I think the issue for me is that I don't really feel comfortable making a long term commitment to FFXI as I did in the past. I'm not really up for a goal that may take me years to complete like getting certain rare, coveted gear from HNM or Dynamis back in the day. I don't really want to get into something where there is a high chance that my goal will never be attained due to sheer randomness.

What works for me now is having goals I can work toward at my own pace, and having more short term goals as opposed to a few long term goals. That's the sort of thing I'd like to see rather than a return to the old ways of randomness and devoting my life to some event LS.

I'm not who I was when I started. MMOs aren't what they used to be. I know better now and so do most game developers. I don't want to go back to relive the glory days of hardcore and elitism. Looking back, many of those days weren't all that glorious. These days, I just want to log-in have fun and get stuff done with my friends in a Final Fantasy type environment. As is, I feel VW isn't really for someone like me. As the current primary focus of the game it'd be nice if it was more palatable for me. Nothing the devs have addressed so far has served that purpose.

So, what's in store to lure in someone who's on the fence or wary about participating in VW because of the horror stories of the drop system?