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Ricemills posted...

Why are you upset with XIV when it's literally not titled XI-2?

This is just as weird as the people who complained VII is nor VI-2.

if you had played 11 and 14 1.0, 14 was very much shaping up to be a successor in the same vein. from the aesthetic/setting ( the races, three city states, conquest, beastmen, etc.) to the gameplay (crossclassing, focus sandbox party play, lateral gear progression with situational abilities). it was 11-2.

it had a myriad of issues, and instead of fixing them and working within the same style of MMO, they hired a dude who played western MMOs and literally reworked it with the mindset "it needs to be more like world of warcraft"

so now crossclassing is gone. zones are empty theme parks. gear is a 100% vertical progression on a patch cycle that leaves basically nothing to do in between but fuckin duty roulettes with randos and meaningless filler activities. its final fantasy flavored wow

but hey, emet selch is cool or something
good trade off