To sum it up in a very simple way, when playing FF XI, I felt like playing a final fantasy game, more then that, I felt like being one with the game itself, almost like an alternate reality where I actually belonged. Where we would end didn't matter, it was all about the journey, it was magical and great and amazing. It was the best on line game I've ever played.

When I played FF XIV I felt like playing WoW, and trust me on these words, I hate WoW. It has no challenge, everything is offered and the only difficulty it has is being forced to play in strict schedules because everything is caped, time limited on a perfectly rigid script. It lacks history (even if it has a huge lore, it was all sent to garbage), learning, everything, raiding in wow i fell like an automaton, following a list of instructions that only fail if some one does not follow it.

Quote Originally Posted by DarthTaru View Post
In eliminating failure from your game you have also eliminated success.
One can not exist without the other.