Quote Originally Posted by Elexia View Post
your Lalafell is an exact copy of a FFXI taru model. Argue how they didn't make the races similar for the sole purpose of allowing XI players to recreate their avatars?
You mean aside from the fact that it was part of their half-assed diatribe to get people to leave XI for XIV?

I wouldn't go as far as directly cloning WoW, but taking the things that work, twist and turn it until it makes sense in the IP's context and go from there. Class dynamics and the leveling model happen to be two of them. The latter is easier to stomach over spamming leves and standing in one spot kiling the same mob over and over again (which, by the way, is what drove several friends of mine from FFXI AND XIV). The former is my own personal preferrence, because it makes creating parties easier and has a higher chance of supporting my own playstyle choices over being forced to bend to some status quo created by the players.