Quote Originally Posted by Hsu View Post
From a price standpoint FFXI is kinda screwy. You have to pay an extra buck a month to have extra characters and you don't get to pick which server you play on.

I know WoW has like a 10-day free trial if you just want to download it and try. I really enjoy playing it.
[strike]I understand it that you can choose the server these days.[/strike] (Too slow.) The pricing is right, though. At some point it becomes almost absolutely necessary to buy a second character as a mule to hold all the equipment you end up using. More characters aren't exactly necessary as one character can switch between jobs freely, but if you want to play different races, you've not much of a choice.

As many have said, it depends how much time you want to spend playing the game. You can get through most of WoW playing infrequently. FFXI is demanding from the get-go. End game for both is about the same--hell.