The community is pretty awesome, everyone is nice and helpful and it seems there are a lot of player interaction in the city throughout. The economy is alright I guess, but lots of gil flow and some places there are some cheap items.

But here are two short videos from fans as to why FFXIV is good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--LOYdzogDA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YalPV3cgI78