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[Alhanelem]

last time i looked the staff was over 200 and only a few were completely new, but even those were parts of other final fantasy games so they have worked with most of the others for years and years so will still be along the same lines of thinking.

You can't prove and it is fallicious to assume that everyone at SE is like Tanaka was. Like I said- most of that 200+ staff is enginners/artists/etc. Only the directors/producers/etc have changed. There is nothing wrong with the talent coming from people who worked on other Final Fantasy games. That doesn't somehow mean that the game isn't going to change for the better after all this time.

You seem to be complaining both that many of the new staff members came from earlier final fantasy titles, AND that Yoshida did NOT. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Either you're bothered that they have staff that came past games, or you're bothered that they have someone that didn't come from past games. It would be illogical for you to have a problem with both.

Yoshida seems to be getting more of "what is FF" from the fanbase than from his staff, in my view. The way I see it, Yoshida is the one bringing in fresh concepts while some of the other senior staff members are responsible for supporting those with things that are "final fantasy.'