What's your first impression of Eureka?

[DrStiles]

You clearly never played XI then. Relic and mythic weapons were worthwhile gear for years not weeks to 1-2 months.

I absolutely agree. To everyone making comparisons between Eureka and FFXI: Eureka is nothing like FFXI, and it never will be.

Yeah, XI was grindy, but it at least had some depth and nuance to it. Eureka does not. Eureka is the distillation of all of FFXI's worst aspects, without any of the systems, context, or rewards that made the grind in XI feel meaningful or rewarding. I feel like Eureka exists because a lot of FFXI veterans have said for a long time that they wish XIV was more like XI, and the dev team followed through with this imitation content based upon that sentiment alone, without any understanding of what made FFXI enjoyable to begin with.