A lot of this crap is truly embarrassing to read:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post914260
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post914304
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post914351

I especially like the parts where they ignore when people ask to be given examples of MMOs that do not follow the "grind" formula. Even Guild Wars 2 has a grind. It just doesn't feel like it because you're always in different areas and it's free-flowing. You're still killing x amount of enemies and getting x amount of items.

These folks make it seem this is FAR FAR FAR FAR more grindy and repetitive than 1.0's system.

>Guildleves
>Enemy Grind
>Spiritbinding Party
>Repeatable quests

This sort of thing has never happened before in an MMO ever! WHAT AN OUTRAGE!

Grow up. If you're going to support your negativity with nothing more than pipe dreams and basically saying the same "this is too much like other MMOs" chorus without giving a single example of an MMO it SHOULD be like (but then again, you'd be playing that MMO instead of being here, so lolol)... then kindly just quit playing MMOs entirely. Clearly this kind of game is not for you.