Quote Originally Posted by Thaciscokidd View Post
And WoW drew from Everquest and whatever big MMO comes next should draw from WoW, GW2, ESO, and FF XIV.

Unless they're just gonna jump forward and make Sword Art Online, you build upon what worked in the past. You learn from their success and mistakes and try and make a better product.
Even if you jump forward and make a Sword Art Online game irl. It has to be based on things from the past generations, and the anime was already based on JRPGMMOs from 2000s to 2010s era.