I am cool with your post and I played XI fo almost 7 yrs. No one loved XI more than me. I understand your love for XI but this game isn't meant to be XI-2, also... XI is still going on.

I also played 1.0 for a few months and have several 50 jobs.

With that said, I totally appreciate ARR as it has been designed. I never played WoW or any other games for that matter, so I cannot compare.

I appreciate not the simpleness/easyness (because I do not think it is necessarily simple or easy) but I think it has been simplified, and I really love what's been done. ARR has even been simplified from 1.0 which to me just makes the game more friendly and accessible to all types of players.

I love 1.0/XIV/ARR because of it's differences and it's similarities to XI. It is both new and familiar. And I can't wait to start playing again!