I suggest all the people upset that the game isn't how they remember FFXI, should take a look over of the early days of FFXI, from the beta (November, 2001 thru April, 2002), to the day it went live (May 16, 2002), to the NA release in October 2003, past the release of Chains of Promethia, and stops just before 2005. It's quite a tale...