Playing XI for years as a teenager and young adult, I was able to devote most of my free time to all of the end game content - camping kings, limbus, dynamis, salvage, etc. now that I am older and have a family that I need to devote time to, it is nice having a final fantasy game that I can play more casually and not feel like i'm 3 steps behind everyone else. With that said, I really do not enjoy the constant grind to upgrade gear, it is very repetitive and I feel like the developers nerf things like relic weapon achievements too quickly. I wish the community on individual servers was more tight-knit than it is but I suppose that is the trade off of not having to shout in lower jeuno or white gate for 5 hours looking for a tank or healer for a party.Feels like there should be SOME way to come to a middle ground. The gear recycling wouldn't even be so bad with a closer community instead of half of the players emptying out 1-2 months before the next patch. I keep my sub though because I do still enjoy XIV and it has enough positives going for it but there are things that could be improved just like anything else, don't have a desire to play other games.