Quote Originally Posted by Indelacio
FFII was innovative in the way that they realized it was bad and went back to the FF system in III with slight modifications.
Just like how they brought back the job system in FFV after the FFII-like circumstantial party members of FFIV.

Just like how they went back to having monsters yield money in FFIX after the salary system in FFVIII. (In fact, all the departures FFVIII made and all the efforts Square made to make FFIX as traditional as possible are too many to list here.)

Just like how they went back to the ATB and traditional experience systems in FFX-2 after the CTB and sphere grid systems in FFX.

Just like how they went back to a single-player game in FFXII after the multiplayer game in FFXI.

Just like how they could easily bring back random encounters in FFXIII.

Et cetera. You're overreacting to changes and innovations that the series would suffocate without.