Yup, there's a new job (Blue Mage) being released with the new expansion pack and most likely a few new jobs that we don't even know about yet.

I really think that FFXI has improved lately because Squeenix has added some useful and nifty stuff recently. Like that Empress Band that basically let's you earn a free 1k of exp, every 15 hours. That band is awesome. You'll probably see very few party members partying without one.

Oh and also the new NPC friends, which are basically NPC characters who you can call to help you battle or just keep you company while you run around Vanadiel. NPC characters can level up and upgrade armor and sometimes they just say the funniest things. My NPC friend is named Karyn. I'm her pimp.

But yeah, lots of good stuff happening in FFXI lately. Like Lionx said, check out Playonline for all the details.