Quote Originally Posted by Tsukasa View Post
I agree with all but the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th point.
You disagree because you are the exception to the rule. You are fine leveling 5 or 6 characters to 30 and then starting over every time. You seem to have no drive to progress in the story (or at least not enough drive to actually do so) or to level up to a point where most of the game is happening. You are most likely content solely with the community aspect of the game.

You ask why people don't like the game. Most of what I listed are the reasons. Not everyone will enjoy it for all of the same reasons that you do without any story or sense of progress to casual players. I've tried on numerous ocassions to help my friends play and to help random people start on my server. I'd help them a little with gil, quests, advice etc.

What it comes down to are the points I mentioned. They hate it for what I listed. You can disagree as the exception to the rule, but if you want a straight answer to your question, it is because people don't enjoy it for the same reasons and FFXI offers almost nothing to the average casual player.