It's come to my attention that a lot of people, even those who play XI, are completely oblivious to the idea of A Realm Reborn. A few times now I have brought up A Realm Reborn to my XI friends and received the following response: "Is that the new expansion?" Of course we all know that the imminent 2.0 is far more than any silly expansion.

Just like we are toward XIV, XI fans are extremely loyal to their fair Vana'diel (including myself), but that doesn't mean we should let them remain ignorant of XIV's situation. Even if XIV turns out exactly as it should, what could ultimately kill it is word of mouth. People are far more likely to say something in complaint than in praise, so it's up to us fans to broadcast our excitement and remedy this festering wound of negativity!

Side note: I'm expecting some of those downers to start tearing this thread apart, so just ignore them.

@Developers: I hope you can show more assertive marketing closer to launch. The trailers are pretty and all, but they don't really scream "This game has been rebuilt!" Given the aforementioned ignorant responses of outsiders, they probably see these things and think it's the same game. Do something to show them otherwise.