Quote Originally Posted by Slickpig View Post
Every time I logged in and played FFXI I had a blast. Yes sometimes it really sucked trying to get a group for exp or quest, or you get a jerk in a party, but once the group was together, it was great fun, immersive, exciting. FFXIV to me just seems like "hurry up and get this done so I can do something different next week" There is no sense of value in your character. I spent a year getting pld to 75 in ffxi, I was dedicated to that job, and making him exceptional. In ffxiv I hit 50 in 3 weeks casually, I leveled so fast I skipped gear sets. It just seems to lack the depth that ffxi had. The more I play this game, the more I miss the old one...flaws and all I guess I really want a game somewhere in between 11 and 14
So fast that gear under 50 isn't even worth crafting. It's why you saw people in lvl 20 gear trying to do Ifrit and Garuda HM on launch.