I think I want subjobs more than I want job balance.

[Dzian]

Anyone claiming it's more massive and alive then FFXIV, are really grasping at straws. It was a sludge fest, very slow paced even if some thought it more strategic due to the limited menu systems. Oh, well, we need you to cast this, but need to wait 30 seconds or do, so please wait! Or, just bringing people strictly for stun, and nothing but a stun on bosses. Or the long fights that dredged on and on for hours and hours and hours...

I think you've missed the point. When people say its bigger and more alive than XIV they typically refer to the worlds. not players or number of players but just game world., Vanadiel felt alive when you ran through it. Eorzea feels baren and lifeless by comparison.

Literally the most interesting thing that happens in Eorzea if if you've completed Omega story, you might, just might spot Alpha out in the world occassionally.. thats literally it...

Even story wise Eorzea never changes...
Take the Azzimm Steppe.. you take part in this epic battle the naadam or whatever, win it for the underdogs and...... well nothing happens.. it's still the exact same steppe it was before.. nothing matters in anyway.

By contrast literally everything that happend in XI changed vana'diel in someway.. thats what made it feel alive.