Quote Originally Posted by Fear View Post
It may be old but it still has a market there for it, ALL MMO's involve a grind, be it monsters, quests where u go to x kill y amount of mobs and return to x or leves etc, every MMO will have a repetative way to level.
Tell me again, how many new players has FFXI gained over the last 3-4 years?

Yes, there's always a "grind". But most MMOs do well enough to mask it with a lot of variety in quests that reward good exp (FFXIV's don't), PVP, good low and mid level dungeons, good group quests, etc.

What does FFXIV offer? Do some repeatable quests, or just straight up grind monsters.

If you think that that's going to be enough to keep this game afloat or even make it moderately successful, you're dead wrong. This game has to compete with every other boring Korean grinder for a slice of the thinly stretched "I love grinding" market share that's been steadily shrinking over the years.