Quote Originally Posted by Dargoth_Draconia View Post
Regardless it did have a random element to it, I've fought mobs and not get a single skill up after 2-3 mobs and then on the next mob I would get damn near a whole level. (on proper level mobs) Regardless it was an effective time sink, it always gave the players something to do, though that is the easy way out instead of giving us proper content. There are a ton of things from XI I wouldn't mind seeing added to this game but at the same time if I wanted XI I would just go play it instead. (New expansion sounds promising)

It is time to stop looking back and saying it would be nice to have this feature or that feature from XI I want to see the devs come out with some new and fresh ideas . Yoshi-P & team are doing that and it is a nice change of pace from normal MMO standard.
There is nothing wrong with borrowing from FFXI. I think one of the big issues with this game was exactly that it tried too hard to distinguish itself. FFXI wasn't perfect and there is plenty to improve and add to -- but it did some things fantastically well and I do wish that the original FFXIV design had embraced more of it.

I don't mean to aim this rant at you, it just bothers me to constantly see the "if you want x, then go play FFXI" line that gets thrown around here so often.