[Tomato_Kai]

Meh. I think the Wow comparisons are a bit contrived. Yes, we all know it's the highest selling MMO (and highest grossing game) in existance. Yes, we know that it has many great features that (may or may not) appeal to many. Yes, I also know that Every Stinkin' One of my co-workers play and yakk about it every day...


I'm sorry, do I seem bitter?


Anyhow.

I think if FFXI can learn anything from anyone, FFXI could learn a learn a thing or two from Asheron's Call 2 (What what what?? What is this AC2??!) In it's endless and amazing set of /emotes.

Sure, call me shallow, but being able to putt putt around in /gocart was endlessly entertaining. (It made your /sit animation stick as you moved around until you typed /gocart again. Essentially, you looked like you were driving a little invisible go cart. Amazing!) And there were many others. Wow kinda gets the idea, but not to the same effect.

Another thing of note, I think FFXI could take a lesson from it's own pages and remember the earlier days. Back in 2004-5 Conquest was actually a (reasonably) big deal. I think the OP warps were a step in the right direction, but I really would like to see an improved focus towards that. That, and i'd like to see a re-established understanding of skillchains and magic bursts. Those were my favorite aspects of the game back in the day (and still are, when we can arrange them...). I just kinda wish that the question "(In what order shall we perform our weapon skills?)" would get a little more use...