@tom If i start talking about it im going to go into a 2000 word mini-thesis about it, so i'm just going to resign myself to something short:
I liked it, played it at launch and met some amazing friends I still have to this day, but the game threw out all the quirky and promising ideas and clever writing elements from 1.0 in exchange for a horrendously bad story and a very by-the-numbers MMO.
I did run a clan that had hottub and swimwear conga parties though C:
@Takanu i like XIV but I haven't played since stormblood dropped lol