Quote Originally Posted by Wolfie View Post
No it didn't. I had no problems meeting new people and getting into guilds.

What killed my ability to make friends was how fluid WOW's leveling model was and how characters were completely throwaway things. That's something that's not the case with FFXIV; you don't change characters in this game like you do pairs of socks.
How could you meet the same person more than once? That's right, you didn't. Getting into a guild was based on a one-shot good experience, not continually bumping into each other like it'd work in the past.

Long time ago when I played WoW, we'd have great banter in the server forum, we'd organize fights in Alterac Valley, we'd form preset BG teams to compete with opposing preset teams. There was also plenty of world PVP. All of that instantly crumbled when cross-realm BGs were introduced. Winning a BG was no longer a matter of pride, instead we got the "let them win so I can queue again faster" crowd and bots that'd jump in one spot to not get kicked out of the BG for being AFK. Sure, the wait times were cut to a fraction of what they were, but the whole experience was invalidated. Instead of a long queue to something sweet, we got short queues to a dung heap. I know which I prefer.

Quote Originally Posted by Vahzl View Post
With the FFXI community being as tight as it was, I wouldn't be surprised if cross realm friendships formed, as the current size of the playerbase is so low, you would continually meet the same players again and again.
I would. FFXI promoted player bonding in everything, this DF is the very opposite.