Well hmm...i played ffxi since release date up until October 2011 when I decided to come back to ffxiv. I stopped playing because xi started going downhill when abyssea kind of put the game in a direction i don't care for: easy mode.

I play ffxiv because i have very high hopes that 2.0 will give me that same feeling and experience ffxi first gave me. So atm I'm playing to level my crafts and what not before 2.0 comes i am putting a lot of faith in yoshi and his team!