in my opinion most people dont understand why, we (old FF1 player) are sad,
today, go get a raid (dark world, ravanna or whatever)
2 option
1) solo (PF or DF) and get ready to have HUGE head pain !!
2) with friend (bit more enjoyable) but still, you gonna raid in a "no-brain" style, you get in the dungeon, see the boss, engage, fight kill, over ...

in FF11, i do remember, when i was farming sky with my SKY LS, it was all an organisation !!
most of the time, we had to split between different team,

1 look for the NM, to get the "gem of the (west, east, north, south)
2 go kill the 4 boss (suzaku, byakko, seiryu, genbu)
3 once the boss are dead lets' go for kirin !!

it seems easy but its not, it was hours of preparation, BUT IT WAS NOT STUPID GRINDING LIKE IT IS NOW (ex : everyday roulette for eso ...)

it took many hours, and each time i did it with them, it was enjoyable !!!
i remember spending soooo nice time with my friend !!

today those things doesnt exist in FF14

i must say those "feeling" of friendship, and comunity

today its "your too noob, you slow me down = kick"