After reading Yoshi-P's latest comments on how well received the Final trailer was by the community as a powerful part of Final Fantasy history including character development, attachment and relationship as well as unifying symbolism that left most us in a daze of nostalgia, I don't feel like the development team will struggle with keeping players interested. The current plans for housing development mingled with the crafting and gathering classes will likely introduce a sort of Farmville phenomena that many people could potentially spend hours on.

I for one would be more interested in hard hitting, CGI-Laced Narrative similar to the frequent updates that were occurring up until the end of 1.0. Even small well conceived plot lines like those of the Job Quests were incredibly engaging and worth all the time spent doing them. Of course, we shouldn't always expect a lavish reward for completing these types of things. A generous reward a long with the hours of work that goes into streamlining YOUR character directly into a narrative should be enough in most cases. We don't ask for rewards from our favorite book authors nor do we require compensation when we finally beat a console game. If FFXIV 2.0 can continue to bring the same level of EXPERIENCE by drawing us in...a Truly Final Fantasy or any epic RPG experience then you find that you continue to return to the world just to see what's coming next. That's an MMO I hope for.