Well there's plenty of depth and more importantly plenty of very good storytelling in XI. I think that's what people expect from XIV as well. Currently the storyline is non-existent.

From what I hear from my wow addicted friends the story doesn't play that big of a role in wow nor does it have a cutscene heavy approach like XI. There's nothing wrong with that it's just that I tend to not play games that don't have a strong reason to fight for.

Like I said currently I feel the same way about XIV. I have no idea what's going on in Eorzea but generally NOTHING seems to be happening.