Quote Originally Posted by Del Murder View Post
This is what I would consider 'beating' FFXI in terms of story:
Attain Rank 10 with all three nations.
Complete the Rize of the Zilart story missions.
Complete the Chains of Promathia story missions.
Complete the quest Apocalypse Nigh which ties the RoZ and CoP expansions.
Complete the Treasures of Aht Urhgan story missions.
Complete the Wings of the Goddess story missions. (unfinished)
Complete the Wings of the Goddess nation quests for all three nations.
Oh, come on. The Shadow Lord is the last boss of Final Fantasy XI. What you've listed here is more akin to completely maxing out all of your characters and exhausting all bonus and extra content in any other Final Fantasy. Hell, in the time it would take to do all of that, you could do this in every other Square RPG that has ever been created. You don't have to play 8,000+ hours of Final Fantasy XI to "beat" it.