Three Question Survey

[Kadrothan]

Reasoning to follow short answers:
1.Are you currently satisfied with FFXIV?
No
2.How long have you been playing FFXIV?
Since 2.0 Beta phase 3
3.Did you leave any other MMO in order to play FFXIV, and if so, which?
Star Wars: The Old Republic

I've played MMOs for over 14 years. I was last playing and left TOR when a lot of people I knew and I were fed up with the developer stance on the game and player feedback. A friend of mine talked me into looking into FFXIV. One of the things I remembered was seeing Yoshi-p and team with their entirely different attitude from any MMO dev team I had previously seen. That was what hooked me. I'm not sure what changed behind the scenes, but (to me) it seems that they've deviated a lot from their "stance" (thanks to Yshnal for the images you were kind enough to post). A few pros and cons for me. Pros: the graphics are beautiful, there is a pretty solid balance to jobs, the combat mechanics and it's Final Fantasy. Cons: Recent trend in the style of grinding they've put in place (i.e. "new" relic quest), rate of older content being rendered practically useless when new hits, pvp, housing and Au-Ra having same or fewer customization options over the other races (after being implied early on that it was going to be a highly customizable race).

Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion. Take it as you will. Before people que in to my inclusion of grinds in cons, note bolded word for style. If I hated grinds in general, I wouldn't have played MMOs for over 14 years.