Quote Originally Posted by Rhianu View Post
I've been trying to tell FFXI players for years that a good UI shouldn't require an instruction manual in order to be understood,
The reason people say research is because it's not a copy-paste interface which is used throughout all MMOs -- Games used to come with instruction booklets for a reason (they used to all be different at one point) :P

So now it seems like they're using the generic interface found in all MMOs.

As for the monthly fee, I personally believe that SE shouldn't start charging until after the version 2.0 update hits
A lot of people feel this way, but I personally felt the reason they're starting is to hopefully try to speed up said version 2.0, since I'm sure people aren't that happy with the 2013 time frame of it being completely finished.