But I got side tracked. What was it about XI's style that you didn't like? Because, note that as a sequel, it's expected that they fix the bad and keep the good of the previous game. It more than possible to make an XI style game more accessible with less time sinks.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-FFXI-2/page12

As an answer, please hop over to this thread, and read my posts at #113, #114, #117, #118, and #124. I would copy them all over to here, but I am not sure if that would violate a spam rule or something. o.x Also, see my post at #152 here.