I understand what the poster means. If you went back to 1.0 the world was so alive with players. Quests and grouping up for leve's and also levelling party's like FFXI and also Notorious monsters. Since then the world changed and it is very rare to see player's doing anything other than hunts, fates here and there and the odd gatherer. I think times have sadly changed the game is massive now and a lot of the newer player's are happy with it being this way.

I am older and love the style off FFXI and still to this day dislike a lot of the changes that came. I play because it is FF and I have invested money and time. Like somebody has mentioned Eureka has more of that kind of feel and I really enjoyed it, so maybe it is worth a look and you can get some good exp in there and the world feels more alive.