Just to put it out there I've played FF ever since it came out on Nintendo. I've always loved the game besides FF9, FF10, FFX-2. FFXI was amazing, but FFXIV is so bad I don't it can be salvaged. There is so many reasons why, and would take so much time to even list them.
For starters the classes are horrible. I mean seriously it's like who wants to play an Archer when a Ranger is so much better. Why play a Pugilist when a Mnk/War is more fun. Lancer for example, where is my Dragon? Seriously the classes are so basic it's pathetic, and why something like this was even created is beyond me. Why isn't there classes like RDM, THF, NIN, SAN, etc...? The job system in FFXI was really good and really stood out from other games. Like why fix what wasn't broken in the first place?
Second is the lets start out with some quests but then end up soloing mobs. Seriously the game leaves you with a start but then just leaves you hanging(You do beginner quests then end up like ok I'll go kill something I guess)(No Valkrum Dunes I guess) . The mob distribution is so messed up that it's ridiculous(I mean a level 3 mob standing next to a level 30 mob). I can care less about quests, because I figure finding a group would be so much...
Who cares, this game sucks(And by sucks I mean terrible). SE will never be able to do anything with it. Me typing my opinion wouldn't matter anyway, just a waste of my time. Thanx for destroying a great game and following the wow trend and making something so fail I just don't even want to play.
I hope and wish FFXI could follow to maybe FFXV, but I doubt it. TBH... I hate dying in FFXI, it sucks I lose XP and had to HP or get a rez lol. But at the same time I loved the challenge to it. Even tho I was like freak this, I understood that noobs never made it past level 40 period. Doing Limbus was fun, but now it's like WoW but retarded. So.... No thank you, I don't want eazy mode.