I like XI's battle system, does that mean i am lying? The only thing wrong is that if you choose to grind, it gets a little old. But in terms of fighting engine, its one of the better co-op ones out there. Skillchains and Magic Burst along with hate placement is pretty good, and alot of MMOs out there lack a real good one.

All MMOs are boring without friends, however should XI become a single player game, many things would change including that you wont be solo (as in there will be a party for one person to control) and it wouldnt be so hard to aquire Exp and farm and etc. The game was fitting for MMOs, dont compare it to offline ones. Compare it to RO or EQII or WoW, dont compare XI with IX or VII.

Take away the battle system for FF1 and see how fun it is. >_> That makes no sense, or how about taking away the battle system for every game? then they are all boring -_-

FMA could have been better yes, but you cant deny that the story is excellent and thats where most Square games shine including XI.