How does FFXIV differ from other Japanese MMOs?

[kyuven]

People complaining about FFXIV being "a job" remind me of:
EQ1 players saying raiding felt like "a job"
FFXI players saying the game felt like "a job"
Wow pl-wait...
Yeah there's a pattern here. Any game played for any length of time will begin to feel like "a job"
Log on, do daily thing #1392, raid, etc. It's the nature of the genre.

[Kallera]

People complaining about FFXIV being "a job" remind me of:
EQ1 players saying raiding felt like "a job"
FFXI players saying the game felt like "a job"
Wow pl-wait...
Yeah there's a pattern here. Any game played for any length of time will begin to feel like "a job"
Log on, do daily thing #1392, raid, etc. It's the nature of the genre.

Usually when people are saying it starting to feel like a job, it is that pressures in the game either by design or by the players make them feel forced to play during times they don't want to, lest they fall behind on content and be less valued.