Why I can't stop playing FFXIV

[Ryios]

11 was terrible. Only people whom never played mmo's before but 11 think 11 was so fantastic. After I quit 11 and played a real MMO like Rift I didn't realize myself how terrible 11 really was. The entire design of the game with the grind fest was just so outdated and fail. I'd never play another game like 11 if it was released now a day. I quit rift right b4 it went f2p because it became so grindy.

You had to play FFXI at launch to think it was good and enjoy it into it's future. When 11 Launched there was no Wow and there was no Rift. All there that was out worth mentioning was Ultima Online, EQ1, Asheron's Call, Lineage, etc.

You can't compare FFXI to a game that game out almost a decade after FFXI was launched (9 Years) to be exact. That would be like waiting 9 years and saying FFXIV sucks because (insert new game here).

And you say the game was outdated and fail.... couple points to consider here,

1. It was the first Cross Platform MMORPG EVER created, you can play on PS2, PC, or Xbox 360
2. At launch it really wasn't so outdated, it had the best graphics of any MMO at the time in my opinion
3. Exp Parties were a ton of fun
4. End game was a ton of fun
5. These new games your referring do didn't exist for 5-9 years after the fact, not even WOW was out.

You really are comparing today's games to a game from over a decade ago.....