Quote Originally Posted by roohan View Post
Abyssea was a disappointment for me. I loved the story in FFXI but SE started to release lots of mini expansions with no real story and missions. Abyssea was the worst. Same areas as before with red light atmosphere.
The end of the Abyssea storyline is the moment that sticks out the most to me when remembering FFXI's story.

But besides that, Abyssea was not billed for its story; that was WotG, which finished about the same time Abyssea's third expansion hit. I finished WoTG at the same time I blue'd all my jobs, and it was as close a feeling to completeness that I've had in an MMO. I took a break, read about the godawful-sounding upcoming VNMs, and quit permanently.

Abyssea is the endgame progression that FFXI always should have been.