Its awesome that we can all come together and agree on something as detailed and vast as this topic. The facts have been laid out and we can all agree that the stated descriptions are what made us fall in love with ffxi other than any other mmo released. It was by far the most complicated task oriented and for a lack of better term "hardcore" mmo released period. Like stated above you had to have items to adventure through certain areas or you would be killed and not only die but have a chance of de-lvling. The mobs could see, hear, smell you literally. There was a clear progression and accomplishment of being able to tell your buddies ... "look where i am, what i can now kill, what i can now solo, what our group can do!". Things were hard to do and that gave a feeling of OMG i can't believe I finally completed this quest. Remember how difficult it was to get shadows as NIN?

Now for reality.... Do you honestly think that SE just woke up one day and forgot all of this? Do you think all of our speaking out is falling on anyones ears other than our own? I am so afraid that there will be no "next generation" Final Fantasy that we came to love, cry, get really angry just to go back over and over; I miss my family, the lore, the race and class that I spent over 5 years growing and developing.

All i can do is ask myself everyday... "wtf happened?"