Personally I dont see what all the crying is about. I mean FFXI started out the exact same way. Sure its a grind fest who cares you would have to "grind" your way to the top regardless of how much content is waiting for you in the end. Japan just had a HUGE disaster, of course our schedule for content and patches is going to be delayed I mean it doesnt take a genius to figure that one out. All those games in that list? Half of them are not even MMO's and cannot even be compared to FFXIV.

I think SE is doing a great job getting the game back on track. If you cant find a good linkshell well thats your own problem not SE's. I know I have an amazing LS and we get things done heck we even enjoy it.