Quote Originally Posted by Cxplorer View Post
FFXI was to party based and I didn't like that. In FFXIV,I can do the main quest just by myself which is fine with me! I didn't like the fact that FFXI was SO party dependent to progress.
I kind of agree, but not quite to the extent that you feel.

Then again, XI is a MMO game. Forming parties and relationships is kind of important for those and I just realized a lot of the direction in XIV tried to complement that ideal without having to make it its main focus and that might be why certain features feel so weak. They're spread out between trying to appease the single player and forming bonds and relationships with other players.