I'm not defending Tanaka but his vision was to create something that was not like the rest. Like FFXI was it didnt remind you of WoW or any new MMORPGs that came after WoW wich was good. Again since people by default always randomly like to provoke this out of most of us discussing just because. No one wants to wait 6h for group but we do want to feel like we earned our gears and lvl and stuff wont be useless after 6 months. I think most FFXI gamers lost their minds when they saw how easy it was to level in this game and how everything was handouts and nerfs. I just realized whats the point of me doing Alexander now? What satisfaction will it give me? I can do it when im i200 and the silly title is as valuable as yours I just didnt happen to be "first" LOL <-- See what i mean with this handout gaming mentality? It teaches you to slack and do stuff later because its just as rewarding and i get to do it with nerfs Fair huh?