In response to Darkchrono.

All I can say is you're wasting your time in responding to this thread. We all know what the game consumes off.

I'm level 75 and have other jobs leveled too -- I know what you're tryign to say, but I actually really enjoyed getting to 75 and I'm enjoying the story a lot. I know heaps of people enjoy this too, and FFXI has a huge player base.

To me it's not a waste of money, I would never pay for a game I don't enjoy.

And to note, not everyone plays MMORPG's for the story -- some have a lot of friends they like to just do stuff with, some like the end game (fighting the gods in sky, dynamis, etc). To places you visit, the journey, and the battle mechanics in parties is great (except Valkurm, of course).

I guess what I'm trying to say is, yes I can play offline games and I do, but I still like the whole idea of this MMORPG, and I get to play with my friends that are overseas. I don't see why you could tell people that this is not worth it as you'd get a better story with an offline, when many people don't *just* play for the story.