Darthtaru's story reminds me of when I first heard about FFXi, and when it came out, I actually didn't hear great things about it. (I honestly can't remember why though, it was so long ago). Being a FF fan, I wanted to play it but just didn't because of things I heard. However, many years later my current boyfriend showed me FFXI, he showed me all the areas, jobs, magic, summons, battles, and even with that probly still left out a lot. But when he showed me I was like "holy s*** what have I been missing all these years??" *sadface*

So with seeing FFXI, I wanted to try out FFXIV, and I agree that it's definitely not the same..although I do like FFXIV, since it's my first MMO I guess, I still feel like so much is missing from it. Thank you for posting this darthtaru