Quote Originally Posted by TheVedis View Post
as a note of reference, f2p games add things at much different paces then p2p games since they get paid for the content,
It would also be good to note that even F2P games make profit, FFXIV currently makes nothing.

But I'd still compare the dev cycle to a P2P game, they have a large team working seemingly nonstop on the game and new engine. There are alot of thing to factor in if you were to compare it to other MMO's and it would be even harder to draw any sort of informed conclusion because FFXIV has no other game to baseline on, as no other MMO has really tripped at launch so bad yet continued developement (As far as a totally new engine)