I really don't liek change that ARR bring...but i give the game a try...

What i think is that, from the beginning FFXIV try to emulate other MMORPG game style and make a little innovation.
I played FFXIV from beta to current time then I enjoyed square enix work...but....
I continue to love much the possibilities that only FFXI offer.
For example you can write and chat with other person during fight.
This "action/fast fight" bring FFXIV to be a sort of GW, where when you fight you can only focus on that.

Probably you can say that what I want is a FFXI with a new graphic and a new story, and probably that's true...

But at leat FFXI remain more social in mechanic