I'm legit excited. I have been into MMOs since before FFXI was released and was absolutely ready to blow when FFXI was announced. I played FFXI on and off for years, but never got very far (in fact, I only got past vulkrum once with a job). I really enjoyed the class systems and such but hated the UI since it was designed for the PS2 originally.

I use to hate the idea of MMOs for consoles - but as I get older and realize consoles are an easier (less expensive) investment than up to date computers, I'm supporting them more and more. I had basically given up MMOs recently being busy with college and friends. I reached 80 in WoW and was just done, I never enjoyed it a ton. I was always an Everquest 1 and 2 player at heart (the world was much more invoking to me than WoW). I, however, am excited to see FFXIV will be a more casual game than FFXI because of time restraints as my life develops more and more responsibilities. Maybe once again I can dream of playing a summoner class. I never actually got it in FFXI. I do however hope they don't make it AS casual as WoW - its nice to have some group aspects still required.

How long till you guys think guild/link pearls (thats the name in FFXI right?) groups will start up? It's always nice to have a guild set up before a game launches, becomes that much easier to jump into.