@Loony Bob:
In good faith I can't recommend XIV. There are just too many AAA subscription MMO's that are just plain better. The Old Republic dropped a little while ago and i heard it's been off to a great start (for an MMO anyways).

Even in the F2P realm, there are a ton of higher-quality MMORPG's out there, that I can't justify a subscription for FF XIV or continued play tbh.