On some levels it sucks.... but I still love it cause I am a loyal warcraft fan and a ff fan as well but hey I am allowed to like to.
I just think its my type of game cause it is designed to keep you caught up with friends and gives you a far wider selection of gear to chose from so your not the black sheep and 12 levels lower then your friends. It does have some hard stuff to it and more and more stuff is being added to it with each patch for the low levels and the high levels. yes it is easy if you just play it to be the best and step on others on the way up but if your a serious roleplayer like me and like to turn stuff into an adventure and not just a game it does take alot longer to get higher up. As for those of you who played beta and capped it and quit there is lots more to it to come and that is already there since beta.
anyways I do not plan to return to ffxi for a while and FM-o may catch me instead on my way back cause it will be the newest from S-E.