Quote Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia View Post
Yoshida said in an interview back in the StB days that he wanted to make a whole new mmo that was pure high fantasy and was more it's own thing. iirc he said he would not have the same races as XI/XIV and absolutely no tech, aliens or anything of the sort and be in its very own world without crossovers, call backs and such. But who knows. After having him at the helm from 2.0-7.0 I frankly do not think he has the creativity for it.

That sounds pretty nice. I wonder what he would have come up with if SE didn't keep throwing side projects at them... Though I feel like juggling two MMOs at the same time would also be very difficult, I do not envy him at all.