Quote Originally Posted by Luvbunny View Post
Let me save you some time by saying that FFXI has been improved immensely within the past one year alone. Updates every months that changed the game in the direction of FF14 and adding tons of improvement to be more in par with this game. The new team did beyond amazing job to modernize the game. If you plan to come back, now is a very good time, and they have FREE login next week for a week to welcome people back. You will not recognize the game, gone are the really bad design decision of the reviled Tanaka group, and in with more fresh new direction with FF14 flavor everywhere.
And someone just before you said it's the worst thing since Abyssea. It's amazing how polarized folks can be about these two games. The big barrier ended up being the game client. I may give it another go next week, but the thing I remember most about finally giving up on trying to make it work was opening XIV and launching without any additional effort on my end. Still, threads like this do make it intriguing, and anyone who played during the glory days still gets that XI "itch" every now and again...

Thanks for the response!