I did enjoy the journey in XI, but I'm not sure why. If I went back and re-did it today, I would hate it. FFXI was my first MMO. I was in a perpetual state of amazement, but I was amazed and enthralled because it was my first MMO; not because the journey was anything special. I had a lot more fun leveling to 60 for the first time in WoW. In reality, a huge portion of the journey in XI was a horrible grind and I'm not sure how I made it through it.