They are trying to run FFXI into the ground atm, you won't be the last person to leave in disgust.

Maybe they realised they can't honestly make FFXIV better than FFXI so they are making FFXI worse instead. So sad when a company actually makes a game better for a couple of years then goes back to ruining it and driving away customers.

They are spreading themselves too thin making too many MMOs and making them all crappy in the process, FFXI has a large playerbase all paying full price MMO sub and this is the stuff we get.. lol.