Direction of FFXIV?

[JGwinters]

This has been stated many times. The only problem is they continue to introduce things that are ... inspired by WoW at least, if "inspired" is the right word. Actions are speaking louder than words, because words are vague and distant.

It may just be that I haven't paid attention enough, but where have they stated it at all? Can't remember a single instance of defining a direction, let alone defining a direction not-Wow.

[Shai]

It may just be that I haven't paid attention enough, but where have they stated it at all? Can't remember a single instance of defining a direction, let alone defining a direction not-Wow.

I knew after I said "many times" I'd be called out because I only read it once. I'm fairly sure it was Yoshida in an interview. I thought I could find it, but didn't. It read something along the lines of - rest assured everything we add will be in the style of FF and XIV even if inspired by ideas from other games.

I have a pretty good memory but lose track of things like where I read it. I'm sorry. I checked the last few interviews I read but couldn't find it. I only did a quick scan for "WoW" and "Warcraft" though so maybe it wasn't named. I'm not gonna read every interview again for 1 sentence.

Again, I apologize for the "many times" phrase. ^^