What did FF14 have right, at launch?

[Kowen]

I concur. Will our community change come 2.0 for the worse? Has anyone seen changes in the community already while playing it?

I think the poor state of the game has actually tightened the remaining community. The enjoyment I manage to squeeze out of the current version is all due to the friends I've made; the social interaction is the main thing keeping me playing (other than anticipating 2.0, obviously ).

The official forums are also not at all representative of the actual in-game community, as far as I've seen anyway. People are generally much more competent and friendly than the posts here would make it seem.