I've been playing MMO's for over 10 years, it's only the past couple years that they've gone utterly boring. Square and Enix were both companies that held my heart for their games. The story and gameplay were riveting. Now they've merged and it's almost like all the innovation was crushed leaving behind bean counters who hold the purse strings giving out orders as to how the game should be because this, this and that game were/are popular and they use it.

That's just how it feels to me. The storyline was great, had me wanting to play more and more. After that ended the rest of it is just... shallow. Yea. It feels like there's no depth to it. I've liked swimming in deep water too long to be splashing around in the kiddy pool.