I just want a FF11 modern game.

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My experience disagrees with that. The devkit is ultimately irrelevant, especially since it has no need to continue operating on PS2. All they really have to do is create an intermediary on the client to convert FF11 data to FF14 data so that players experience it in a more modern client. Data may be cut in the process if FF14 doesn't support it, or the FF14 client would need adapting to support it. Either way, I don't care, because anything is better than how old FF11 is and how difficult it is to withstand playing something so outdated.

Then your experience must be incredibly limited.

The devs have spoken on multiple occasions about how they bought out the remaining stock of PS2 Devkits are aren't really sure what they will do when the last ones breaks. It absolutely is not as simple as "just port it to a different engine lol".

They actually do (and many mechanics involve physical or elemental damage ups), but ultimately changing the display of that will be just adjusting the stat list/display in the character window. Rest is handled on the server and they don't have to change the server.

No, they don't. We used to have blunt, piercing and slashing damage like FFXI but that has been removed. The elemental wheel never existed in FFXIV though. Magic damage is just magic damage. Similarly, monster types have never existed in FFXIV. Weapon types are limited to 1 job in FFXIV.

It would be a huge amount of work to port FFXI into FFXIV's engine while retaining all of the nuances. The game has infinitely more depth. I don't think they would be able to update it without it either being more effort than it's worth or ruining the game for the people who still enjoy it. FFXI is fine as it is. Plenty of people are still playing and the game is still pulling in a few million per year.