Quote Originally Posted by Vesperia View Post
This thread is important because I think a lot of people came to FFXIV with a clash of expectations. I don't know about you but I went to www.finalfantasyxiv.com and then expected what was advertised.

Some people expected FFXI and some expected WoW.

Personally, I was expecting more of a sandbox game than the one given and the one proposed for the future. The player-run economy and player-run companies were features I was really looking forward to. The player-run economy failed to live up to expectations but is still a far cry better than any other game I've played. The player-run companies may still be in operation but I fear that the concept will be poisoned because of the recent shift in design philosophy when Yoshi took over.

You can't really have two competing philosophies in one game and please everyone.
Per the XIV official site, I expected PUG to come with STEAL. (Which still hasn't been updated)

Ffs.