I'm actually worried about XI with the kind of posts I'm seeing in the official forums :/ I spent 8yrs on the game, and only last year (2011) did SE even bother opening up the communication lines for XI players....and now, they do give feedback, but it seems like convincing the devs to do stuff is like talking to a brick wall. We have it SOOOO good here with Yoshi-p and his crew lol

With XI its really really really hard to pick up where you left off. I'm all for exploring new content and trying new things, but the latest stuff is just a rehash of the old stuff we've seen since ToAU: staggered NM progression like ZNM, weakness procs like a BLM spell or a certain WS...or kill 1000 bees to upgrade your weapon 5 levels. You're pretty much f**ed if you start a chara from lvl 1 unless you have friends and a good knowledge of the community sites out there.

With XIV I didn't feel like I had to assign at least 3 hours of my afternoon to get stuff done. XI is getting some changes done, but it's not happening fast enough. They still stubbornly hang on to PS2 limitations :/