Quote Originally Posted by Khalus View Post
You should surf the web more often, cause if you goto almost any major MMO gaming site or even general RPG site, and look at the ratings and recent MMO polling and you'll find XI still in the top 5 most popular MMOs. Or just read the comment for videos on FFXI, and you'll find that there are a plethora of gamers that will agree that XI is one of the best MMOs. {however, don't expect much from MMORPG, that place has always been horrible as is the community that only wants post-2004 clones}
You live in a FFXI-lovers bubble and need to get out more. Lots of people played it and didn't really like it. I meet lots of people who hate it immensely and have only negative things to say about it, and many who liked it only because it was their first real MMO experience.

I liked it for the atmosphere (music, graphics, and art) but it was just an everquest clone at heart and I didn't really like the gameplay. It wasn't ambitious or inventive. So far I've played FFXIV for almost as long and enjoyed myself more.