Quote Originally Posted by Felis View Post
Isn't FF XI an Everquest II clone in a FF skin?
And it worked, didn't it?
Nope, XI is based on EQ (original, base systems wise) and did much much different in many regards which is why it succeeded, XI would have failed if it was a flatout clone, which is why pretty much every "WoW Clone" fails, doesn't even try to do something new or different, just "hey if we copy this we can make a ton of money"...it works for the first month, then well we see what happens.

Rift even tried to directly compete and well as said, we seen what happens lol. XIV wouldn't succeed even if it was an XI clone because the damage is already done, it has to be it's own entity while taking what works from it's predecessor since it didn't succeed and last 10 years out of "luck" or anything.