Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[NovaUltimatum]

The thing is FFXI is still active you can play it and the fights have not changed almost everything still is tank and spank the fights are easy compared to FFXIV you tank and spank the boss and collect your gear.

I can't stand the ignorance that comes from posts like this. People don't realize that old-FFXI which is what the blogger was talking about is not the same as the current FFXI. They've changed it now so it's closer to item level dependence and there are more one-shot mechanics just like FFXIV.

Overall, well formed post OP. I'd be interested to see what the Japanese forums think of the arguments.