I would be interested if FFXI were the same game I played years ago but sadly it isn't anymore. I went back once I think after the treasures expansion not sure if it was the most current, anyways I figured I would try to play Thief my favorite class back when I originally quit the game only to find out parties had changed. No one was doing skillchains and magic bursting like they used too, which kind of made Thief lackluster to me since they only truly shined in parties. This was a huge change which kind of ruined leveling for me, I mean what everyone now just spams weaponskills when they have enough TP? Seriously a skillchain + magic burst was too much work for people?

Also I hear the abysea expansion crapped on the players anyways, making the upgraded relic weapons and such that took years to acquire and unlock basically super easy to get. I never thought they would do something like raise the level cap and treat there own player base that way after they supported the game for all those years. It seems I was wrong. No I won't be going back to FFXI because it just isn't the same game and I likely won't come back to FFXIV because I don't like the direction of the game which shows no signs of changing for the better.