FFXI is pretty much completely different from any FF I've ever played and I love it, I'm looking forward to FFXII but I think I'm going to miss talking to people XD.

I'm looking forward to the different style of playing and battle system. You know what, no victory chant after EVERY SINGLE BATTLE is refreshing and when I finally hear it with my level up in FFXI, I get excited I won;t really miss it if it's not in FFXII, I'll just hook up an old FF to hear it if I'm THAT desperate. If you get all *Boo! It's only has FF title, it's not a freaking FF game boo! Where's cloud? WTF! *Garbage burn burn* Then maybe you need to pick up a book or something and get some fresh ideas. Final Fantasy is a Series, a line of Various games that have some similarities that makes it part of a series. It's not a sequel to another game. Seriously. If this is your biggest concern in life, you need to get out more.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and there is a marvel called RENTING if you don;t want to blow 80 bucks on a game you already decided is going to suck, although no one has tried it. Good luck!