I would maybe stick with it but with all the new MMOs on the horizon with lots of content to do, lots of new things to try, and filled with players to interact with there is no reason for people to come play FFXIV. If version 2.0 release was coming out by March 2012 then it would be another story. However this game has such a bad reputation to fight from and with a great deal of the player base gone due to fees I just don't see how it can survive. Right now around 70% have said they will stick with after fees. Unfortunately only 1/5th players(I think it's even less than that from some report a while ago) actually visit the official forums of a game on a daily basis and usually the people who are active, love their game more than the rest. So at 70% is a much more worrying number than one might think. So while there may still be a glimmer of hope for the game, I think SE and this player base need to be more realistic about the games future.