I played XI for years, liked it a lot. I stopped playing it when it felt like everything was about grinding end game gear by defeating bosses over and over again, I enjoyed the travel to endgame more than being max level.

Maybe that's why I don't play XIV often, I am leveling another class and another char, just for the fun of playing something, but the road trip to max level isn't as cool as in XI (before Abyssea) sure was boring in some cases but I liked the feel of exploring the world. XIV doesn't have that as much, but it's nice to fit some shorts playtime to level alone and not just stand there for hours like in XI. I enjoy and hate things in both games, but commonly I don't like the over effort to do something once you reach max level