Quote Originally Posted by Makwa View Post
I dunno. I've played various MMOs, put the most time(7 years) into FFXI, and the second-most(2 years) into Aion and I never really cared about "WoW clones" or such. FFXI was terrible for a new player, especially in the later years, unless you had friends that could hook you up.
Most people are just blinded by nostalgia, looking back on the "good ol days" and not remembering the 16-hour spans of nobody but you and the random DRG/MNK or THF/RDM LFP. Some of my best times were had in Vana'Diel, but it's time for a new experience, copy-pasting from it would not serve the purpose people think it would. Are there some things I'd like to see? I suppose. But I honestly think I'll be fine with 2.0 at least. Either way it'll probably be the last MMO I play. Don't have the time like I used to for enjoying MMOs.
ffxi was not for the anti social, you either joined a linkshell and communicated with the community or you suffered long hours of solo play. the longest ive ever waited for a party was 2 hours with SAM in dunes the rest of the time i could get a party in 30 minutes or less. XIV v1 was a far worse experience when it came to partying, mostly do to the piss poor attitude of the community and elitism.