it not possible to combine the best features of various games into a single brand new game that fulfills the desires of the player community?

Think about a game that would have the glam and storage system of GWII, the detailed storylines and world building of FFXIV, housing from whatever game is considered tops in that aspect, and the combat system from a game that excels in that aspect. I think if you polled the playing community, you could easily drum up a shopping list of features and the games which do them best. On the surface it seems so easy a task with the best features all staring us in our faces. So what is the issue preventing the ultimate game from being created?

Is it development cost? Is it matters of IP? Is it that all these features might rely on coding tricks that would render them incompatible with each other? Is it lack of interest on the part of companies? After the disaster that was New World, I am seriously wondering if it is even possible these days for companies to take on such a task without messing it up. So, folks, what do you think? What is preventing the ultimate MMO from being created?