This was posted at ffxivcore:

Quote Originally Posted by Xatsh
What is wrong with the game? It is not finished. The same answer about 300 other post have gotten.

There is a reason we are playing for free atm, there is no content in the game outside of leveling.

I thought this was common knowledge now... was this whole topic really necessary? It has only been stated 20times now.


If you want to play a complete perfected carbon copied mmo, I suggest playing rift nothing has been more finished near release then that game is currently (assuming you liked WoW, sorta has nothing else to really offer).

If you want to play a game that is not a shallow copy come back in about 6-9 months and check this game out again.

Why do most ppl play this game, one reason FFXI. Sounds stupid but out of all the mmos made since EQ ffxi was probably the only one that does not have shallow gameplay designed for the lowest common denominator (which is not casual it is stupid), the ones leveling to nothing atm are doing it as an investment in the future pretty much because they have faith SE will be able to make this mmo into the kind of mmo FFXI was.

What I said above might sound fanboyish, but this whole post considering it has been covered a million times, and is by a 1 post person is sorta trollish as well.
I've been logging in periodically to try and note any changes, I've noted the UI lag being fixed, but still there are questionable amounts of content. So, is FFXIV truly "unfinished"? Reflecting on other MMO's I've taken part in, I can see how by the end, they were much, much more refined then at their starts, but in most scenarios, their starts at least had content (which doesn't even appear true for FFXIV).

Did Square truly release an unfinished game?