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@mysecretid They were waiting for the subscription fee to come back before merges. But the game is having trouble with populatiion in general for how many servers it had, so I guess both?

@EngadgetSoFunny To add on what odericko said, the game offers something no other "themepark" does. Crafting that is actually useful, an in depth gathering system, and slower paced party oriented gameplay. That, add gorgeous graphics and some of the best music with nice storylines (saying there isn't a nice story is just laughable, check out the FFXIV article a few days back for the story recap which is going to come to a nice conclusion to start off 2.0). Haters are just gonna hate.

@hami83 It is $10 a month...until 2.0.

@yeppers Depends. It's not like the norm MMO (WoW and SWTOR for example). You grind missions like EVEs for money and levels outside of partying, not quests. The quests in game are more for story and such than epic lootz, and the menus are built with controllers in mind (like a console based FF game). If the consolized UI and questless leveling doesn't bother you, then I'd get it. Games got a good community, nice crafting and gathering systems, and purty graphics and music.

The game has come a long way. At first it penalized players for leveling with the fatique system, and now they implemented something comparable to WoW's rest system. Grats SE.

Wow. This is actually good news, a permanent near classic server.

Am I the only one enjoying myself with the game?

@Maseno You can't compare Vanguard's sub numbers at any point in time with XIV's even now. Even before the 2.0 launch and PS3 release, XIV has more subs than Vanguard ever had.

@JohnD212 Yea, I was having the same problem. This thread tells you how to alt tab without crashing though until 2.0 hits.

http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/14092-run-game-in-windowed-fullscreen-mode-instructions/

FFXIV does crafting right IMO. Endgame gear isn't overly powerful compared to a level 50 crafted item filled with Materia, as it should be.