Is this really FUN in 2012 ?! A reassuring Dev's answer if possible?

[Gramul]

Some dinosaurs need to stay buried. I realized lots of people enjoyed FFXI and at the time it was a pretty solid game... but we're 10 years in the future and that stuff just doesn't cut it anymore.

If people want slow paced RPGs, they exist in single player form. I just can't really imagine a MMO setting in this day and age that could cater to the slow-paced RPG style without being absolutely boring or wasting a lot of people's time with waiting.

...why? If people want it, why abandon it. Not every game needs to be ACTION ACTION ACTION all the time. It's not like one is inherently better than another.