I think a lot has to do with the time lag between Japan and everywhere else, then having to translate it, etc. But still, we should only be behind them 1-2 days at most, excluding weekends, if they'd release little tidbits more frequently. It seems like we're getting community rep posts more often than before with newer information, but I guess most of it isn't "significant" enough to appease people. I think people want to know more about the major systems of the game and I guess they're not ready to release info on that.
I think when people are that invested into something it's hard for them to move on short of them just shutting down the game. I recently reactivated my FF11 account too and it was amazing to recognize so many of the names I did from PC NA launch.
It's kind of like WoW veterans..they tend to look for some other game (the clones) for filler in between major content patches, grow bored with it after a couple months and go right back to WoW. FF14 left such a bad taste in people's mouths at launch that it might have destroyed any chance for a lot of FF11 vets to try again.
