The difference between FFXI and FFXIV is that we no longer have 24 hour a day logins, Japan has their own servers that are packed at the time most people play and pretty much deserted when everyone goes to bed. Our servers have relaxed into the same rhythm but at times, when I play anyway, they are pretty darn crowded. What did you expect? Many more people are playing FFXIV than ever played FFXI even though I loved that game. Ya know right from the beginning when I played FFXI people would say, "the game is dying" they still say it 11 years later.