Are you planning on playing?

[Quindiana Jones]

RS is ass compared to a lot of MMO's...

But in either case, with FFXI and from what I've played of FFXIV there is a lot of room to explore in all aspects.

Quin, your problem is that you're using Runescape as a basis of comparison for your opinions about MMORPGs.

I completely agree that RS is ass. Even compared to ass, it's ass. But the fact remains that I was able to move from town to town, running and ting my pants at the lower levels but still actually managing to get away from enemies.

No way is there a lot of room to explore in the actual walking around sense. Don't get me wrong, you can train pretty much every skill from your home town, but if you go outside and want to have a look around, within 3 minutes you're completely outclassed. As much as I love killing rabbits for 5 hours, then killing goblins for 10, I don't think these things should be necessary in order to get to the next area.