If i remember right they start working on FFXIV when COP was done for FFXI, but took them a long time to come up with the crystal tools then they start working on FFXIV 1-2 before they said it on E3 but all the work and gameplay was done around that year so this game should have came out at least nov.?.2011 for sure. I feel that this game could give us something others game do.

The others talking about how rift kick out it's release good and most of the issue was fix and the game came out great. Well it's pretty easy to take out a game when 60% of the work was done it's just a wow clone in every way. All they had to do is make there own storyline,areas,look but the tree the class are a mix of WOW and FFXI the tree system seem a lot like wow mix with FFXIV hybrid system. I really don't like rift myself and not saying it's not a bad game but it's a wow clone in many ways.