I played FFXI about 4-5 years after launched. (Loved that game.)

There's a lot of heat about how rubbish FFXIV is at the moment, although I don't think it's that bad.

Just out of interest for FFXI veterans - How was FFXI when that first launched? Was it really bad?

Looking back at WOW when that first launched, it wasn't that good. It had so many problems... but look at that game now.

Hopefully FFXIV will be like that in a few years time.