Yeah, that attitude can sometimes work, and sometimes it leads to disaster. Famously, the original devs for FFXIV were proudly ignorant of other games in the MMORPG genre, and went off in their own direction. The resulting fiasco nearly killed off Square Enix until YoshiP, who had played Ultima Online, WoW, and other western MMORPGs, came in and whipped things into shape.
Yeah, that attitude can sometimes work, and sometimes it leads to disaster. Famously, the original devs for FFXIV were proudly ignorant of other games in the MMORPG genre, and went off in their own direction. The resulting fiasco nearly killed off Square Enix until YoshiP, who had played Ultima Online, WoW, and other western MMORPGs, came in and whipped things into shape.