Just got this game...

[viion]

Because TERA and GW2 are still under development, and out there there's not any interesting MMORPG out of this one, which will be the same situation as when TERA wil be released, judging by the release of Rift.
Just personal suggestion, nothing more =)

TERA is not really under much development, it gets a few tweaks here and there but its just released a massive update which involves new zones and events and dungeons (it was release 25th January Korean). It is sad that Se, almost 7 months still have not released any worthwhile content or new areas and still we are waiting until the 8th month for 1 dungeon? or Dungeons, yet TERA on the other hand can dish out a few dungeons + new areas + flying mounts + new story in 3 months =D Not to mention an expansion pack coming out End of Summer lol And it hasnt even hit US/EU soil!

Both TERA and GW2 will steal a lot of XIV's face. I think XIV will have the same routine as XI and not be popular until 3-4 years in.

[Sojiro]

TERA is not really under much development, it gets a few tweaks here and there but its just released a massive update which involves new zones and events and dungeons (it was release 25th January Korean). It is sad that Se, almost 7 months still have not released any worthwhile content or new areas and still we are waiting until the 8th month for 1 dungeon? or Dungeons, yet TERA on the other hand can dish out a few dungeons + new areas + flying mounts + new story in 3 months =D Not to mention an expansion pack coming out End of Summer lol And it hasnt even hit US/EU soil!

Both TERA and GW2 will steal a lot of XIV's face. I think XIV will have the same routine as XI and not be popular until 3-4 years in.

Thats great for TERA, but i'm also pretty sure its not redesigning its unfinished game. Believe me, I can agree SE should have held off release for at least another year, but its far too late for that, so now we're playing catch up. So far XIV didn't completely die when WoW released a new expansion and when rift came out, while i'm sure some people may leave for those two games the majority of people still here want to play a FF MMO or they would have left long ago to play actual finished products.

@OP: Glad you took a chance and it payed off for you! Most responses in this thread have been somewhat right, there isn't a ton of stuff to do in game (although that is getting better) and atm there is no endgame in place. I certainly would take my time getting max rank and do all sidequests/missions/class quests you can, cause if you just burn your way to max rank you'll either burn yourself out on the game, or hit endgame blues with nothing to do but start maxing another class.