Quote Originally Posted by Elexia View Post
People "scream for FFXI" because all logic dictates you take what worked with your PREVIOUS MAJOR MMORPG and evolve from it, not regress to the cesspool that XIV did.
Considering that what worked with your "PREVIOUS MAJOR MMORPG" worked several years before and the market has evolved radically in tose years, that's a simplistic solution that would lead to surefire failure.
If FFXI was launched now, it'd bomb. It's that simple.

Mind you, the very reason why FFXIV is in the current state, is exactly because SE DID take "what worked" with FFXI. Meaning launching a game when it's not finished, extending the free period with apologies on top, and then picking up from there.