Nope, actually, that's not what I said at all, and for the record, I loved dissidia, but it was goofy fanservice.

Jobs that have been in almost every single FF game since FF1 and their iconic armour isn't what I'm talking about; ChiefCurrahee's post sums up my thoughts pretty well, actually. The Echo works /within the context of Eorzean history/, so bringing that into the discussion is a bit disingenuous. If "encompass the FF worlds in an MMO setting" is where Yoshida wants to go with FFXIV, I'll trust his direction and chances are I'll wind up loving the game, don't get me wrong- but there's piles and piles of potential within Eorzea's worldbuilding that's been there since the game release, Hydaelyn really fascinates me, and it worries me a little when I see people calling for or hoping for copy-pastes of other games' locations into Final Fantasy XIV. I want XIV to succeed on its own merits and within its own context, not as a Void-fuelled Final Fantasy nostalgia trip. I would have thought you out of any regular poster would have understood the intent behind what I said, but I suppose I was unclear; sorry about that.

(An example of what I mean, for clarity's sake: Having an NPC in the past of Eorzea, a legendary black mage from the Fifth Astral named Shatotto, is a cute reference to a beloved NPC. Having areas deliberately designed to invoke the feeling of locations in other FF titles would be a good way to achieve what Yoshida refers to as an "FF feel". Having the -actual- Shantotto or the Gold Saucer from FFVII show up in Eorzea would be a good way to cheapen the entire experience, and if you read the OP and a lot of the responses, people are definitely skewing towards the latter, rather than the former. As a fan of Eorzea and FFXIV as such, I find this worrisome. Don't you?)

Edit: I'll admit the tone of my original post was a little more sarcastic than it needed to be, but "allow players to roam through settings and areas they might be excited about from earlier installments." doesn't allow a lot of room for creative reinterpretation, does it?