FFXI - you either love it or hate it. You either have ample uninterrupted free time to devote to it to get anything accomplished or FFXI isn't in your best interest. FFXI is the greatest game I've ever played and probably ever will, but it's also a second full time job and crosses the threshold of fun --> work more than any other game I know of. Farming for gil, grinding out exp, Chains of Promethia - it's a lot of hard work but the rewards make it worthwhile (to me - to others the rewards make me look like a computer nerd). I think whether you play XI or not is in your hands.