As for DAOC is "full of Pking" Wrong. Unless you join a PVP server. The only time you will ever get PKed is if you teleport into a BATTLEGROUND (where your purposely go to fight other players) or the FRONTIER (which only lvl 50s go to to PVP). So you dont just walk around and get PKed. Its not a UO.
Just shows that i dont know to omuch about this game XP I just heard not many liked it at least from my crowd.

I got a 50 Chanter in 15 days (not days played, real time.) in half a month.
That isnt possible in FFXI...after you reach lvl 50 in well 3-4 months(assuming you did everything to make ur job the best it can be), the lvls will slow down and you will have to work hard to lvl.

You cant really say its the BEST MMORPG. DAOC still has alot more members. Many many many people like myself, think the game is kind of boring for a MMORPG. Ive gone through about 5 so far, and DAOC comes out on the top of my list clearly. EQ was better than FFXI I'd say. EQ even has better battle system I'd say (due to it being fast paced and having alot more spells, compared to FFXI which battles are slow.) and a much better market. I liked the market place, but I did not like that there were so few items! So yeah, you can't really say that FFXI is the BEST mmorpg out there, when it doesnt have the pure numbers and support of many players. It draws many people to it, but its not holding as many as other games.
Its my opinion its the best, and also you can read what other reviewers say like www.rpgfan.com or something like that. The point is that, i find this game way better than EQ with their system. Many just dont leave one game or another because of their time invested in their character. And no FFXI battles are not slow if you actually have a good party. Statics usually make it faster, but sometimes too many short battles also make things boring. It also sports 1,000,000 characters even though some can be mules. So to me it is the best one out compared to many else iseen. What is your opinion is yours, i dont bash your ideas.

Skillchains with special linking combinations with magic bursting is fun, an acutal story(if you beat m6 it will start getting better), and cutscences also seperate this game from EQ. Its way more of an MMORPG than an RPG i agree, but it also does give off that RPG FF feel at the same time which is something i like. I will say this game isnt for everyone, but the same can be said about DoAC and every other damn game out there. Just because you didnt like it doesnt mean that me, or the orignal poster will hate it as well.