Yes the atmosphere is what sells this game to me and is the most important aspect of an online RPG to me. If an MMO does not have the right atmosphere I can't stay there, FFXIV keeps me wanting to come back to soak in the world.
same here it just something different about ffxiv or ffxi that i love, maybe cuz it made where you only need one character then it grows on you unlike other games where you need a new character if you want to change class. the other mmo's are all the same. , wait in queue @_@.