This is so serious, there are 3 threads about this right now!

I disagree, FF began going downhill with FFX (dense characters, terrible writing, predictable plot, love story worse than George Lucas one's...wait why do people like this game so much?), then it got ever worse then minutely better (I enjoyed 13 more than 12) then even worse (14). Trust me even though I don't think much of FF12 and think FF13 is just passable, they aren't even 1% as bad as FF14 is, that game is a nightmare.

Damn forgot to make a joke about SE and tighten their belts... anyone now one which involves zippers?

Why? Kingdom Hearts is still very good.

Hopefully they start to lose money in the future and release something really good outside of the Dragon Quest games. SE has fallen so far since the PSOne days.

On a side note I logged into FFXIV today...and I found myself having....fun

Many issues are fixed. They are definitely on the right track.

How's the population? and did they change the combat?

Must be all of those Wii-flops....oh wait

No FF this year... and the PS3 version of FFXIV will be release after 31th March.

Population seems fine on my world. Combat is also not as laggy anymore. Many of the UI interfaces have been speeded up significantly. The SP gain from combat is now SET, rather than random. OMG that is so much nicer. Lol.