Quote Originally Posted by Stormpeaks View Post
Tell us you dont play other MMO's without telling us you dont play other MMO's, there is no "crawling back" after people go over to other MMO's, people stay there, in the absolute best case scenario they play both, that's what happened with the massive wow exodus, they all tried FFXIV and made the population explode, then they crawled back to WoW, if you think people crawl back to FFXIV after trying other MMO's, you are delusional, not everyone wants free handout relics and an absolute bare expansion with barely any content to do at all
Pretty much this.

This expansion I've definitely played more FFXI than I have FFXIV because unlike here FFXI actually gives me stuff to do and work towards. The classic jobs from the franchise I like were actually allowed to have distinct gameplay and full fledged job fantasies over there instead of the joke that this game's Summoner and Blue Mage are. The world of FFXI has also generally held more appeal for me than FFXIV's, no annoying scions like Alphinaud constantly pestering me and several unique characters I end up liking per expansion.