I will let my feelings about ARR out after playing in its current state of 2.3 patch. The game is lifeless, endgame is memorizing patterns, the battle system is shallow. There is nothing MMO about this game. FFXI people were running all over Jeuno and using AH. In Mhordona, people are like retainers, they sit and queue DF or PF or some instance. I feel Yoshi ruined FFXIV and it is not fair Tanaka didnt get a second chance because SE rushed FFXIV out to the public. Yoshi got 2 years to work on XIV so imagined what Tanaka can do given 2 years more time.

Being a huge MMO and FF fan, I am HUGELY disappointed in XIV's ARR direction. Copying WOW is the last thing I want to play in an MMO. MMO should be a realm to another world. It shouldnt be consisted of bunch of instances. The combat in ARR is too light and boring. Hard to explain. I prefer less button mash and flashy moves. QUALITY is better than QUANTITY. I rather do cool moves once in awhile than a flashy attack every 3 seconds.