What game did you play before FFXIV and do you miss it?

[Sagittarii]

I mostly played offline RPGs, fighting games and action games. I come from a console gaming background, and the only reason I even tried an online RPG was because it was "Final Fantasy" and I had enjoyed many offline Final Fantasy games.

I played FFXI a while back (2004-2006), that was my first MMO and I miss some aspects of it. Mainly, the community, how players knew each other and had reputations. Also, the combat required less movement and button mashing, so there was more time to type and socialize. I do like FFXIV's combat better, but I wish I had more time to type sometimes.

What I don't miss about FFXI was the rampant job discrimination. Since all the parties were formed manually by players, if you were not leveling up a popular job, you would struggle to find a party. I remember my Dynamis LS (raid group) had a ban on Dragoons, lol. Duty Finder in FFXIV protects you from that kind of stuff to some degree.