I dunno, I haven't seen anything that terrible so far. I honestly can't remember exactly how the controls worked in FFXI, but they seem easy enough to get the hang of so far. I do think that the game would benefit immensely from a few forced tutorials at the beginning, though, rather than having to do what you did in FFXI - figure it all out yourself, pretty much. Which I did, but hey, still, it would have been nice to know that I was supposed to talk to x person to get x amount of "starter cash" etc. etc.
I've played for a bit now, and I've also found that the game actually ran smoother when I increased the resolution of the window, which is pretty weird. I've done a couple of leves, figured out the menus and shortkeys/controls using the config menu... it's all decent enough. The one thing I'm struggling with at the moment is probably learning the timing of attacks and the like. It's definitely different, although I'll wait until I get more varied attacks before I judge them completely.
Also, found an enemy that killed me in one hit. Yay? Haha. Oh, that's another thing - probably mostly early stages but I find that you spend a fair bit of time looking for enemies. It reminds me of being on the hunt in the Dunes in FFXI while a bunch of people sit back waiting for you to fish something up. But you do get them eventually... the spawn rate seems decent enough.
I think I'll buy the guide for this game to better understand the mechanics behind some things, though.