I think it was pretty foolish to have any expectations of what this game was going to be after a new Producer/Director got a hold of it.

I can tell you one thing: if this game was remade in old school FFXI's visage I would not be playing it. I simply just don't have the time anymore. I started playing 1.0 with the hopes that it was going to be a Final Fantasy MMO with some more modern conventions, but that game ended up being a jumbled mess. I only stayed with it, with numerous breaks in between content patches, simply because of the group of people I was playing with. If I were playing it solo I'm not so sure I would have even given this game a second look.

Yoshi-P has made this game to attract the largest amount of players as possible. It has many elements that are accessible to everyone while still maintaining some harder content to please those who always want to be on the cutting edge of things. 2.2 and onward is going to be the true testament to what this game as about because 2.1 was a catch up patch. Chances are if you don't like what 2.2 has to offer you're just simply not going to like the game.